David Maghamifar via Facebook

A Facebook profile that appears to belong to the victim says he grew up in Genova, Italy -- attending high school at Liceo Classico Emiliani -- before moving to SoCal for college. Maghamifar says he graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2010.

According to weekend news reports, witnesses at the Harbor saw his car...

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The great Otto Jensen.

A living piece of Burbank history was killed while crossing Olive Avenue around 8:15 p.m. last night.

Otto Jensen, who was still running his nearby photography studio at the ripe age of 101 years old, has shot everything from family portraits to boxing and Hollywood greats during his long and storied career. Jensen's studio, a staple on Olive, has been open since 1952.

In a video interview with ESNEWS last year, he said he smoked two cigars a day...

Chris Schwartz via MySpace

City News Service reports that Christopher Schwartz, 29, was not wearing a helmet when he took his Dirtsurfer skateboard for a run down "a steep residential street" near the Lake Lindero Country Club. Schwartz died at the scene from head and neck injuries...

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Beer & Wine Market is tucked into a Hawaiian Gardens strip mall.

A customer reportedly called the L.A. County Sheriff after wandering into the store Monday afternoon and finding no one there. The market was open, but all its lights were turned off.

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Big Willie and ex-Mayor Richard Riordan.

The 70-year-old had been in poor health, reports bangshift.com.

Instead of claiming turf, he told young people they should "run what you brung" on the track. And some credit him for creating the import-racing environment that sparked the Fast and the Furious tuner-car explosion of the 1990s:

Katie Wilkins via Facebook

Wilkins' brother suspects foul play.

Originally posted at 10 a.m.

The young graphic designer found dead in her parents' Malibu mansion on the evening of Saturday, April 28, may have overdosed on heroin, L.A. County Sheriff's investigators tell the Los Angeles Times. Katie Wilkins, 25, was discovered by her brother in their parents hilltop mansion, a load of laundry in the washer and a meal prepared. Her BMW was also missing, leading detectives to believe someone had fled the scene.

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"RIP Frankie you will never be forgotten"

"He was walking to the liquor store with his cousin," says Detective Stephanie Carrillo. She says "it's unknown at this time" whether the shooting was gang-related.

Twitter exchanges between Velasquez' friends and family...

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Pino was stuck at the bottom of Hidden Cave for an entire month.

Pino had gone hiking on Easter Sunday with a group of friends. They last saw him in the park's storied Arroyo Tapiado mud caves, according to the Facebook page "Find Guillermo Pino Jr." And it was in the deepest of those caves, a dark and winding crevice known as "Hidden Cave"...

Junior Seau, the hometown hero and onetime USC player who became a star linebacker for the San Diego Chargers, died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound this morning, according to reports.

Police in his hometown of Oceanside, where he played high school ball, said they received a report of his demise about 10 a.m.

The Chargers released this statement:

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Sheriff's investigators at the scene.

On the same night that three Immigrations and Customs Enforcement agents were shot on the job in NorCal -- and about a month after a fatal shootout between agents at the Long Beach federal courthouse -- another ICE agent died just after 9 p.m. on Thursday while sitting in his home in Carson.

Jamiel Shaw was a rising star at Los Angeles High.

It's been highly politicized thus far -- delayed by raging controversies over Espinoza's undocumented status, Shaw's own gang affiliation and whether either of those factors should affect the verdict.

But today's opening statements...

Katie Wilkins via Facebook

A young graphic designer described by her father as "well-liked" was found dead in the garage of her parents' house, where she was apparently staying, on Saturday night.

The body of Katherine Jessie Wilkins (or Katie Wilkins), 25, was reportedly discovered by her brother Steve. But strangely, when he came across her body, the victim's silver BMW had vanished.

"Somebody stole her car..."

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And the story just got stranger: Michael A. Cormier, a forensic technician and an integral character at the Coroner's Office, recently turned up dead at his home in North Hollywood.

Dick and Ryan.

Dick Clark, who brought pop music to television with American Bandstand and New Year's Rockin' Eve, has died.

ABC Eyewitness News, TMZ and other outlets are reporting he succumbed to a "massive heart attack."

The final ball has dropped:

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The wreckage.

The driver has since been identified as 27-year-old Hiram Medina of Van Nuys, reports NBC LA. And commenters at the LA Daily News say he was a "tattoo artist" with a small son.

Medina was apparently driving a white-and-yellow Chevy Blazer on the 405 South...

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Originally posted April 11 at 5:35 p.m.

Clark Gable Jr.'s live-in girlfriend died mysteriously this morning at the couple's mansion in Malibu. (Yes, Clark Gable Jr., the son of the Hollywood legend. No, not Clark Gable III, the grandson of the Hollywood legend, arrested last summer for pointing a laser at an LAPD helicopter.)

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Did a car thief in West Adams try to jack this BMW?

A man and a woman murdered in their BMW near the USC campus this morning were graduate students from China, according to the LAPD. They are both thought to have been in their 20s.

Cops found the students suffering from multiple gunshot wounds around 1 a.m., near the intersection of Raymond Avenue and West 27th Street. According to City News Service, the woman was slumped in the passenger seat, while the man...

Tito Cardenas via Facebook

The victim.

His friends and family, too, were stunned by the shooting. They told KCAL9 that Cardenas was just listening to music in his car around 1:40 a.m., like he often does, when they heard gunshots outside.

Worried, his father went to check on him 20 minutes later...

@connorpenhall via Twitter

Bruce Penhall's young son died while working on the 10 last night.

Originally posted at 8:30 a.m.

The victim of a late-night crash on the 10 West has been identified as 21-year-old Connor Penhall, a Caltrans subcontractor and the son of racer-turned-actor Bruce Penhall.

Fred Martin via Facebook

The victim, left.

Fredrick Martin, 28, was shot twice in the chest and stomach after pushing his son to the ground at the last second -- ultimately saving the kid's life.

The 7 p.m. shooting in the 3200 block of West 109th Street...