A suspected EBT scammer wanted by the FBI in Southern California was taken into custody in Florida. The alleged scammer, known only by the alias "Walerian Grabowski," was taken into custody on Wednesday by the U.S. Marshals Service, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office. Seamus Hughes of Court Watch connected Grabowski's arrest to the alleged bank fraud and identity theft ring that operated in Southern California from about November 2021 to September 2022. Grabowski and four others — Birdal Osman, Ilie-Sebastian-Laur Vasilescu, Bogdan Adrian Purgariu and Silviu-Florin Spiridon  ..read more

The search is underway for a Southern California woman who disappeared while on a yoga retreat in Guatemala. The missing woman, Nancy Ng, 29, from Monterey Park, disappeared on Oct. 19 at a retreat in Lake Atitlán, according to her family. Nancy, a former Cal State L.A. student who works for the Alhambra Unified School District, had planned to relax at a week-long yoga retreat, something she had done for the second year in a row. She left on Oct. 14 and just a few days into her trip, her family said the retreat organizer called to say she had vanished. She was officially reported missing on Oc ..read more

At least one officer with the Alhambra Police Department shot and wounded a person Thursday morning. The shooting in the 600 block of South Fremont Avenue began as a commercial robbery, police told KTLA. However, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which took over the investigation after the shooting, said the shooting occurred at approximately 5:37 a.m. at the intersection of South Meridian and West Commonwealth avenues. The suspect, an adult male, was wounded by gunfire and transported to a hospital in "unknown condition," the Sheriff's Department said in a statement. The investigat ..read more

Alhambra’s Lai Lai Ballroom celebrated Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month with a free celebratory dance event on Saturday. The Alhambra ballroom is where the gunman responsible for killing 11 people in a nearby Monterey Park dance hall, was disarmed by 26-year-old Brandon Tsay on Jan. 21. Saturday's event celebrated the resilience of a community amid tragedy while also honoring the diversity and courage of Alhambra and Monterey Park. Co-hosted by the Tsay Family and Asian Americans Advancing Justice Southern California, the free event featured live performances, dancing, kids’ acti ..read more

A man died after being found in his car suffering from gunshot wounds in Alhambra Friday night, and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is working with the Alhambra Police Department to investigate the killing. The unidentified man, who is believed to be between 40 and 45 years old, was discovered sitting in the driver's seat of his vehicle at Almansor and Bay streets a few minutes before 9:30 p.m., the Sheriff's Department said in a news release. Suffering from multiple wounds to his upper torso, he was taken to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The investigation is ongo ..read more

The stabbing attacks on a 17-year-old honors student and a 33-year-old father in El Sereno on Friday occurred "with no provocation," Los Angeles Police Department officials said on Thursday. In a press conference, officials indicated that David Anthony Zapata, 32, was taken into custody in Alhambra on Wednesday in connection with the death of Woodrow Wilson High School student Xavier Daniel Chavarin and for allegedly stabbing Daniel Villalobos a few hours later. The El Sereno attack, which occurred at about 4 p.m. Friday in the 4500 block of Valley Boulevard, left Chavarin seeking help at a lo ..read more

Brandon Tsay, the dance studio manager who bravely disarmed the Monterey Park gunman before he could take more lives, was awarded the Medal of Courage at Alhambra’s Lunar New Year festival Sunday. “This year started off as extremely difficult,” Tsay told the crowd. “But we’ve got the rest of the year to spread compassion and build back our community ..read more

President Joe Biden on Thursday praised the actions of the 26-year-old man who disarmed the Monterey Park mass shooter, calling the act of bravery an example of the American spirit.   "I wanted to call and see how you’re doing and thank you for taking such incredible action in the face of danger,” Biden told Brandon Tsay during the phone call.   Tsay was present when 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, the man believed to have shot and killed 11 people at a Monterey Park dance studio less than hour earlier, walked into the 26-year-old's family-run dance hall in Alhambra armed with a 9mm MAC-10 ..read more

Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna on Wednesday announced that officials have learned more about the man at the center of the investigation into the Monterey Park mass shooting, which left 11 people dead and wounded 9 others following Lunar New Year festivities on Jan. 22. A motive, however, remains elusive. Authorities say the suspect, 72-year-old Huu Can Tran, entered the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park Saturday night and opened fire. Huu later drove away from the scene and entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in nearby Alhambra where he was disarmed by a 26-year-old man before fleei ..read more

New surveillance video shows the violent struggle between the suspected Monterey Park gunman and the 26-year-old man who disarmed him at the Lai Lai Ballroom late Saturday night. Twenty to 30 minutes after the Monterey Park shooting that left 11 people dead, authorities say 72-year-old Huu Can Tran entered the Lai Lai Ballroom in nearby Alhambra armed with what officials described as a magazine-fed semi-automatic pistol that had an extended, large capacity magazine attached to it. That’s where Brandon Tsay, a third-generation operator of the family-run dance hall, wrestled the gun away from th ..read more