One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Dead Man Found Burning on the Sidewalk
Photo by Arthur Eugene Preston via Shutterstock
An early riser in Altadena noticed something awry on the sidewalk this morning—there was something on fire. As the witness got closer, it turned out to be a human body.
The burning body was found at 6 am in a neighborhood just east of the Hahamongna Watershed and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Altadena, according to City News Service. Detectives from the sheriff's Altadena station and county firefighters identified the victim as a man, and he was pronounced dead at the scene, according to Deputy Lillian Peck with the sheriff's department.
Altadena Patch notes that the burning body was found just a few blocks away from where two homes were targeted by gunfire this week, but it is not clear if this death is connected to this week's shootings.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
