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Dec 2, 2024 | 
wtoc.com | Anastassia Olmos
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Giving Tuesday is an international holiday to support charitable organizations, but some people will be looking to take advantage of your generosity. The Giving Tuesday organization found most people are donating to charities online, many through a couple of taps on their cell phone. Many organizations now send texts asking for donations, but if you haven’t previously given that organization your contact info, it may be a scam.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
ourcommunitynow.com | Anastassia Olmos
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Giving Tuesday is an international holiday to support charitable organizations, but some people will be looking to take advantage of your generosity. The Giving Tuesday organization found most people are donating to charities online, many through a couple of taps on their cell phone. Many organizations now send texts asking for donations, but if you haven’t previously given that organization your contact info, it may be a scam.
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Sep 26, 2024 | 
wrdw.com | Anastassia Olmos
Severe weather means likely storm damage, and just as common as fallen trees or damaged homes are scammers who try to make a dollar during a time of disaster.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
nbclosangeles.com | Anastassia Olmos |Karla Rendon-Alvarez
Dozens of families in East Los Angeles have been ordered to vacate and stay away from their homes Monday as SWAT officers work to persuade a man barricaded in a residence to come out. The hours-long incident began around 3:45 p.m. on the 4700 block of Dozier Street after sheriff’s deputies responded to a call of a domestic situation. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said the man pointed a gun at a woman and threatened to kill her, then barricaded himself inside his mother’s house.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
nbclosangeles.com | Anastassia Olmos |Karla Rendon-Alvarez
Geologists revealed at a city council meeting Tuesday that shifting land movement that prompted gas service to shut off in a Rancho Palos Verdes neighborhood could potentially threaten hundreds of more homes. Scientists working to stop the movement said their findings showed the issue is much deeper than they originally thought. After SoCalGas announced in late July that it would no longer provide service to the Portuguese Bend neighborhood due to land movement, geologists began testing the area.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
nbclosangeles.com | Anastassia Olmos
Multiple people were transported to a hospital after a high-speed crash in Redondo Beach on Saturday. A woman driving a white Ford Fusion drove through multiple stop signs and collided with at least four other moving vehicles, according to police. Among those transported to a hospital was a pregnant woman. Police received a call around 2:30 p.m. for a domestic dispute at the Redondo Beach Pier where a woman drove off. When police received her location, the crash occurred.
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Aug 17, 2024 | 
nbclosangeles.com | Missael Soto |Anastassia Olmos
Three 7-Eleven stores in Hollywood were victims of smash-and-grab robberies by a large group of thieves Friday night. About 20 people stormed into the convenience stores grabbing food and drink items before fleeing on bicycles, according to LAPD Headquarters. The three stores were all broken into just minutes apart and are all within a two-mile radius of each other. The first store was robbed just after 8 p.m. on 7040 West Sunset Boulevard.
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Aug 16, 2024 | 
nbcsandiego.com | Anastassia Olmos
Three 7-Eleven stores in Hollywood were victims of smash-and-grab robberies by a large group of thieves Friday night. About 20 people stormed into the convenience stores grabbing food and drink items before fleeing on bicycles, according to LAPD Headquarters. The three stores were all broken into just minutes apart and are all within a two-mile radius of each other. The first store was robbed just after 8 p.m. on 7040 West Sunset Boulevard.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
nbclosangeles.com | Anastassia Olmos |Missael Soto
Cell phone footage from a neighbor captured the moment a group of burglars were seen hauling a safe from a home in Cheviot Hills. The home burglary was reported just after 9:30 a.m. on Monday. Three masked individuals took turns breaking the home's metal gate to get the safe through. The burglars disregarded the neighbor who was just a few feet away, filming the crew as they struggled to get the safe inside of their getaway vehicle.
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Aug 9, 2024 | 
nbclosangeles.com | Anastassia Olmos |Missael Soto
One man is dead following a shooting involving an off-duty Beverly Hills Police officer in Van Nuys Thursday night. The shooting happened around 8 p.m. on Roscoe Boulevard near the 405 Freeway on-ramp. The Beverly Hills officer was driving with another person when he saw two people fighting on the street. One of the men had a pipe and the other a gun, according to police. The off-duty officer tried to break up the fight and as a result fired his gun, striking one of the men.
