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Several members of a Los Angeles gang were hit with RICO charges in connection with several crimes, including sex trafficking.
The crimes include fraud schemes, theft operations and online scams, according to the Torrance Police Department.
The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday in Panorama City, according to police.
Both men were taken to local hospitals and are expected to survive, police said.
Police do not believe the attack was a hate crime despite the victim's religious background.
Police said on Monday that the man was wanted in connection with a stabbing attack that left one person dead and another injured.
The burglary at Brad Pitt's Los Feliz neighborhood home is among a series of burglaries targeting the homes of celebrities.
An Los Angeles Unified School District official called the situation "heartbreaking" and "unacceptable."
Eric Halem, 38, is facing kidnapping for ransom, first-degree residential robbery, and home invasion robbery in concert charges.
During his seven-year career, Koa was responsible for helping take thousands of pounds of drugs off the street, according to authorities.
Authorities seized more than 133 stolen credit and debit cards the worker had stolen while working as a mail carrier, prosecutors said.
Corrion Scales, 16, was last seen walking away from his Long Beach home Monday, according to police.
The 90-minute event retells four of the writer's macabre tales while a mixologist turns those stories into drinks, according to organizers.
The 20-year-old faces nearly 30 years in federal prison if convicted of the charges against him, according to authorities.
If approved later this month, the amended ordinance banning new construction in landslide zones would go into effect before October.
The shooting happened Sunday night in the 700 block of Seventh Street, according to police.
Mayor Rex Richardson said this was the city's "latest step forward in our city’s investments toward our goal of ending youth homelessness."
"It feels like pain, like I got bitten by a wolf,” the boy told KTLA5.
The inaugural Torrance Friendship Games will take place from Friday to Sunday.
The event will feature several highly acclaimed chefs from across the country, according to organizers.
