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Westminster resident Alexander Cueva, 28, pleaded no contest to animal cruelty less than three weeks after the shocking recording emerged.
Westminster resident Alexander Cueva, 28, pleaded no contest Wednesday to one count of felony animal cruelty
The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council voted Tuesday to conduct "limited, humane" trapping three neighborhoods.
"For us to earn two silvers was an amazing accomplishment," ISM Brewing owner Ian McCall told Patch.
The shooting happened Tuesday night in the area of Seventh Street and Cherry Avenue, according to the Long Beach Police Department.
The crash happened around 6:20 a.m. Wednesday in the area of Seventh Street and Terraine Avenue, according to police.
The quake struck around 9:33 a.m. and its epicenter appeared to be 3 miles off the coast of Malibu, according to the U.S. Geological Survey
The stabbing happened just before 9 p.m. Tuesday in the 8700 block of Lemona Avenue, according to Los Angeles police.
Hermosa Beach Police Chief Paul LeBaron retired Monday, after five years on the job and a lifetime of lessons.
The shooting happened on April 12 in Downtown Long Beach, according to police.
Authorities say Donte Lamont Brown, 41, is suspected of fatally shooting his ex-girlfriend and her daughter at a stoplight in Compton.
The cameras were found on Saturday at a dance school in the 1100 block of Aviation Boulevard, police said.
Jenia Belt, 33, was arrested Sunday after she fatally struck 18-year-old Braun Levi with her car, police said.
The shooting happened around 12:40 a.m. Tuesday in the 14700 block of Crenshaw Boulevard in Gardena, authorities said.
Braun Levi, 18, was fatally struck by a suspected DUI driver in Manhattan Beach Sunday morning, according to authorities.
Police say they found a man with a stab wound around 7:40 a.m. in the 200 block of West Wardlow Road.
Skechers' headquarters will remain in Manhattan Beach, according to the company.
Braun Levi, 18, was fatally struck by a suspected DUI driver in Manhattan Beach Sunday morning, according to authorities.
Spaces are limited, and high school students are encouraged to apply by June 1.
The annual ceremony honors police and firefighters who have lost their lives in the line of duty.
