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A man suspected of plowing through the popular Venice Beach boardwalk killing one woman and injuring nearly a dozen others Saturday evening
before speeding off was arrested after he walked into the Santa Monica Police Department, Los Angeles police said Sunday.

WALNUT -- Sheriff's officials are planning to crack down on motorcycle safety Tuesday , authorities said.

COVINA - Families wrapped around the perimeter of Covina Park Friday with some lining up for the Back-2-School Blast more than five hours in advance to ensure they got a free backpack full of school supplies.
Photo gallery: Back-2-School Blast at Covina Park

EL MONTE - Local resident Armando Hernandez is always ready to help anyone in need. Though it is an honor to be named the 2013 Senior of the Year by the city's Senior Presidents' Council for his commitment to the community, for Hernandez it just comes from the heart to help out.

Keeping up with the needs of the community and new technology, two local county libraries will be closing this week for months for renovation.

COVINA -- A disgruntled former resident of a Covina adult independent living home is accused of vandalizing the home, flooding it with water and filling it with natural gas over the weekend, officials said.

PICO RIVERA -- Sheriff's deputies shot and critically wounded a man who officials said was inside a car that charged toward a deputy early Sunday.

LOS ANGELES - Even in the short history of California's parent-trigger law, what Watts parents did was novel: Instead of trying to force sweeping changes at Weigand Avenue Elementary School, they just wanted one change: Principal Irma Cobian gone.

LOS ANGELES - Before they tried the parent-trigger route, parents who complained about 24th Street Elementary were told to shut up.

A long-time Duarte Unified School District Board of Education member recently resigned.