HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA) – A pursuit involving a U-Haul pickup truck early Friday morning in Hacienda Heights ended with authorities deploying tear gas and flashbangs. July 9, 2021. (CBSLA) The incident began at about 3 a.m. West Covina police officers began pursuing a U-Haul truck. It’s unclear what prompted the chase. Just after 4:10 a.m., multiple flashbangs were heard in the area of Glenstone Avenue and Pintura Drive. Footage from the scene showed a suspect being treated by Los Angeles County Fire Department paramedics. The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department also confirmed that tear gas wa ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A man was killed and a woman was critically wounded in a shooting in Hacienda Heights early Thursday morning. Just before 1 a.m., Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of gunshots in the 3300 block of Turnbull Canyon Road to find a man dead at the scene. He was not immediately identified. A woman was rushed to a hospital in critical condition, a sheriff’s spokesperson told CBSLA. Investigators learned the victims were sitting in a parked car on a secluded section of the road, possibly ingesting nitrous oxide, when another car pulled up behind them, a ..read more

HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA) – A man was shot and killed outside a gas station in Hacienda Heights late Sunday night. May 17, 2021. (CBSLA) The shooting occurred outside an ampm in the 17100 block of Colima Road. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded at 11:42 p.m. to find a man dead at the scene from at least one gunshot wound. He was not immediately identified. Two suspects, described as Hispanic males, were last seen driving west on Colima Boulevard away from the crime scene in a blue Hyundai Sonata, the sheriff’s department said. There was no word on a motive in the shooting or whet ..read more

HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA) — The Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District has voted to rebuild Wedgeworth Elementary School, which has been languishing in portable buildings for years. Parents had stepped up criticism of district officials and staged protests in recent weeks, decrying the conditions at the nationally-recognized school, which provides a dual-immersion curriculum in Mandarin and English along with coding classes. Wedgeworth’s students and teachers had been marking their achievements in portable buildings that parents describe as infested with pests and rife with sewage problems ..read more

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a string of crimes in Hacienda Heights, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday. Manuel Soto, 22, was arrested May 8 and has been charged in connection with a series of crimes reported in Hacienda Heights. (LASD) Manuel Soto was arrested Saturday for an unrelated robbery, the department said. He was charged Monday with assault to commit a felony during the commission of a first-degree burglary in connection with the May 2 sexual assault of an elderly woman on Kwis Avenue. On Tuesday, Soto was arraig ..read more

HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA) – Authorities are searching for a man who broke into a Hacienda Heights home last weekend and sexually assaulted an elderly woman sleeping inside. The attack occurred in the 1300 block of Kwis Avenue between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Investigators said the man broke into through a window, woke up a 79-year-old woman before sexually assaulting her. The victim then contacted a family member, who called 911. The woman was treated for injuries at a nearby hospital. The assault suspect was described as a 19 to 25 yea ..read more

HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA) – Authorities are searching for a man who broke into a Hacienda Heights home last weekend and sexually assaulted an elderly woman who was sleeping inside. The attack occurred in the 1300 block of Kwis Avenue between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. on Sunday, May 2, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The man broke into through a window, woke up a 79-year-old woman who was sleeping inside and then sexually assaulted her, the sheriff’s department reports. The victim then contacted a family member, who called 911. The woman was treated for injuries at a nearby hos ..read more

HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA) — Angry parents took to the streets Monday to protest the deplorable conditions that they say have been ignored for too long at Wedgeworth Elementary School in Hacienda Heights. (credit: CBS) Parents and students carrying signs demanding “Safer Schools” and “No Portables” marched from Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn’s office to the Hacienda-La Puente Unified School District. The nationally-recognized dual immersion school has been housed in portable trailers for years, and parents say they’re infested with rodents and have sewage problems. Parents say they ..read more

HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA) — Parents of students at Wedgeworth Elementary School in Hacienda Heights say the conditions of the campus are unacceptable and that some school board members have made anti-Asian statements. Parents say the school, which consists of only portable trailers, is severely underfunded compared to other schools in the district. They say the campus has only four restrooms for 600 students, there’s no kitchen or cafeteria, and very little playground space. The school provides dual-language instruction in both Mandarin and English. Parents say some school board members have ma ..read more

HACIENDA HEIGHTS (CBSLA) — Parents of children at a prominent Los Angeles County elementary school are accusing those in charge of bad management, poor upkeep and racial bias. Wedgeworth Elementary School in Hacienda Heights provides dual-immersion instruction in Mandarin and English in addition to coding classes. (CBSLA) “The conditions inside the classrooms are terrible,” Brendan Ireland, a parent, said. “Constant infestations of raccoons, rats, beehives, and they’re still not putting money into it because they say, ‘Oh, it’s temporary structures.'” Wedgeworth Elementary School in Hacienda ..read more