Headlines: Sheriff Villanueva’s Former Chief of Staff Admits to Being In Deputy Gang; Gov. Newsom Pardons Woman Who Killed Abuser at 16
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—A man was killed in Montebello due to some kind of fireworks mishap on Monday afternoon. [CBS]
—A devastating thread from Film The Police shares the activist's anger and despair over the investigation of his son's murder and the shooting of a child that seems to be going nowhere and is even rumored to be a targeted assassination. [Film The Police]
—Sheriff Alex Villanueva's former chief of staff, Larry Del Mese, admits he was a member of the deputy gang known as "the Grim Reapers." [ABC]
—Sara Kruzan, a Riverside woman sentenced to life in prison at the age of 16 after shooting and killing a man accused of abusing her, grooming her, and trafficking her, was given a pardon by Governor Gavin Newsom last week. [CNN]
-A street takeover with over 200 people in South Los Angeles ended with a fatal shooting. [KTLA]
—L.A. County health officials are offering a monkeypox vaccine to individuals based on their possible exposure risk. [NBC]
—Kshisya Tachanskaya, a Ukrainian refugee in Portugal, is teaching surfing and establishing surf camps as a way of of helping others refugees deal with post-traumatic stress. [Magic Seaweed]
—A man in his sixties was killed while confronting an intruder at his Lincoln Heights apartment on Monday night. [KTLA]
—Recent video footage shows an irate woman trashing a taco stand at Normandie and Slauson, dumping meat out and pouring out a barrel of horchata, allegedly after being told to wait for the stand to set up. She also spit on whatever she did not throw out. [CBS]
—Video posted Sunday appears to show an L.A. police officer kick or step on the head of a suspect placed under arrest. [Blah Blah Why Not/Twitter]
—A 24-year-old UPS driver collapsed and died in the Pasadena heat while delivering packages last week, the day after his birthday. [ABC]
—Criticism comes in for local police after allegedly failing to come to the aid of victims of a drunk driver who fled the scene of a crash in Northeast L.A. this weekend. [OTC/Twitter]
—Oakland's Kiva Confections is partnering with Jetty Extracts on a limited release of their popular 100% live resin-infused edibles, Lost Farm, resulting in Honey Apple x Sunshine OG Gummies and Sour Berry x Legend OG Chews. [PRN]
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