ViacomCBS announced Tuesday that the company will become known as Paramount ..read more

LONG BEACH (CBSLA) – Authorities are investigating a spree of convenience store armed robberies which occurred in South Los Angeles County Monday night. At least five robberies occurred in Bellflower, Long Beach and Paramount between 8 p.m. and midnight. Surveillance video of armed robbers inside a Circle K store in Bellflower, Calif. Jan. 17, 2022. (LLN) According to Long Beach police and the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, a Circle K was hit in Bellflower, along with a 7-Eleven store in Long Beach, a Ruby’s Liquor store in Long Beach, and another two 7-Eleven stores in Paramount. Accordi ..read more

PARAMOUNT (CBSLA) – A 27-year-old man fatally stabbed in Paramount in what a television station reported was an attempt to steal his car was identified Tuesday by the coroner’s office. The stabbing occurred at about 11:59 p.m. Monday in the 6800 block of San Carlos Street, near Rosecrans Avenue, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. “Lakewood Station deputies responded to the location regarding an assault with a deadly weapon call for service,” Schrader said. “When they arrived, they found a man lying in the street suffering from an apparent stab wound to the ..read more

PARAMOUNT (CBSLA) — A man with a gun was fatally shot by California Highway Patrol officers Monday following a chase and a standoff on the westbound 105 Freeway in Paramount. (credit: CBS) Jesse Medrano, 35, had been identified by the LAPD as a suspect in a Sunday triple shooting that killed his own father, 61-year-old Ruben Marrufo. According to the CHP, a disabled vehicle was reported on the right shoulder of the westbound 105 Freeway to the northbound 710. After a CHP officer arrived at the scene, they determined the van was possibly stolen and its driver was wanted in connection with a d ..read more

PARAMOUNT (CBSLA) — A man with a gun was shot by California Highway Patrol officers Monday following a chase and a standoff on the westbound 105 Freeway in Paramount. (credit: CBS) A Sigalert was issued at about 9:30 a.m. for the westbound 105 transition road to the 710 Freeway in Paramount for an unknown duration due to the officer-involved shooting. A man in a black shirt and gray pants appeared agitated and was holding a gun as he talked to CHP officers. He stood in freeway lanes near a van with its hood up and its passenger door ajar. He is believed to be a suspect in a double homicide o ..read more

PARAMOUNT (CBSLA) – Six people were injured in a multivehicle crash in Paramount late Wednesday night. Aug. 25, 2021. (Citizen App) The crash occurred at about 10 p.m. on East Rosecrans Avenue near the 710 Freeway. Four vehicles were involved in the wreck. Six people were rushed to local hospitals with undisclosed injuries, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. Rosecrans remained shut down Thursday morning between the 710 Freeway and Orange Avenue. The cause and circumstances of the crash were unclear ..read more

PARAMOUNT (CBSLA) – A pursuit that began in the Inland Empire came to an end in a residential neighborhood in the Los Angeles County city of Paramount Friday morning when the suspect slammed into a fence. July 23, 2021. (CBSLA) The chase began sometime before 9:30 a.m. when Barstow police officers attempted to pull over a Mercedes sedan for speeding and discovered that it had been reported stolen. California Highway Patrol took over the pursuit, which wound its way west across San Bernardino County and into L.A. County. The suspect made his way onto surface streets in Santa Fe Springs and th ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Lynwood man was found guilty Wednesday of organizing and leading more than a dozen armed robberies of small pharmacies across Southern California for prescription painkillers like oxycodone. After a two-day bench trial in April, U.S. District Judge John A. Kronstandt issued his ruling Wednesday, finding 26-year-old Tyrome “Boobie” Lewis of eight felony charges, including conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery, conspiracy to distribute oxycodone, interference with commerce by robbery, possession with intent to distribute oxycodone and knowingly using and brandi ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Paramount man remains hospitalized with severe burns after being set on fire more than a month ago, and a $10,000 reward for information is now being offered to help catch his attacker. Leonard Taylor. (credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) Leonard Taylor, 73, was in front of his home near Indiana Avenue and 70th Street, near the walkway to his front door, on the afternoon of March 5 when someone approached him from behind, hit him in the back of the head, then ignited his clothes, according to a motion from Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn. Invest ..read more

PARAMOUNT (CBSLA) — The FBI says a joint investigation with the LAPD into organized crime resulted in the seizure of $112 million worth of methamphetamine. The FBI Los Angeles’ office tweeted an image of several bags and bricks of drugs, cash and a gun they say was seized from a location in Paramount. Agents & Officers with @FBILosAngeles & @LAPDHQ investigating #OrganizedCrime facilitating the movement of fentanyl, cocaine, heroin & meth in LA & elsewhere seized over 1500 lbs of methamphetamine in #Paramount valued at approximately $112,000,000. #Jalisco #NewGenerationCa ..read more