Los Angeles, Ca
'Tonight we all remember': Solemn memorials mark year anniversary of deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Thousands of Jewish and Israeli-Americans gathered in prayer Monday, Oct. 7, one year after Hamas terrorists invaded Southern Israel, killing an estimated 1,200 people and taking hundreds more hostage.
The bloody invasion ultimately ignited the ongoing Israel-Gaza war, which has left upwards of 30,000 Palestinians civilians dead and leveled much of the coastal region.
Inside Saban Theater, various city and community leaders lit candles for the fallen soldiers, the victims of sexual assault and the thousands murdered in what was the deadliest terror attack in Jewish history.
One attendee, Miriam Bluman, a local schoolteacher, said she was asked by a student if she was sad that today was Oct. 7.
“And I’m like, ‘Yes, but I’ve been sad every day since last Oct. 7,’” she explained.
In Beverly Hills, elected officials, actors and other influencers marked the occasion at exactly 6:29 a.m., the moment that the perpetrators began firing rockets into the Jewish state before besieging a music festival and targeting men, women and children in their homes.
“October 7 was the most murderous day in Jewish history since the Holocaust,” CEO of the Jewish Federation of L.A. Rabbi Noah Farkas told KTLA. “But we have come together to support each other, to help each other, to grow in strength, to support victims of terror.”
There was also moving testimony from survivors of the terrible day, from relatives of people murdered during the attack and from first responders who were among the first on the scene.
In downtown Los Angeles at an IfNotNow rally, lives on both sides of the Middle East conflict were memorialized.
For Steve Frankel, the evening was about remembering a family friend, Or Moses, who was killed while defending her base.
“We met her in April 2023 along with about 20 other soldiers,” he said. “She was killed six months later. We’ve become friends with her family since, out of the grief that we have all gone through.”
Sheilah Miller shared with KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff her personal and familiar mantra on a day like Oct. 7.
“My father, a very wise rabbi, once told me if there is a substitute for love, it is memory,” she said. “Tonight, we all remember.”
About 20 people were detained Saturday during a large police response in Los Angeles’ Koreatown after authorities received reports of an armed man threatening people, officials said. Officers responded to the 3400 block of West 8th Street near Kingsley Drive on reports of an assault with a deadly weapon, according to the Los Angeles Police […]
A former Riverside County man was found guilty of sex trafficking a female victim and forcing her to engage in commercial sex acts along L.A.’s notorious Figueroa Corridor.
Elias Abdul Shabazz, 34, formerly of Perris, was found guilty by a jury following a five-day trial, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Prosecutors said Shabazz had led the victim to believe they were in a romantic relationship before he turned physically and sexually violent. He began demanding that the victim engage in commercial sex acts from May to October of 2021, court documents said.
He carried a handgun with him and, on occasion, was accused of using it to pistol-whip the victim. He also fired the gun at her feet while threatening to kill her, prosecutors said.
At trial, the victim said Shabazz demanded that she meet a daily quota of commercial sex proceeds and that she was terrified of the consequences of not meeting that quota.
She testified that Shabazz compelled her to work in the notorious Figueroa Corridor in South L.A., a dangerous area known for human trafficking and prostitution.
Shabazz had confiscated her identification card, Social Security card and birth certificate. He constantly monitored her cell phone to stop her from communicating with any friends or family.
“He also introduced her to addictive narcotics and controlled every aspect of her life, including when she ate, slept and showered,” prosecutors said.
In May 2025, Shabazz was arrested and has remained in federal custody. His last known address at the time was in Washington, D.C.
On June 26, 2026, Shabazz was found guilty of one count of coercing or enticing interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution.
A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Oct. 6, where he faces 15 years to life in prison.
“Sex trafficking matters rank among the most tragic cases our office prosecutes,” said First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli. “This defendant will now face many years in a federal prison cell for his sick, disgusting, and disturbing behavior.”
“Elias Shabazz preyed on a vulnerable victim using physical and sexual violence and cruel psychological coercion to compel commercial sex acts for his own profit,” said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “There is no place for this type of conduct in civilized society. We deeply respect the victim’s courage to face her trafficker in court. The Criminal Division will continue to bring these cases and try them.”
Anyone with information about human trafficking can report tips to the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 888-373-7888
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