A Year After Bad Masa Caused a Christmas Tamale Disaster, Amapola of Downey...
The tamale disaster unfolded with impeccably bad timing. The week before Christmas last year, people had stood in line for hours for the store’s famous masa, the ground cornmeal for tamales. Soon,...
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Southbound 5 Freeway Reopens Through Downey After Fatal Motorcycle Crash
Southbound traffic on the 5 Freeway was stalled through Downey during the Friday evening rush hour following a deadly crash involving a motorcyclist, officials said. A downed motorcyclist was reported...
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Woman Accused of DUI in Huntington Beach Crash That Killed 3 Teens Rearrested...
A 27-year-old woman who had posted bond after being arrested in connection with a DUI crash that killed three teens in Huntington Beach last month has been rearrested after investigators believed she...
View ArticleAuthorities Detain Suspect in Downey Area After Pursuit
Officials detained a man after pursuing the vehicle he was driving through the East Los Angeles and Downey areas on Friday night. Sky5 was first over the chase as around 10:55 p.m. as the red car was...
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Police Seek Additional Victims After Man Arrested on Suspicion of Sexually...
A man was arrested after a 14-year-old girl was followed and grabbed on her way home from school in Downey, and investigators believe he could have targeted more victims, police said Thursday. The...
View ArticleMan Charged With Grabbing 2 Females in Downey, Including Teen Walking Home...
A man was charged on Friday with groping both a woman and teenager in two separate incidents in Downey, a day after investigators said they were looking for additional people he may have attacked. Sala...
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Man Arrested on Suspicion of Running Over Security Guard After He Was Ejected...
A man accused of purposefully running over a security guard after he was asked to leave a Downey eatery turned himself in on Friday, police said. Hector Jonathan Aceves Vallejo was subsequently...
View ArticleSecurity Guard Run Over at Downey Restaurant Taken Off Life Support
A 49-year-old security guard was taken off life support Thursday, about a week after he was run over by a car outside the Downey restaurant where he worked. Joseph Quintero Sr. was taken to a hospital...
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Service Dog That Was Inside Car When It Was Stolen in Downey Is Found Safe,...
A service dog that was inside a car when it was stolen in Downey over the weekend has been found safe in Anaheim, her Army veteran owner told KTLA Tuesday. Apolonio Muñoz and Marcee the dog are...
View ArticleCrash, Broken Water Main Blamed for Sinkhole in Front of Downey Home
Crews are working to fix a sinkhole that opened up following a crash in front of a Downey home Saturday night. The crash occurred about 10:15 p.m. when an SUV struck a power pole and sheared a fire...
View Article2 Killed in Shooting Outside Motel in Downey; Suspected Gunman Identified as...
The man accused of fatally shooting two other men just outside a motel in Downey on Saturday morning has been identified, while authorities are still seeking two persons of interest in the case....
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Man Charged With Murder in Killings of 2 Outside Downey Motel: Authorities
A man was charged with two counts of murder on Tuesday after two men were fatally shot outside of a Downey motel last week, authorities said. Raymond Joseph Penland is seen in a photo released by...
View ArticlePolice Suspect Murder-Suicide After Man Killed, Woman Critically Injured in...
A man died and a woman was left in critical condition after being shot in Downey Tuesday afternoon, and now police suspect the incident may have been a murder-suicide. Just before 2 p.m., police...
View ArticleCar Crashes Into Downey Liquor Store
No one was injured despite a car crashing into a liquor store in Downey early Thursday morning. Mark Mester reports for the KTLA 5 Morning News on Aug. 2, 2018.
View Article13 Arrested During Labor Protest at Kaiser Permanente in Downey
Police arrested 13 people on suspicion of failing to obey a dispersal order during what they described as an otherwise very peaceful demonstration over a labor dispute at Kaiser Permanente’s Downey...
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‘It Felt Like $50 Million’: Man Describes Relief of Reuniting With Wife After...
When Lucy Blanco called and said the Downey hospital where she works was on lockdown due to a possible active shooter, her husband said his life flashed before his eyes as he rushed out of work to find...
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Man Arrested After Reports of Multiple Shots Fired at Kaiser Hospital in...
A suspect has been arrested after allegedly firing shots in the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Downey Tuesday, in an incident that triggered an evacuation at the hospital and prompted a major...
View ArticleInland Empire Drug Traffickers Charged With Helping Distribute Nearly 26K...
An undercover sting by federal investigators led to three drug-traffickers in the Inland Empire being indicted on suspicion of distributing nearly 26,000 pills containing carfentanyl, a powerful...
View Article20-Year-Old Downey Man Found Dead Along Beach in Isla Vista
Officials on Tuesday identified a body discovered on a beach in Isla Vista as that of a 20-year-old Downey man. According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, a passerby saw the remains near...
View ArticleStudents Say Planned Trip to Denny’s in Downey Ended in Disaster, And Now...
Students and teachers from a South Los Angeles high school who planned a senior breakfast at a Denny's in Downey said the restaurant was woefully unprepared for their group of 80 despite a signed...
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