Los Angeles, Ca
Koreatown apartment fires spark within minutes of each other, injuring 1
Investigations are underway into a pair of fires that started about 15 minutes apart, burning two separate residences and leaving one person injured in Los Angeles’ Koreatown neighborhood overnight.
Firefighters were first called to the 3000 block of San Marino Street, where fire was showing from a three-story fourplex at 12:08 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Citizen video obtained by KTLA showed the massive flames stretching into the downtown Los Angeles skyline as emergency crews responded.
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Firefighters responded to a blaze on San Marino Street in Koreatown on May 26, 2026. (Citizen)
About 75 firefighters were sent to the scene and extinguished the blaze in a little over half an hour. No injuries were reported.
Sixteen minutes after the San Marino Street fire began, another fire was reported less than two miles away at a four-story apartment building on the 200 block of South Westmoreland Avenue at 12:24 a.m.
Approximately 45 firefighters were assigned to that blaze, which was knocked down after about 45 minutes, according to the Fire Department.
One patient was located suffering from an unknown medical condition. No further details about the patient were provided.
There was no immediate word on what may have caused either fire or whether the two incidents were connected.
A 36-year-old man from Lancaster drowned near Lake Tahoe over Memorial Day weekend, authorities announced Monday.
Officials with the Truckee Police Department said an emergency response was launched on Donner Lake just before 5 p.m. after reports that the victim, identified as Juan Carlos Garcia-Gutierrez, was last seen struggling to stay above water.
Donner Lake is in Truckee, approximately 15 miles north of Lake Tahoe.
Investigators said Garcia-Gutierrez had been out on the water in a pontoon boat when he decided to go for a swim without a flotation device.
“Once in the water, wind conditions caused the boat to drift away and ultimately he was unable to reach the safety of his vessel,” investigators said in a news release.
The lake’s boat launch was temporarily closed as first responders conducted the recovery effort, though difficult weather conditions nearly suspended the search. As darkness approached, wind conditions died down and police continued to look for the victim.
Using a remotely operated underwater vehicle, first responders located Garcia-Gutierrez’s body around 9:20 p.m. in more than 100 feet of water.
“The decedent was brought ashore and released to the Nevada County Coroner’s Office, who serves as the County Coroner,” the release stated.
Police officials thanked the Truckee Fire Protection District and the California State Park Police for their assistance in the recovery operation. They also extended their condolences to the victim’s friends and family.
Authorities are investigating a shooting that left a man dead in a car in Boyle Heights on Sunday night.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a “multiple shots fired” call came out at 9:45 p.m. near 4th and Mott streets.
“When officers arrived, they found a vehicle stopped in lanes,” an LAPD spokesperson confirmed to KTLA. “Upon further investigation, they found a man … suffering from a gunshot wound.”
The victim, who was only listed as a Hispanic man in his 30s, was pronounced dead at the scene by L.A. Fire Department paramedics, the LAPD spokesperson said.
There was no information on a suspect right away. Video from the scene showed investigators centering their probe around an SUV, with the area blocked off and a white tent erected.
Nancy Fontan and KTLA photojournalist Dan Lunsford contributed to this report.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Detective Robert Bolanos has died after a “lengthy illness,” the sheriff’s department announced Sunday.
Detective Bolanos joined LASD in 2000, working in the North County Correctional Facility and the Men’s Central Jail. He completed his patrol training at the Century Sheriff’s Station, where he later became a school resource officer.
He ended his career as an LASD detective working out of the Pico Rivera Sheriff’s Station.
“We extend our heartfelt condolences to his loved ones, friends, and partners in tan and green during this difficult time,” the sheriff’s department said.
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