A Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputy has been charged with stealing cash from a driver she pulled over in Whittier last year. Deputy Jessica Lynn, 39, pulled over a driver for having an allegedly excessive window tinting at about 2:45 a.m. on April 15, 2023, in the 10400 block of Whittier Boulevard. The driver did not have a valid license, and when Lynn searched the vehicle, she found a coin purse containing money. She pocketed the cash and threw the coin purse into a trash can, the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office said in a news release. She then covered up her theft in her poli ..read more

Police are searching for a suspect in connection with a shooting that left two people dead and one critically injured in Whittier.  On Tuesday, the suspect was identified as Noe Urias Perez, 33, according to the Whittier Police Department. The shooting took place early Sunday morning on Feb. 11 as police responded to a parking lot outside an auto repair shop near Lambert Road and Painter Street at around 1:05 a.m. At the scene, three men were found with multiple gunshot wounds inside a travel trailer. Two of the victims were pronounced dead, while a third victim was transported to the hos ..read more

Loved ones are searching for a teenager who disappeared in Whittier on Feb. 5. The missing teen was identified as Christopher Herrera, 18, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Herrera was last seen on the 13900 block of Coteau Drive at around 8:30 p.m. He is described as a Hispanic male standing 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 145 pounds. He has black curly hair, brown eyes, a mustache and a goatee. Herrera’s family has not heard from him since and is concerned for his well-being. Authorities have released photos of the at-risk teen in hopes someone may have spotted him ..read more

Amid an onslaught of break-ins and robberies, a family-owned business in Whittier will be closing its doors for good. Opened to the community in the ‘90s, Ayman Fashion has seen a lot of change over the decades, but not necessarily for the better.  Break-ins and robberies have increased over the last few years and in the past month alone, the store has been robbed three times, with a trail of damage left behind. The owners said the cost of repairing the damage has rendered the business financially unsustainable. “A lot of people have grown up in some of the clothes sold here, especially t ..read more

A pair of relatives from Los Angeles County are behind bars after two people were stabbed at a Big Bear Lake earlier this month. At about 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 10, 56-year-old Michael Alvarado of Sylmar got into an argument with a man at the AV Bar and Nightclub, located at 664 Pine Knot Ave., the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. After that "verbal altercation," Alvarado spoke with his 39-year-old relative Joshua Alvarado, a Whittier resident, who went to his car and returned with a knife, authorities said. Joshua Alvarado then allegedly stabbed the man in an argu ..read more

An overturned big rig that had collided with another vehicle brought traffic to a standstill for thousands of drivers on the 605 Freeway in Whittier Thursday morning. The truck spilled its contents on the freeway near Washington Boulevard in West Whittier-Los Nietos, prompting the California Highway Patrol to issue a Sig Alert and close all northbound lanes. "Collision with overturned big rig & large pieces of concrete in lanes," Caltrans said on X, formerly Twitter. An overturned dump truck hurt traffic on the 605 Freeway in Whittier on Nov. 30, 2023. (KTLA) Aerial footage from Sky5 showe ..read more

A violent hit-and-run crash has left a mother of four hospitalized in Whittier as the suspect remains at large. Surveillance video captured the terrifying moment the victim, Lisa Park-Ortiz, was struck and nearly killed on Monday afternoon. She was taking her son to the barber shop around 2:30 p.m. when she was struck while exiting her parked car on Whittier Boulevard. “All I remember is just hearing a noise, almost like a car crash, but it was my body hitting the car and that was the last thing I remember,” said Park-Ortiz. Video captures Park-Ortiz getting violently sideswiped just moments a ..read more

Three Los Angeles County residents are facing decades in prison after the U.S. Department of Justice charged them in connection with 10 pharmacy robberies this summer. Makai Yusef Sanders and Kenyatta Kamar Jones of Hawthorne and Diavion Deshawna Mouton of Carson, all 22 years old, were charged earlier this month with Hobbs Act robbery (indicating it affected interstate or foreign commerce) and using a firearm during a violent crime, the DOJ said in a news release. Federal authorities allege the trio targeted Rite Aid and Walgreens stores between Aug. 9 and Sept. 19, striking in Long Beach, Be ..read more

Residents in West Whittier were surrounded by a natural gas leak Thursday morning, prompting officials to evacuate more than two dozen homes. About 75 people from 32 homes were asked to go to the Phelan Language Academy at 7150 Cully Ave. while crews tried to stop the leak in a nearby neighborhood. One resident recalled being home with his wife around 1:30 a.m. when he noticed a smell. Officials respond to a gas leak in Whittier on Sept. 14, 2023. (Key News TV) “Yes, the smell and the big noise around 1:30 … Officers came up and asked us to evacuate the area,” Manuel Covarrubias said. Video sh ..read more

A deputy recruit who was struck by a wrong-way driver while jogging with a group of recruits in South Whittier died Friday night after being hospitalized for eight months. Alejandro Martinez, 27, a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Recruit, died at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center surrounded by his family, friends, L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna and other department members. The Army veteran and Cal State Northridge graduate was one of 75 recruits who were out on a training run at about 6:30 a.m. on Nov. 16, 2022. That’s when the suspect, Nicholas Gutierrez, 22, from Diamond Bar, p ..read more