 Written by AARON CASTREJON
CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner confirmed that a man found dead in some spreading grounds in Irwindale was shot to death. Manuel Sepulveda Jr. was the victim of a homicide. He is listed as a transient. Irwindale police officers responded to the spreading grounds southwest of the 605 freeway and the 210 freeway around 10:30 a.m. May 26. Sepulveda, 49, was declared dead at the scene, according to the Sheriff’s Homicide Bureau. The exact circumstances surrounding the homicide are not publicly known. The California Highway Patrol intermittently shut down the transition roads from the east 210 and west 210 freeway to the southbound 605, as well as the Arrow Highway on ramp to the north 605 freeway and Mt. Olive on ramp to the southbound 605 freeway during the operation. The Azusa Police Department assisted Irwindale police with the tactical operation. SGV CityWatch readers who traversed the freeway closures witnessed police in tactical gear, guns trained on an unspecified target in a homeless encampment. Homicide investigators said a suspect remains at-large.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - Two 500 kilovolt transmission lines in the Walnut area malfunctioned, causing 159,239 customers to lose power in the San Gabriel Valley early Sunday, a Southern California Edison spokesman said.
Some customers in Walnut, Covina, West Covina, La Puente, Hacienda Heights, Rowland Heights, El Monte, the Whittier Narows area, Irwindale and Baldwin Park were affected by the outage that began at 6:47 a.m., according to Reggie Kumar, Southern California Edison spokesman. Customers in Carson were affected as well. Power was fully restored with the help of generators at 7:36 a.m., Kumar told SGV CityWatch. “Those transmission lines actually feed all the way to Bakersfield, so it was a very large loss,” Kumar told SGV CityWatch. The transmission lines are located in the City of Walnut. The cause is under investigation and repair work continues, Kumar told SGV CityWatch.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor IRWINDALE – A 23-year-old driver was identified as the victim in a fatal crash with a big rig February 26. Juan Carlos Recendez of Baldwin Park was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of medical Examiner-Coroner. The crash occurred on the northbound side of the freeway just south of Lower Azusa Road around 2:09 a.m. February 26. The No. 1 and 2 lanes were blocked for two hours, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Debris was reportedly spread across all lanes, forcing CHP officers to temporarily close all northbound lanes. Baldwin Park Police assisted the CHP by shutting down the northbound 605 freeway on ramp at Ramona Boulevard. The Los Angeles County Coroner arrived to retrieve the victim at 3:19 a.m. A Sig Alert, issued for the No. 1 and 2 lanes, was cancelled at 5:08 a.m.  PHOTO/By Aaron Castrejon. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - The suspect whom prosecutors allege stabbed and killed a rider on the Gold Line as it left the Azusa downtown station towards Irwindale pleaded guilty to the crime. 52-year-old Peter Muñoz of Commerce pleaded guilty January 8 to one felony count of first-degree murder in the death of Xuezhong Bao, 62. Muñoz was immediately sentenced to 26 years to life in state prison, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. Muñoz also admitted to using a knife during the commission of the crime, prosecutors said. The stabbing occurred November 27, 2018 as the East Los Angeles-bound train left the Azusa Downtown Station towards Irwindale. Muñoz was arrested as he exited the train in Duarte, prosecutors said. Deputies with the Sheriff’s Transit Services Bureau, which patrols Los Angeles County Metro lines and Metrolink, received a 9-1-1 transfer call from Irwindale Police at 11:30 a.m. initially describing an attack on either the platform or westbound train in Irwindale, according to Deputy Ramon Montenegro. The train continued westbound and stopped at the Duarte/City of Hope Station, where the suspect and victim were met by deputies.
A passenger, who wished to not be identified, was at the Duarte Station awaiting an eastbound train and witnessed riders fleeing from the passenger car where the victim lay lifeless, deputies taking the suspect into custody, a crime scene in progress. “[I] Was waiting for the train to go to citrus, the E/B train arrived people ran off when deputies got there the ones on the train pointed out the suspect. They arrested him,” said the passenger in a Facebook message to SGV CityWatch. “When fire got there, they started CPR for 15 min. Then stopped. The deputies put up crime tape so I left,” The passenger said. Bao died at the scene from a wound to the upper torso. The knife was recovered, deputies said.  FILE PHOTO/A screenshot taken during the 2018 Rose Float caravan. By Aaron Castrejon. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor REGION - Residents will get a great preview of what’s to come January 1 on New Years Eve when 31 floats constructed in Irwindale and Azusa will slowly make their way to Pasadena. The floats are scheduled to leave as early as 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and take the following route:
Limited portions of the escorts will also travel west in the 16100 block of Ornelas Street to Irwindale Avenue, according to the Irwindale Police Department.
Intermittent street closures began at 6 a.m. in the 16000 block of Avenida Padilla in Irwindale and the 1300 block of West Optical drive in Azusa for float judging and support vehicle staging, Irwindale Police said. A full street closure is scheduled in Irwindale at 1 p.m. for float judging and support vehicle staging in the 16100 block of Ornelas Street in Irwindale. Full street closures are scheduled to start at 2 p.m. for the caravan on the following streets:
Temporary “no parking” restrictions will affect portions of Irwindale Road, Ornelas Street and Adelante Street throughout the day. Access to and from the Irwindale Gold Line Station, neighboring parking structure and nearby bus stop for Foothill Transit line 185 will be impacted. The caravan is expected to last roughly 6 hours. East and west traffic on Arrow Highway will be greatly impacted as floats travel south on Irwindale Avenue to westbound Arrow Highway. The California Highway Patrol and local law enforcement will provide escorts for the floats on their journey to Pasadena.  Google Maps. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - Coroner investigators have determined the cause of death for a man who died at Irwindale’s Santa Fe Dam July 20. Luis Avalos, a 64-year-old Los Angeles man, died by accidental drowning, according to the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner.
Los Angeles County Firefighters were called around 7:35 p.m. to Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area, 15501 Arrow Hwy., Saturday for a possible cardiac arrest victim. A life guard unit also arrived on scene. It is unclear exactly where Avalos was found in the water.  Google Maps. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A man died at Santa Fe Dam Recreational Area Saturday, a coroner lieutenant said. Firefighters responded to a possible cardiac arrest victim in the water around 7:35 p.m. at the dam, 15501 Arrow Hwy. Firefighters did not end up transporting anyone from the dam, according to Dispatch Supervisor Art Marrujo of the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Luis Avalos, 64, was identified by Lt. Larry Dietz of the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. The cause of death has yet to be determined. An exam is pending, Dietz said.  Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor LOS ANGELES - A 51-year-old Commerce man was arrested Tuesday, hours after allegedly stabbing to death an Azusa man aboard a westbound Gold Line train.
Peter Munoz was booked on suspicion of murder and is being held without bail, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Munoz was officially arrested at 11 p.m., according to Los Angeles County booking records, nearly 12 hours after the attack occurred. “The arrest comes after investigators conducted interviews of witnesses and viewed surveillance video in the area,” Schrader said. A motive for the killing is unknown. 62-year-old Xuezhong Bao was named as the victim by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner-Coroner. Bao was stabbed at least once in the upper torso at or near the Irwindale Station, 16017 Avenida Padilla, some time before 11:30 a.m. November 27. It was unclear if he was stabbed on the platform, or inside the train. Bao and the suspect made their was westbound in a train that arrived at the Duarte/City of Hope Station. The suspect was detained. Bao died after attempts at CPR failed. Munoz is being held in the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Temple Station jail and is awaiting a scheduled appearance in Alhambra Municipal Court Thursday, November 29. |
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