Downey

It’s still early in the proposal process, but hundreds of homes in Downey could be taken out to widen the freeway. Ted Chen reports Oct. 7, 2020.

A project to widen the 5 and 605 freeways means that approximately 200 homes in North Downey could be demolished if a Metro project goes ahead.

Two half-brothers from Montebello were sentenced Friday to potential life prison terms for a crime spree that included the 2015 killing of a Downey police officer who was shot in the face while sitting in his BMW in a parking lot near the police station. Superior Court Judge Roger Ito ordered Steven Knott, 23, to serve a 50-year-to-life state prison…

The driver of a suspected stolen vehicle tried to make a run for it after officers pulled off a pit-maneuver. As seen on NBC LA at 11 p.m. Saturday Sept. 5, 2020.

A lawsuit has been filed on behalf of several models, including two former Playboy Playmates, alleging that a Downey lounge used their images in promotions for the business without their permission.

Saluting the Class of 2020 from Warren High School in Downey.

Saluting the Class of 2020 from Warren High School in Downey.

Porto’s Bakery and Cafe has decided to close its Downey location “out of an abundance of caution” after three team members tested positive for COVID-19. The popular Cuban cafe said the closure is not required, but they’re taking the voluntary measure “even though these employees had been self-quarantined and not reported to work since prior to being tested.” The...

A good Samaritan was killed while trying to help the driver of a disabled vehicle on the southbound Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Downey, authorities said Friday night. The accident occurred just north of the Lakewood Boulevard exit about 11:20 p.m. Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol Officer M. DuLong. A Mitsubishi Lancer became disabled in traffic lanes after…

Police Sunday identified one of the people killed in a crash on a Santa Ana (5) Freeway off-ramp in Downey that left two dead, as well as the suspect accused of causing the fatalities. The suspect was identified as Cash Rencanzone, of Peoria, Arizona, who has been charged with felony hit and run. Authorities said dashcam video helped lead to…

The CHP says the deadly crash is a possibly hit-an-run, as seen on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 23, 2020.

A jury on Monday recommended the death penalty for a man convicted of shooting and killing three people and wounding two others after responding to an ad for a used car, prosecutors said. The same jurors last month found Jade Douglas Harris, 37, guilty of three counts of murder and several other chargers including attempted murder and kidnapping. According to…

Two Montebello men pleaded guilty Monday to the 2015 slaying of a Downey police officer who was shot once in the face while sitting in his BMW in a parking lot near the police station. Steven Knott, 22, and Jeremy Anthony Alvarez, 25, are set to be sentenced April 17 for the Nov. 18, 2015, slaying of Officer Ricardo Galvez….

Two men convicted of more than 200 counts in a fraudulent scheme related to their work for a engineering firm in Rolling Hills Estates were each sentenced to one year in county jail and five years probation on Monday. Wilfrido Rodriguez, 48, of Downey, and Ruben Gutierrez, 45, of Huntington Beach, were found guilty in November of more than 200…

A parolee was convicted Thursday of murdering three people and trying to kill two others in Downey about 7 1/2 years ago while pretending to be interested in buying a Chevrolet Camaro. Jurors in the trial of Jade Douglas Harris were ordered to return to a Norwalk courtroom next Tuesday for the start of the trial’s penalty phase, in which…

A 23-year-old Downey man was charged with murder Monday for allegedly fatally beating his 6-year-old godson the day after Christmas. Tyler D’Shaun Martin Brand was expected to be arraigned Monday afternoon in Downey on charges of murder and assault on a child causing death. Prosecutors said Brand had been caring for the boy for several days over the holiday...

“It will never be the same without seeing that joyful face,” said Virginia Sewell, the victim’s great aunt. Kim Baldonado reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30 2019.

A candlelight vigil will be held Saturday outside the South Los Angeles home of the grandmother of a 6-year-old boy who was fatally beaten, allegedly by an acquaintance of his mother. Dayvon Taylor of Long Beach was taken to St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach Thursday and died shortly after he arrived, according to coroner’s Investigator Kristy McCracken...

The vigil was held outside the boy’s grandmother’s house in Downey.

“My child was very innocent… he didn’t have a chance to even enjoy his Christmas this season,” the boy’s father said.