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Dodger Stadium fight leaves one person critically injured, LAPD says
Los Angeles police are looking for the people involved in a fight outside Dodger Stadium after Friday's playoff game that sent one fan to the hospital with critical injuries.
Few details were available Monday, including the gender or age of the person who was injured. LAPD Officer Matthew Ludwig said the person remained hospitalized Monday in critical but stable condition.
The fight broke out in a parking lot about 10:30 p.m., after the Dodgers dropped the opening game of the National League Division Series to the New York Mets, 3-1. Ludwig said a verbal argument between fans escalated into the physical confrontation.
It was not clear whether the fans were from rival teams, Ludwig said.
Detectives with the LAPD's elite robbery-homicide division -- which typically handles more complex or high-profile investigations -- are working the case. Ludwig said investigators are looking at surveillance footage and interviewing witnesses in hopes of tracking down those involved.
Police asked anyone with information about the altercation to call (213) 486-6890.
Security at Dodger Stadium has been scrutinized in recent years after the 2011 attack on Bryan Stow, the San Francisco Giants fan who was beaten by two men in the parking lot on opening day.
Stow, a paramedic and father of two, suffered serious brain damage and remains severely impaired from the attack. Two men -- Marvin Norwood and Louie Sanchez -- later pleaded guilty to beating Stow and were sent to federal prison.
Stow sued the Dodgers and their former owner Frank McCourt, saying they were to blame for the attack because of insufficient security and lighting. A jury faulted the team, along with Sanchez and Norwood, and awarded Stow nearly $18 million after a six-week trial in 2014.
The beating drew national attention and led to increased security at the stadium.
On Monday evening, a Dodgers spokesman said the team had no comment.
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Escaped San Diego prison inmate captured in Oregon
A maximum-security prisoner who escaped in Illinois while being transported to a San Diego-area prison was captured in Oregon on Monday.
In September, Joshua Drinnon, 36, who is serving a 17-year prison sentence for a robbery committed in San Luis Obispo County, escaped at an Illinois rest stop while being transported back to San Diego after a court appearance in Tennessee, according to a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation release.
Vaccines required for daycare workers under new California law
A new California law will require daycare workers to have vaccinations for measles and whooping cough by next year.
The law was approved this week by Gov. Jerry Brown nearly a year after California's worst measles outbreak in 24 years began at Disneyland, infecting more than 130 California residents and more than two dozen other people who resided out of state.
The outbreak highlighted how measles was not just a risk to children: it was a danger to people of all ages.
Man killed in possible gang-related shooting in Santa Ana
A man was killed Monday in a possible gang-related shooting in Santa Ana, authorities said.
The shooting occurred about 7:35 p.m. near 17th Street and North Spurgeon Street, said Cmdr. Matt Sorenson of the Santa Ana Police Department.
When officers arrived, they found a man with a gunshot wound to his torso. He was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about 9 p.m., Sorenson said.
Nearby, officers found fresh gang graffiti that investigators believe is related to the killing, Sorenson said.
The victim has not yet been identified.
Former training officer of Christopher Dorner accuses LAPD of racial discrimination
LAPD Sgt. Terie Evans' life has, for nearly a decade, been interlinked with that of a man who became a notorious killer.
Evans had been accused by her then-partner on the force, Christopher Dorner, of kicking a mentally ill man. When that claim was found to be untrue, the department stripped Dorner of his badge.
His subsequent rage led to a homicidal rampage across Southern California in 2013 that Evans helped to end by identifying him to authorities.
In the standoff that followed an extensive manhunt, Dorner shot himself and died.
Drifters accused of killing yoga teacher and tourist may face death penalty
A trio of drifters who allegedly robbed and killed a tourist in San Francisco and a hiker out for a stroll with his dog in a neighboring county could be sentenced to death if convicted on all charges, prosecutors said Monday.
In a frantic manhunt that was boosted by hundreds of tips, Portland, Ore., police last week arrested Morrison Lampley, 23; Sean Angold, 24; and Lila Alligood, 18, on a warrant out of Marin County.
USC should have fired Sarkisian sooner, some fans and faculty say
Many Trojan football fans and followers welcomed the decision Monday to fire Steve Sarkisian as USC's head coach, with some saying the university should have taken the action weeks ago.
Alan Abrahamson, a former Los Angeles Times sportswriter who now teaches journalism at USC, said Sarkisian's alcohol-fueled speech during an August pep rally should have sent him packing.
'Acid bombs' found at Sonoma County golf course
An investigation of a Sonoma County man who police say planted acid bombs on a golf course is underway.
Kevin Hornbuckle, 49, of Rohnert Park was arrested Saturday on suspicion of possessing and manufacturing a destructive device, according to the Rohnert Department of Public Safety.
Police don’t know why Hornbuckle planted the bombs at the Foxtail Golf Club in Rohnert Park or whether he had a specific target, Sgt. Aaron Johnson said. Police said Hornbuckle is cooperating with investigators.
Club employees found the homemade bombs about 9:39 a.m.
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