Los Angeles, Ca
Burbank neighborhood constantly threatened by dangerous intersection
Residents in a Burbank neighborhood said they are tired of being threatened by a dangerous intersection that has been the source of crashes for decades.
The most recent crash was captured on home security video as a car slammed into a home after failing a turn.
Instead of turning from Vanowen Street into Buena Vista Street, the car drives straight into the garage of Regina Reyes’ home.
“We just left the house a few minutes before because I wanted to go to the store to return something,” Reyes said, in shock the crash happened so suddenly.
Reyes’ next-door neighbor, Mauricio Morales, recalls being startled by the loud crash.
“I was in the back [of my home] and then I heard, ‘Boom!’” he said.
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A vehicle crashed into a Burbank home on Vanowen Street. It’s a problem that has plaguing the neighborhood for decades. (KTLA) -
A pink house on the corner of Vanowen and Buena Vista Streets that neighbors say is the most accident-prone house in the county. (KTLA) -
The dangerous intersection of Vanowen and Buena Vista Streets in Burbank that neighbors want solutions for. (KTLA) -
A vehicle crashed into a Burbank home on Vanowen Street. It’s a problem that has plaguing the neighborhood for decades. (KTLA) -
The dangerous intersection of Vanowen and Buena Vista Streets in Burbank that neighbors want solutions for. (Google Earth)
The home security camera of another neighbor, Michael Castro, captured the destructive crash as well.
“My camera caught a scream and then it hit the garage,” Castro said.
Reyes said she’s thankful neither her family nor the drivers involved were not seriously injured in the crash, but said she and others are frustrated with the constant threat of reckless drivers in the area.
Her neighbor’s family, the Castros, have lived in their home since the 1950s. Castro said throughout the decades, drivers on Vanowen Street constantly drive while drunk and speed recklessly, endangering the row of homes nearby.
Neighbors said a pink house located at 1838 Buena Vista Street is known as the most accident-prone house in the county.
News articles dating back to the 1960s show the pink home was hit dozens of times in the past and at one point, the owners proposed the home be bought by the city council, citing the property as unsafe to inhabit.
“A lot of accidents at the corner house when I was growing up, during the summertime, at about 1 or 2 ‘o clock in the morning when there was a large crash, everyone knew to walk to the corner [pink] house,” Castro said.
Over the years, Burbank city officials have installed dividers and barricades to protect the homes but residents said it’s not enough and more needs to be done.
A rapper faces prison time after he attempted to board a flight with a loaded pistol at Los Angeles International Airport.
Tiwan Raybon, 36, of Douglasville, Georgia, also known as “Fat Money” was sentenced Friday to 20 months in federal prison, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Raybon arrived at LAX and attempted to board a flight headed for Atlanta. He was selected for a routine luggage inspection by Transportation Security Administration officials.
Inside Raybon’s carry-on luggage, security officials discovered a Glock 9mm-caliber semiautomatic pistol and several rounds of ammunition.
Raybon then fled from TSA officers after the discovery, authorities said.
At the time, investigators said Raybon was in illegal possession of the pistol after being previously convicted of multiple felonies and a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence in Cook County, Illinois.
Raybon was later arrested and indicted by a federal grand jury in L.A.
In April 2024, he pleaded guilty to one federal count of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition. On Friday, he was sentenced to 20 months in federal prison.
“It is unlawful for a person convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor crime of domestic violence to ship, transport, receive, or possess a firearm or ammunition,” FBI officials said. “In addition, firearms are not permitted at checkpoints or in the secure area of airports, including in carry-on luggage or onboard aircraft.”
The iconic Ferris wheel on the Santa Monica Pier will light up nightly during the Paris Olympics to cheer on Team USA beginning Friday.
The nightly light display will feature the five colored rings to symbolize the Olympic rings, a 90-foot-tall waving American flag to celebrate Team USA, a French flag for the current host country and the American flag to represent the games returning to the United States, specifically Los Angeles in 2028.
The Ferris wheel will be lit up from sunset until 12:30 a.m.
The Pacific Wheel is the world’s only solar-powered Ferris wheel, featuring 174,000 LED lights mounted on its 40 spokes and two hubs. The wheel’s lighting system features 16.7 million color value combinations to display dynamic, custom, computer-generated lighting entertainment, according to a news release.
Visitors can visit the theme park from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. to catch a ride on the nine-story carnival ride, which takes riders to heights of more than 130 feet over the Pacific Ocean.
If you can’t make it out to the Santa Monica Pier yourself, Pacific Park offers an online stream of the Ferris wheel.
Police asked the public for help this week in their search for a man who attacked a Target security guard with a skateboard in Santa Ana last month.
The altercation occurred on June 10, when the security guard asked a trespassing suspect to leave the store located at 1441 W. 17th Street, according to the Santa Ana Police Department.
“The suspect struck the victim multiple times with his skateboard, causing injuries, and then fled the store,” the Police Department stated in a post on Instagram.
Video embedded on the post shows the suspect swinging a skateboard at the guard and then running out of the store.
The attacker was described as a White man between 18 and 25 years old. He had a thin build, curly blonde hair, and was wearing a black sweatshirt, light-colored shirt, blue plaid shorts, black socks and black shoes.
Anyone with information was asked to call police at 714-245-8441.
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