LYNWOOD (CBSLA) — Opportunity came to Lynwood High School in the form of a convoy of recruiters from historically Black colleges and universities. (credit: CBS) High school seniors visiting a college fair at Lynwood High School Monday got a chance to speak to about two dozen HBCU recruiters, and possibly be accepted on the spot. Organizers of the event say they are hoping to give out more than $3 million in scholarships at Lynwood High School. “Today is about letting students know that regardless of their background, where they’re from, higher education is available, access to higher educati ..read more

LYNWOOD (CBSLA) – Authorities are investigating the death of a man whose body was found at the scene of a homeless encampment fire Monday morning off the 710 Freeway in Lynwood. Feb. 7, 2022. (CBSLA) Los Angeles County Fire Department crews responded to the fire off the northbound 710 Freeway, near Imperial Highway, just before 10 a.m. They arrived and found the victim dead at the scene, the fire department said. Crews quickly extinguished the blaze. The identity of the victim was not immediately released. The cause of the death was unknown. It’s unclear if the man died in the fire, or wheth ..read more

LYNWOOD (CBSLA) — Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies are asking for public assistance in locating a missing Lynwood woman who suffers from bipolar disorder. (Photo Credit: Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department) Sheila Nicole Diciolli, 21-years-old, has been missing since January 5, when she was last seen at around 6:30 p.m. on Elm Street near the 710 Freeway, wearing a black sweater and blue jeans. Diciolli is 5-foot, 8-inches and weighs about 100 pounds, with short blonde hair and hazel eyes. She also has a tattoo of a cat on her right thigh. LACSD noted that her family ..read more

LYNWOOD (CBSLA) – A person was killed and five other people were injured in a crash involving at least two vehicles Saturday morning on the eastbound Glen Anderson (105) Freeway in Lynwood, authorities said. Paramedics rushed five people to area hospitals and one person was pronounced dead at the crash site, according to a county fire dispatcher. Firefighters and paramedics were dispatched at 5:40 a.m. The crash occurred on the eastbound freeway, just east of Long Beach Boulevard and was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 5:38 a.m., the CHP said. A Sigalert, issued at 6:10 a.m. closi ..read more

LYNWOOD (CBSLA) – The Sheriff’s Information Bureau has reported that at least one person is dead following a shooting in Lynwood on Thursday evening. The shooting occurred on Euclid Avenue, near Cesar Chavez Park around 7PM. Authorities are calling the incident a gang-related shooting. The victim, a 52-year-old man, was pronounced dead at the scene. Authorities have not released a name or information on the victim pending the notification of kin. Upon their initial investigations, authorities were made aware of another individual involved in the incident who had been transported to the ho ..read more

LYNWOOD (CBSLA) — Two suspects were arrested following a wild series of events that started with a robbery and shootout Monday evening in Lynwood that left a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy wounded, and ended when a pursuit suspect crashed into a cemetery fence in East L.A. several hours later. A suspect is taken into custody after crashing into a cemetery in East Los Angeles following a pursuit. Aug. 30, 2021. (CBSLA) The deputy has underwent surgery and is expected to survive. The situation began at around 7 p.m. when deputies on patrol were flagged down at Fernwood Avenue and Alameda ..read more

LYNWOOD (CBSLA) – A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy was shot Monday evening in Lynwood. Hours later, law enforcement got in a pursuit with the suspected shooter, who crashed in East Los Angeles. Details surrounding the shooting were not immediately available, but the deputy was grazed by gunfire and the suspect fled the scene, according to a department spokesperson. The deputy was taken to a hospital and was said to be alert and conscious, according to the department. The shooting was reported at about 7:15 p.m. after units were called to the area of Lorraine Street and 112th St ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A 22-year-old woman has been arrested on suspicion of abandoning her newborn son earlier this month at a Lynwood park, authorities said Friday. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, the infant was found June 11 in a trashcan in the women’s restroom at Yvonne Burke-John D. Ham Park in Lynwood. The Los Angeles County Fire Department arrived and rendered aid to the child born two days earlier. Detectives reviewed security footage from a nearby business that captured two women walking on Atlantic Avenue, near an apartment complex. A resident of the complex ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Authorities were holding a news conference Thursday afternoon to ask for the public’s help in locating a person of interest in connection with a newborn baby boy who was found abandoned in the trash can of a park restroom in Lynwood last week. A sketch of a person of interest in the case. (LASD) The baby boy was discovered at about 8 a.m. on June 11 at Yvonne Burke-John D. Ham Park in Lynwood, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported Wednesday. So far, deputies have been unable to identify the child, believed to be Hispanic or African American, or his parent ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Officials are seeking public assistance related to a male newborn abandoned in a trashcan in a female’s public restroom Friday, June 11, around 8 a.m., at Yvonne Burke-John D. Ham Park in Lynwood. So far Sheriff’s Deputies have been unable to identify the child, believed to be Hispanic or African American, or his parents. Officials have released a sketch of a person of interest who is wanted for questioning. She was seen pushing a pink baby stroller. Anyone with information about this incident is encouraged to contact LACSD’s Special Victims ..read more