SAN DIMAS -- A gunman robbed a San Dimas gas station Sunday, officials said.
The robbery was reported about 7:50 p.m. at a Valero station at 102 E. Arrow Highway.
The robber was described as a black man, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and 140 to 150 pounds, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Joe Bolanos said.
He wore a white jacket and blue jeans and was armed with a small, black, semi-automatic handgun, the sergeant added.
Bolanos said the robber was last seen running south on San Dimas Avenue with an undisclosed amount of cash.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE -- A person was killed Sunday when a pickup truck overturned and caught fire on the 210 Freeway, officials said.
The crash occurred just before 3 p.m. in the westbound lanes of the 210 Freeway, just east of the 2 Freeway, according to California Highway Patrol logs.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene, officials said, however no description of that person was immediately available.
The truck was westbound on the freeway when, for unknown reasons, it suddenly swerved to the left and struck the center divider, CHP Officer Monica Posada said.
"The truck overturned onto its driver-side," she said. "It came to rest and was engulfed in flames."
The driver of the pickup truck died at the scene.
Officials said a motorcyclist was injured and an SUV was damaged when they were struck by debris in the eastbound lanes of the 210 Freeway.
Both directions of the freeway were initially shut down after the crash, officials said.
Eastbound lanes of the freeway were reopened within about half an hour, and two lanes of the westbound freeway were opened to traffic as of 4 p.m.
The crash was the second fatal wreck reported on the 210 Freeway Sunday.
In Sunland, a man, woman and 14-year-old boy were killed after their SUV rear-ended a big rig and burst into flames during the early morning hours, authorities said.
Two other children who were in the SUV -- a 9-year-old girl and an 11-year-old boy -- were rescued from the wreckage by a good Samaritan. They were hospitalized in fair condition.

ROSEMEAD -- A man held up a Jack in the Box restaurant at gunpoint Sunday, authorities said.
The crime was reported about 7:30 a.m. at the eatery at 820 San Gabriel Boulevard, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Abel Moreno said.
A robber described only a a Latino man in his 20s armed with a handgun entered the store and demanded cash from the register, the sergeant said.
He was last seen running from the area with an undisclosed amount of stolen cash, he said.

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WEST COVINA -- A man was shot to death early Sunday during a house party, marking the eighth homicide in the city this year, officials said.
Billy Eugene Howell, 33, died at the scene of the shooting, said Selena Barros, investigator with the Los Angeles County Department of Coroner.
Coroner's officials had not determined Howell's city of residency late Sunday, but a friend of the man said he lived in Washington and was in West Covina for the holidays.
The shooting was reported about 1:30 a.m. at a house in the 100 block of South Cherrywood Street, just south of the 10 Freeway, West Covina police Lt. David Rozeboom said.
A small group of people had gathered at the home for a party when the shooting occurred, he said.
Officers responding to several 9-1-1 calls found Howell had been shot several times, Rozeboom said.
"Following the shooting, those in attendance ran for cover and were not able to provide much information as to the suspect," West Covina police Cpl. Rudy Lopez said in a written statement.
Two suspects in the shooting were described only as male.
Jennifer Pokrazywinksi, 36, lives in the home where Howell was shot and said she had been friends with Howell since they were teenagers.
He had arrived in town Saturday to spend the holidays with her and her family, Pokrazywinksi said.
She said about a dozen people were at the gathering including a friend of Howell's, who in turn invited some other friends.
Two men whom nobody in the home recognized showed up about 30 minutes before the shooting, Pokrazywinksi said.
"It's when those two (men) came is when the trouble started," she said.
Pokrazywinksi -- who did not actually see the three strangers -- was in her bedroom when she heard gunshots.
"I ran out (of the bedroom). I saw him lying on the floor," she said. "I just remember kneeling by him and doing CPR."
Pokrazywinksi said the unidentified men fled immediately after the shooting.
A bullet hole was visible in her living room wall Sunday afternoon.
Pokrazywinksi said she believes someone must know who the shooter was, and she hopes they come forward.
"He had a really good heart," she said of Howell, who is survived by two young children. "He had a rough life and he was trying to fight to make it better."
Sunday's shooting was the eighth homicide in the city this year, and the fourth violent attack to occur at a West Covina house party in less than a month.
*A 16-year-old Baldwin Park boy was shot and wounded on Oct. 31 when a fight erupted in front of a house party in the 1900 block of East Nanette Avenue.
*Ramiro Limon, 27, of East Los Angeles died and his brother was wounded Nov. 1 after he was shot outside a house party at Shadydale Avenue and Roxbury Street.
*Two men were wounded in a stabbing Nov. 7 outside a house party in the 3700 block of Garvey Avenue.

SOUTH PASADENA -- A man was found fatally shot sitting in the passenger seat of a car early Sunday, authorities said.
The man's name was not released pending notification of his family, however he was described as a 35-year-old Latino man, Los Angeles County Department of Coroner Investigator Selena Barros said.
The discovery was made about 4:20 a.m. in the 1000 block of Arroyo Drive, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Byron Ward said.
In a written statement, Deputy Lillian Peck said the body was first found by a police officer.
"A South Pasadena patrol officer saw a vehicle parked... with the windows fogged up," the statement said. "When the officer checked the suspicious vehicle, he discovered the victim sitting in the front passenger seat, murdered."
Detectives from the Sheriff's Homicide Bureau are helping South Pasadena police in the investigation, and anyone with information is asked to contact detectives at (323) 890-5500.
Sheriff's homicide detectives had already left the scene early Sunday afternoon, however South Pasadena police kept the area cordoned off with yellow crime scene tape and used dogs to continue searching for possible evidence.
The slaying was South Pasadena's first in more than three years, South Pasadena police Cpl. Matt Petersen said.
Armando Reynaga, 28, of Eagle Rock was fatally stabbed in the parking lot of a Carrows restaurant in the 800 block of Fremont Avenue.
Officials said Reynaga had been meeting his estranged wife at the parking lot for several weeks prior to the stabbing to exchange custody of their young child.
The case remains unsolved.

POMONA -- Police shot and wounded a man late Friday, however little information about the incident was provided.
The shooting occurred about 7:45 p.m. in the 1400 block of Edgehill Drive, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Diane Hecht said in a written statement.
A person described only as a black man was wounded, and no officers were injured, Hecht said. The condition of the wounded man was not released.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Homicide Bureau is assisting the Pomona Police Department in the investigation and handling the release of information to the public, as is common in officer-involved shooting investigations involving police department within Los Angeles County.
Sheriff's officials released no further information about the shooting Saturday afternoon.

GLENDORA -- A parolee was behind bars Saturday on suspicion of head-butting a woman and seriously injuring her, police said.
Ryan Laing, 38, of Azusa was arrested at his home and booked on suspicion of felony battery about an hour after the alleged attack, which occurred just before 10 a.m. in the 900 block of Walnut Avenue in Glendora, Glendora police Lt. Rob Lamborghini said.
There was an argument between Laing, his girlfriend and the alleged victim, who was an acquaintance of the girlfriend, prior to the attack, the lieutenant said.
Laing head-butted the alleged victim, a 34-year-old Glendora woman, causing a large gash to her head, said Lamborghini.
The woman was hospitalized and released after receiving 17 stitches, he added.
Police tracked Laing to his home in the 1000 block of E. Gaillard Street in Azusa shortly after the incident, Lamborghini said, and he surrendered when officers surrounded the home and ordered him out.
He was being held without bail, he said, and was expected to be arraigned Monday in West Covina Superior Court.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- A man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was found guilty in what prosecutors said was a case of scaring a 79-year-old North Carolina
grandmother to death.
Multiple media outlets reported a federal jury found 21-year-old Larry Whitfield not guilty
of murder Friday in the death of Mary Parnell last year. But they did find him guilty of causing her death by kidnapping her, and that carries an automatic life sentence.
Prosecutors say Whitfield was looking for somewhere to hide after a failed bank robbery
attempt in Gastonia in September 2008 when he broke into Parnell's home.
Authorities say Whitfield never touched the grandmother, but she suffered a heart attack
when she saw him, and he didn't call for help.

SOUTH PASADENA -- Police jailed four self-identified members of a tagging crew late Friday, authorities said.
Morgan Smith, 20, of Pasadena, Noe Miller, 18, of South Pasadena, Patrick Hillseth, 18, of South Pasadena and a 16-year-old boy, whose name was not released due to his age, were booked on suspicion of felony vandalism, South Pasadena police Officer Shannon Robledo said.
All four admitted to belonging to a tagging crew that calls itself "United Street Mob" and uses the acronym "USM" when scrawling graffiti, the officer said. The group is believed to be responsible for at least half a dozen incidents of graffiti vandalism in the northern portion of South Pasadena.
"We're going to do further investigation," Robledo said. "We're going to try and build a case against them."
Officers were patrolling on Stoney Drive near the 110 freeway when they saw two men come out of some bushes, Robledo said.
When police began talking to the men, a can of spray paint fell out of one of their sweat shirts, he said.
Both men admitted tagging on the nearby banks of the Los Angeles River, Robledo said, and to belonging to the tagging crew.
Police went to investigate the tagging, and they discovered another man and a teenager hiding in the riverbed, the officer said.
They had paint markings on their hands, he added, and they also admitted to tagging in the riverbed and belonging to the tagging crew.
Officials are now working to build a case against the suspects for other local graffiti attributed to their tagging crew.
The teenage suspect was cited and released to his father with a written promise to appear in court, South Pasadena police Sgt. Robert Bartl said.
According to sheriff's booking records, Morgan and Miller were released Saturday after posting $20,000 bail, while Hillseth was still being held in lieu of $20,000 bail. No information was available regarding their initial court appearances.

Two men were robbed at gunpoint early Friday in Monterey Park and Alhambra, and officials suspect the same robber is responsible.
The first robbery was reported about 5:45 a.m. in the 2300 block of Hathaway Avenue in Alhambra, Alhambra police Lt. Dan Rodriguez said.
A man was walking on the sidewalk when a white pickup truck, possibly a Toyota or Nissan approached, the lieutenant said.
A passenger got out of the truck, pointed a rifle at the victim and demanded money, he said.
The victim complied, and the robber got back into the truck with the driver and drove off, Rodriguez said. No description of the driver was available.
The gunman was described as a Latino man in his 20s with a small mustache, wearing a beanie, a black jacket and dark-colored jeans, police said.
Less than 30 minutes later, a man was parking his car in the 1400 block of Ridgecrest Street in Monterey Park when he was also robbed, Monterey Park police Lt. Carrie Mazelin said.
A robber described as a Latino man in his 20s, wearing a gray and black shirt and blue jeans approached him with what was described as a black, Uzi-type handgun and demanded property, Mazelin said.
He stole cash, a purse that was inside the car, jewelry and other items before fleeing in a white pickup truck with a waiting driver, she said.
Because of similar suspect descriptions, as well as the close proximity and time frame in which the robberies occurred, investigators believe the robberies are connected, Rodriguez and Mazelin said.

MONTEBELLO - Police are looking for whoever broke into a Best Buy store early Friday and helped themselves to about $50,000 worth of Sony PlayStation 3 video game systems and other electronics.
The burglary occurred in the early morning hours at Best Buy, 2415 Via Campo, Montebello police said in a written statement.
Police believe at least two suspects entered the store by making a hole in the wall of an empty business next door.
They stole PlayStation 3 video game systems, as well as other video game equipment, police said.
No description of the burglars was available.
Police ask that anyone who sees someone selling large quantities of PlayStation 3 consoles, other than a reputable business, is asked to call the Montebello Police Department.

ARCADIA -- Police are investigating a report that the manager of an Arcadia day spa raped a female co-worker Wednesday, authorities said.
A woman went to the Arcadia Police Department and reported that her manager at the Agawa Day Spa, 1013 S. Baldwin Ave., had raped her about 1 a.m. at the end of her shift after all the other employees had left for the evening, Arcadia police Sgt. Tom Le Veque said in a written statement.
The victim said she was able to push the suspect off of her and flee, the sergeant said.
Police were unable to find the day spa manager to interview him, he added.
The investigation is ongoing.

PASADENA -- A man robbed a check cashing business at gunpoint Friday in an unincorporated county area near Pasadena, authorities said.
The crime occurred about noon at Check Into Cash, 3683 E. Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Mark Glatt said.
The robber, described as a white man wearing a navy blue hooded sweat shirt and tan cargo shorts, entered the business with a small-caliber handgun, the lieutenant said.
After ordering an employee to the ground, he helped himself to about $1,500 from the cash registers, Glatt said.
A man was briefly detained in the area, but was determined not to be the robber, he said.
It was not known if a getaway car was involved.

NORWALK -- Officials announced Friday that charges will not be filed against Norwalk City Councilman Richard Ramirez following his arrest on suspicion of threatening his wife last month.
Ramirez was arrested on Oct. 24 on suspicion of making criminal threats against his wife, officials said.
Prosecutors reviewed the evidence and elected not to file charged, Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office spokeswoman Shiara Dávila-Morales.
"Based on the evidence presented, we felt that there was insufficient evidence to file any charges," she said.
Ramirez was released from bail shortly after his arrest after he posted $50,000 bail.