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Street vendor back at work one week after ax attack A beloved fruit vendor was welcomed back to his corner one week after a man tore down his stand with an ax. LOS ANGELES - A Woodland Hills street vendor whose stand was destroyed by an ax-wielding man last week returned to work Sunday to a community eager to support him.  -->A now-viral video made rounds last week of a man destroying the vendor'sLOS-->…

A decorated California nurse is behind bars this week after allegedly firing her handgun into a neighbor’s Sunset Boulevard apartment while "intoxicated" Monday afternoon, according to authorities. Kathryn Pugh, a 39-year-old registered…

Los Angeles on pace to set hate crime record New data from Crosstown USC shows Los Angeles is on pace to set a yearly record for hate crimes in the city. The previous record was set the year before. LOS ANGELES - The city of Los Angeles is on pace this year to set another record for the number of hate crimes, topping a mark set just last year, according to data released Monday by a nonprofit news organization. -->Data compiled by Crosstown at USC, aLOS-->…

Man appears to try to get into Watts home Jojo Ramirez says she had just gotten home around when she heard someone trying to turn the knob of her door. Then she looked at her Ring camera. LOS ANGELES - Consider this a cautionary tale from a Watts neighborhood.  -->As Los Angeles Police Department’s Sgt. PaulLOS-->…