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Emma G. Gallegos

Stories by Emma G. Gallegos

  • It didn't take long after the Angeles Crest Highway reopened in June for not two, not three but four drivers to lose their lives on the road. After the third death, Caltrans launched an investigation into those deaths to assess whether signage, traffic enforcement and traffic volume could have played a role in those fatal crashes. The agency found that it is the drivers — and not the road — that are dangerous according to The Burbank Leader.
  • The coroner's office has confirmed that Hideki Irabu's death last month was a suicide, according to the Los Angeles Times. Coroner's spokesman Craig Harvey said Irabu hanged himself, confirming earlier reports from TMZ.
  • When CicLAvia returns this October, it will be bigger — and organizers hope better — than before. Organizers unveiled the new route this week that includes the same 7.5-mile route from the last two events and new offshoots into Chinatown and the Fashion District.
  • Your chance to see Hanson take the stage at the Sunset Junction Festival could be hanging in the balance if organizers don't cough up fees from last year's festival, according to the Los Angeles Times. Organizers are already selling tickets. But the city is withholding permits that would allow the show to go on, until the festival pays back $267,000 in fees for police staffing and police closures from last year's event.
  • Authorities raiding a suspected meth house in Loma Linda on Tuesday found something unexpected: dozens of tombstones ripped from the graves of a nearby cemetery. The granite tombstones, which had custom inscriptions, were stolen from Montecito Cemetery in Colton.
  • Alan Paul Wurtzel, the legal inspiration for Match.com's stricter background checks, pleaded no contest to charges that he sexually assaulted a woman he met through the dating site, according to KTLA. Wurtzel, 67, is accused of sexually assaulting a 53-year-old TV executive Carole Markin on their second date. He is scheduled to be sentenced September 19. He faces one year in jail, five years of probation and he must register as a sex offender for life, according to KTLA.