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A 16-year-old boy died and his 14-year-old sister was hospitalized with a fractured pelvis after a blue sedan struck them while crossing a street in South Los Angeles on Tuesday night. The driver and a passenger fled the scene on foot, leaving the vehicle behind. LAPD is searching for the suspects, while neighbors demand speed bumps to address chronic speeding in the area.
George Lucas and Mellody Hobson’s Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles opens on Sept. 22 and will offer free annual passes plus early previews to neighbors in the nearby South L.A. 90037 ZIP code. The $1 billion, 300,000-square-foot institution will showcase more than 1,300 works, with architecture by Ma Yansong and landscapes by Mia Lehrer, on a campus in Exposition Park near the California Science Center and Natural History Museum.
A new Dunkin’ Donuts in South Los Angeles operates with a drive‑through and pickup window only, with no indoor seating, drawing online criticism from a TikTok influencer who calls the area “the hood.” The location sits near LAPD’s 77th Street and Southeast LA divisions, which have seen rising violent crime this year, including homicides, robberies, and aggravated assaults; Dunkin’ has not yet commented.
Authorities pursued a stolen vehicle through South Los Angeles, with the red sedan driving recklessly through residential neighborhoods before two occupants fled and the pursuit was called off to avoid endangering the community.