Koreatown LA on Twitter started posting reports from approximately 10:38 pm Wednesday night that a white male wearing a blue shirt and allegedly armed with a knife was running behind houses between 124 N Kenmore and 119 N Catalina (north of 1st Street). Map shows approximate location: 121 N Catalina Street Police responded right away […]
A piece of luggage was left unattended by the side of the Olympic Division police station late this afternoon (at around 4:30 pm) and was deemed suspicious enough to warrant the closure of Vermont Avenue between Olympic Boulevard and 12th Street. The LAPD’s “bomb squad” was called in to examine the suitcase as a precautionary […]
July 14, 2012 LAFD paramedics were asked to respond to a reported shooting on the 3700 block of 3rd Street at 7:46 pm. Because of the freshness of this news, the following are UNCONFIRMED details culled from local eyewitnesses. A group of gang-affiliated young men were reportedly “hanging out” in front of a building on […]
Saturday morning… Vermont Avenue between Olympic Boulevard and 12th Street / Pico Boulevard closed to pedestrian and car traffic… LAPD says a suspicious package has been found in the area, which required the street closure. Reported on Twitter as early as 10:50 am. Status current as of 11:30 am. Updates will be posted here. Update: […]
FATAL SHOOTING INCIDENT, 1:20 PM… Vermont & San Marino… White SUV-like vehicle hit a cyclist. Two Hispanic males came out of the white vehicle and shot dead the cyclist as he lay on the ground. A second person on the street (still undetermined if a companion of the biker) was also shot at. Suspects fled […]
Wilshire Boulevard is expected to be closed to traffic between Western Avenue and Fairfax Avenue from 9:00 pm on Friday to 5:00 am on Saturday on account of the 340-ton boulder that is being transported to LACMA. Destination: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), the largest art museum in the western United States. Object: […]
Structure fire with civilian injuries at 517 North Harvard Boulevard (near Melrose) reported around 12:50pm… Area of Hobart, Harvard and Maplewood just south of Melrose is being evacuated of residents because of the fire. A man reportedly shot three people, then set fire to the single-family dwelling. Still unconfirmed details as this is an event […]
Sunday morning at a little before 10:00 am, LAPD received a report about a suspicious package in front of Christ Church on the street known as Manhattan Place, just north of Wilshire, a block west of Western Avenue. Address: 635 S Manhattan Place, Los Angeles 90010 The LA Police Department sent in the bomb unit […]
As the annual fall carnival of the LAPD was winding down its first night on Olympic & Vermont, another gang-related shooting occurred late Friday at around 10:20 pm in the Pico-Union district, on the southern edge of Koreatown proper. The shooting happened on Pico Boulevard corner Mariposa Avenue, almost right in front of the Catholic […]
UPDATE: Due to the support that LAPD and their business partners have given to convicted felon Alexandria Thompson, the original PR organization in Koreatown LA has disavowed any past association with or promotion of those entities. Most of the organization’s talent have relocated and resources have been reallocated. The Olympic Division of the Los Angeles […]
The Olympic Division of the LAPD is having its annual Fall Carnival (not supposed to call it Halloween) this weekend — three days from Friday the 21st until Sunday the 23rd. Location is Olympic Boulevard between Vermont Avenue and Elden Avenue, which is halfway between Vermont and Hoover. If you’re in the area […]
Western Avenue in Los Angeles closed from May 9 to July 11. Street / road closure in Wilshire Center / Koreatown area of North Western Avenue. Detours for drivers via Wilton Place, Oxford Avenue and Normandie Avenue. Picture taken on May 8, 2009.