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Man killed in freeway road rage incident

Police say a 28-year-old man has been shot to death in an apparent case of road rage on a freeway on-ramp in Downey.

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El Segundo police give residents an update

Learn all about what the El Segundo Police Department is doing at a Community Watch meeting from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday.

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Inglewood fortune-teller gets 30 years for rape

A self-described Inglewood fortune-teller was sentenced Friday to more than 30 years in prison for forcing two teenage girls into sex acts by convincing them it was the only way they could avoid bleak futures.
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Suspected gang member arrested in 10-hour San Pedro standoff

A suspected San Pedro gang member on parole was taken into custody without incident Friday following a 10-hour standoff that required the evacuation of dozens of residents.
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Lawndale man wielding realistic toy pistol narrowly avoids being shot

A Lawndale man wielding a toy, but very real-looking pistol was lucky to be alive Friday after three officers surrounded him in Hermosa Beach and ordered him to drop the gun, police said.
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<FONT color="darkred">VERDICT:</font> Gang member guilty of trying to kill Gardena officer

Officer Eric Hyde closed his eyes and shed tears as a Torrance court clerk read a jury's verdict against Trevon Willis, a 23-year-old gang member from Carson.

Lawndale gardener charged in machete slaying

A Lawndale gardener who allegedly hacked two of his roommates with a machete was charged Friday with murder and attempted murder. Carlos Arias Donis, 25, made his first appearance in Torrance court, but his arraignment was postponed until Sept. 15.

SWAT captures burglary suspect barricaded in San Pedro home

A suspected burglar who holed up inside a San Pedro house was taken into custody by SWAT officers early this morning after they forced him outside with tear gas, a Los Angeles police sergeant said.

Saturday's South Bay police log: Hawthorne, Lawndale and Gardena

Recent police activities in Hawthorne, Lawndale and Gardena.
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Lawndale machete slaying victim ID'd

A man who was slashed to death with a machete in his Lawndale home was identified Thursday as Fernando Cruz Garcia, 23.
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Police conduct countywide sweep of parolees with guns

Nearly 80 parolees were arrested and more than 20 weapons seized in what was billed Thursday as the largest sweep of its kind in the history of Los Angeles County. | POLICE NEWS

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Friday's South Bay police log: Lomita, Palos Verdes Peninsula

Recent police activities in Lomita and on the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
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CHECKPOINT: Stops in Hawthorne, Redondo Beach, Torrance

Checkpoints will be held in 3 South Bay citieis.
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CHECKPOINT: Task force to target drunken drivers

The Avoid the 100 Driving Under the Influence Task Force will conduct patrols tonight throughout the region.
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Jury deciding fate of reputed gang member in Cheryl Green killing

A jury began deliberating in the case against a reputed member of a racist street gang charged with murdering a Harbor Gateway 14-year-old black girl and a potential witness.

ACLU battles planned use of heat beam on inmates

A civil rights group is speaking out against the Los Angeles County sheriff's plans to install a high-tech device that shoots a heat beam at unruly jail inmates.

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Gardena: Police checkpoint tonight

Gardena police will conduct a driver's license and sobriety checkpoint from 7:30 tonight to 4 a.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of Rosecrans Avenue at Denker Avenue.

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Police seeking information on Hermosa Beach assault

Detectives are trying to determine what happened to a man who was punched and knocked unconscious in Hermosa Beach on Sunday.
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Lawndale man kills one, seriously injures another in machete attack

A Lawndale man told a neighbor "I'm probably gonna be going to jail" minutes before he allegedly hacked two roommates with a machete Wednesday, slashing one's neck and killing him, residents said.
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CHECKPOINT: Gardena

Police will conduct a driver's license and sobriety checkpoint from 7:30 tonight to 4 a.m. Friday in the eastbound lanes of Rosecrans Avenue at Denker Avenue.
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