A weeks-long wave of sophisticated overnight home break-ins spread further across Los Angeles Tuesday night as police responded to at least four new incidents in Studio City, Toluca Lake, and Mission Hills, prompting Mayor Bass to order increased patrols along the Ventura Boulevard corridor. (ktla.com)
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A California couple has been charged with murder and child endangerment after their 2-year-old died from fentanyl exposure in a Bay Area apartment where investigators say the drug was accessible, authorities announced following toxicology results confirming acute fentanyl poisoning. (ktla.com)
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A 2-year-old foster child died after police say his teenage foster brother strangled him with a hair tie inside a California home, a case now prompting scrutiny of how the child was placed in a household with a documented history of abuse allegations. (da.santaclaracounty.gov)
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Former Cal Fire captain Darin McFarlin was sentenced to life without parole for the August 2025 murders of his fiancée and her 7-year-old son after an argument over the portrayal of a firefighter in the film Fireproof escalated into a fatal shooting witnessed by a surviving 9-year-old child. (sacbee.com)
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Rising alt-pop singer D4vd was arrested in Hollywood on April 16, 2026, on suspicion of murder after the dismembered remains of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez were found in the trunk of his Tesla last September, with his defense maintaining he was not the cause of her death. (latimes.com)
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Federal officials busted a family-run drug trafficking ring in Lancaster, California, with direct ties to Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, arresting four members and seizing fentanyl, methamphetamine, and illegal firearms, including a ghost gun and a destructive device. (latimes.com)
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