KTLA 5 News Top Stories - May 1, 2025, 5 p.m.
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[{'start': '28.161', 'end': '34.567', 'text': "DISTRICT WITH THE STORY.   >> ANSLEE.   >> SHARE AND MY CUP PROTESTERS   HAVE BEEN GATHERING SINCE   ABOUT 4 O'CLOCK HERE AT   MACARTHUR PARK ON THE SOUTH   SIDE MANY THAT I SPOKE TO SAY   THAT THE JUDGING BY THE EVENTS   HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE DAY   AND OTHER LOCATIONS, THEY'RE   EXPECTING RECORD-BREAKING   NUMBERS HERE TODAY. THOUSANDS   OF UNION AND IMMIGRANT RIGHTS   SUPPORTERS ARE RALLYING IN LOS   ANGELES TODAY TO MARK   INTERNATIONAL WORKERS DAY IT'S   A PLACE WHERE WE FIGHT BACK   AND AND MANY COUNTRIES ARE   TAKING ON MAY DAY.   >> IT IS A PLACE WHERE WE CAN   FIGHT FOR WHAT WE NEED MAY   FIRST ALSO KNOWN AS MAY DAY   HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED AS A   DAY TO SHOW UP FOR WORKERS   RIGHTS, ESPECIALLY AMONG   IMMIGRANT PROTESTING AGAINST   EVERYTHING THAT TRUMP IS DOING   BASICALLY EVERYTHING THE   TARIFFS THE. THE DEPORTATIONS   MARCHES AND RALLIES HAVE BEEN   HAPPENING SINCE THIS MORNING   STARTING IN DOWNTOWN LOS   ANGELES WHERE ORGANIZERS SAY   THEY SAW HISTORIC CROWDS   MARCHING TO THE FEDERAL   DETENTION CENTER FOCUSING ON   THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S   CRACKDOWN ON ILLEGAL   IMMIGRATION SUCH A FASCIST   MANNER BY SOMEONE WHO SAYS   THAT THEY'RE GOING AFTER   CRIMINALS. BUT WE KNOW THAT   THAT'S NOT TRUE, WE KNOW   THEY'RE GOING AFTER WORKERS   AND WE KNOW IF IF THEY REALLY   WANT TO GO AFTER CRIMINAL.   WELL THE TRUMP IS THE BIGGEST   FELON THAT'S THAT'S NOT RIGHT   HERE THIS AFTERNOON CROWDS FOR   MORE THAN 60 ORGANIZATIONS,   INCLUDING LABOR UNIONS AND   ADVOCACY GROUPS ARE GATHERING   IN MACARTHUR PARK AND ALSO AT   MARRIOTT SHE PLAZA IN BOYLE   HEIGHTS AND HOPES THEIR   MESSAGES HEARD LOUD AND   >> NOW JUST A DAY IS ALMOST   OVER ORGANIZERS TELL ME THEIR   WORK ISN'T DYED THEIR NEXT   PROTEST IS PLANNED FOR AS   EARLY AS THIS SATURDAY FOR NOW   REPORTING LIVE IN MACARTHUR   PARK ANGELICA TO KTLA 5 NEWS.   THANK YOU ACTUALLY THE TENSE   DAY AT ALL OF MIDDLE SCHOOL IN   BALDWIN PARK THE SCHOOL WAS   EVACUATED AS POLICE NEGOTIATED   WITH A STAFF MEMBER WHO   BARRICADED HERSELF INSIDE A   BUILDING.   >> POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE   SCHOOL THIS MORNING AFTER   REPORT OF A FEMALE STAFF   MEMBER CAUSING A DISTURBANCE   IN THE MAIN OFFICE. STUDENTS   AND STAFF MEMBERS WERE MOVED   TO NEARBY WALNUT ELEMENTARY   SCHOOL AS A PRECAUTION. THEY   WERE THEN DISMISSED EARLY   POLICE SAY THERE WAS NO THREAT   TO ANY STUDENTS OR STAFF THAT   STANDOFF IS STILL ONGOING AT   THIS HOUR.   >> TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS   PERSON. SANTA MONICA COLLEGE   POLICE SAY HE IS BEHIND A   ASSAULT INSIDE THE CAMPUS   LIBRARY. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE   TAPPED TO STUDENT ON THE   SHOULDER AND ASKED FOR A KISS   WEDNESDAY, WHEN THE STUDENT   ATTEMPTED TO RUN AWAY.   INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT   GRABBED THE VICTIM'S GROIN   AREA. THE SUSPECT THEN TOOK   OFF IN AN UNKNOWN DIRECTION   NOW IT IS A VERY LIMITED   DESCRIPTION, BUT AGAIN TAKE A   LOOK AT THIS PICTURE. POLICE   BELIEVE THE SUSPECT IS BETWEEN   1825 YEARS OF AGE AND ANYONE   WITH INFORMATION ABOUT THE   CASE IS BEING ASKED TO CALL   SANTA MONICA COLLEGE POLICE 3   SUSPECTS ARE IN CUSTODY IN   CONNECTION WITH A HOME   BURGLARY IN THE HOLLYWOOD   HILLS LAPD OFFICERS RESPONDED   TO A HOME ON MARCH PLACE   AROUND 6.30 THIS MORNING.   >> AFTER THE HOMEOWNER   REPORTED SEEING THE BREAK-IN   ON THE SECURITY CAMERA UP 2   SUSPECTS IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED   THE 3RD WAS ARRESTED AFTER A K   9 SNIFF THEM OUT SUSPECT TAKEN   TO THE HOSPITAL FOR A DOG BITE   WOUND THE INVESTIGATION IS   ONGOING.   >> WANT 69 RIVERSIDE DRIVE 2   MALE FIGHTING AND WRESTLING.   SAYING AND YELLING.   >> THE SEARCH CONTINUES FOR A   HOMICIDE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF   BREAKING INTO AN UPSCALE   APARTMENT IN VALLEY VILLAGE   AND KILLING A TENANT YOU JUST   HEARD POLICE DISPATCH AUDIO    FROM THE MORNING OF THE   SUSPECTED MURDER INSIDE ASHTYN   SHERMAN VILLAGE APARTMENTS ON   APRIL 23RD, A RESIDENT   REPORTED HEARING A LOUD   COMMOTION FROM A 5TH FLOOR   UNIT WHERE POLICE SAY 53   YEAR-OLD NOSH HE DROUGHT WAS   FOUND DEAD 3 DAYS LATER DURING   WELFARE CHECK. NEIGHBORS SAY   THEY'RE NERVOUS.   >> WHEN THE POLICE CAME I   GUESS.   >> IT WAS QUIET, SO THEY   DIDN'T GO INSIDE. AND SO THE   GUY MUST HAVE BEEN DEAD FOR A   COUPLE DAYS WHEN THE POLICE   RELEASE THE PHOTOS, IT'S VERY   CLEAR THAT IS A TRANSIENT.   THAT'S WHEN IT GOT REALLY   SCARY.   >> RESIDENTS BELIEVE THE   SUSPECT ENTERED A VACANT UNIT   NEXT TO THE VICTIM'S APARTMENT   AND CLIMBED OVER THE BALCONY   TO GET IN. NO ARRESTS HAVE   BEEN MADE.   >> WE'RE FOLLOWING DEVELOPING   NEWS IN HOLLYWOOD WHERE AN   ABANDONED 2 STORY HOUSE WENT   UP IN FLAMES OVERNIGHT   CONCERNED NEIGHBORS COMPLAINED   FOR MONTHS ABOUT SQUATTERS   USING THAT HOUSE AS A DRUG DEN   KTLA ELLINA ABOVIAN IS LIVE IN   HOLLYWOOD WHERE SHE SPOKE WITH   RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN TRYING   TO GET THE CITY TO TEAR DOWN   THE BUILDING FOR MONTHS NOW   ALINA.   >> MIKE AS SHARON GOOD   EVENING. THAT'S RIGHT WOULD   RESIDENTS WERE AFRAID WHAT   HAPPENED DID HAPPEN HERE NOW   TAKE A LOOK BEHIND ME THIS IS   THE HOME THAT WENT UP IN   FLAMES RIGHT NEXT TO IT IS   ANOTHER VACANT HOUSE AND   THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON WE'VE   BEEN SEEING OTHER TRANSIENTS   COMING BY WONDERING WHY THEIR   HANGOUT SPOT IS NO LONGER   HERE.   >> THIS COULD HAVE LITERALLY   BEEN ARE BUILDING ON FIRE   SOMEBODY BEING KILLED   HOLLYWOOD RESIDENT JEAN RICE   HAS BEEN SOUNDING THE ALARM   FOR MONTHS, CALLING THE CITY   AND POLICE OVER TRANSIENT WHO   HAVE TAKEN OVER THE   NEIGHBORHOOD, REPORTING DRUG   USE NOISE DISTURBING BEHAVIOR   AND SEVERAL FIRES OVER THE   LAST FEW MONTHS. THIS MORNING   WAS THE CULMINATION OF ALL OF   THE RENT HOUSE I WAS ENGULFED   FLAMES NEXT TO US THE   ABANDONED I KNEW I HAD TO GRAB   MY PURSE AND RUN OUT THE DOOR   RIGHT AWAY IT WAS AROUND   02:00AM LAFD RESPONDED TO   MASSIVE FLAMES COMING FROM THE   VACANT HOME NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR   CAME UP TO ME GIVE ME A HUG   RIGHT BEFORE STARTED TEARING   THE BUILDING DOWN BECAUSE SHE   WAS EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO GO   TO BED IN PAJAMAS AND NOT WEAR   STREET CLOTHES BECAUSE SHE   KNEW SHE HAD BE EVACUATED IN   THE MIDDLE OF NIGHT. SO THAT'S   SAYING SOMETHING THAT'S KIND   OF A ACCORDING TO A REP FROM   COUNCILMAN HUGO SAID OF   MARTINEZ'S OFFICE, THE CITY   HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE   DEPARTMENT OF BUILDING AND   SAFETY TO DECLARE THE PUBLIC   NUISANCE.   >> THE CASE EXPECTED TO GO   BEFORE THE BOARD OF BUILDING   AND SAFETY COMMISSIONERS IN   MAY TO PLACE A LIEN I WISH   THEY TAKE CARE OF YEAR I WOULD   LIKE HOLD THESE DOWN BECAUSE   THESE HOUSES ARE IN CASE FOR   YEARS THE CONCERN NOW IS THE   OTHER VACANT BUILDINGS ON THE   STREET AND SOMETHING LIKE THIS   HAPPENING AGAIN IT'S FAILURE   OF THE CITY AND IT'S A FAILURE   OF THE DEVELOPERS THEY NEED TO   KEEP PEOPLE OUT IT'S A FAILURE   OF THE LA DPS BECAUSE THEY'RE   NOT IMPOSING FINES ON THE THE   DEVELOPERS.   >> IT'S IT'S A FAILURE OF ALL   THESE PARTIES TOGETHER THEY   NEED TO COME UP WITH BETTER   RESOLUTIONS AND WAYS OF   HANDLING THINGS AND IT NEEDS   TO BE DONE QUICKER AND WHEN   THERE'S RESIDENTS ARE   COMPLAINING THAT THEIR LIVES   ARE BEING AFFECTED AND THAT   THEIR LIVES ARE BEING   ENDANGERED THEY NEED TO ACT   FAST.   >> NOW AT THIS POINT WE DON'T   KNOW EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED THIS   FIRE AND NO WORD IF ANYONE HAS   TAKEN INTO CUSTODY I'M ELLINA   ABOVIAN HERE IN HOLLYWOOD   KTLA, 5 NEWS. THANK YOU ALINA   HERE THE FIRST MAJOR SHAKE-UP   OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S SECOND   TERM MIKE WALTZ HAS BEEN   REMOVED AS THE NATIONAL   SECURITY ADVISER, HOWEVER, THE   PRESIDENT IS KEEPING HIM IN   THE ADMINISTRATION KTLA   SAMANTHA CORTESE IS LIVE IN   OUR NEWSROOM WITH THE VERY   LATEST SAM. HI, MIKE AND SHARE   WAS IS OUT AS NATIONAL   SECURITY ADVISER, BUT IS NOW   NOMINATED TO BE THE TOP US   DIPLOMAT TO THE UNITED   NATIONS.   >> PRESIDENT TRUMP PRAISED NOW   FORMER NATIONAL SECURITY   ADVISER MIKE WALTZ WHILE   ANNOUNCING HIS NOMINATION TO   AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED   NATIONS SAYING IN PART MIKE   WALTZ HAS WORKED HARD TO PUT   OUR NATION'S INTERESTS FIRST I   KNOW HE WILL DO THE SAME IN   HIS NEW ROLE, ADDING MARCO   RUBIO WILL ACT AS NATIONAL   SECURITY ADVISER, AND   SECRETARY OF STATE IN THE    INTERIM THIS IS A STAFF   POSITION.   >> HE WORKS VERY CLOSELY OR   SHE WORKS VERY CLOSELY WITH   THE PRESIDENT THE PRESIDENT   NEEDS TO GET SOMEBODY WHO HE   CAN TRUST AND WHO HE FEELS   GOOD ABOUT HIS ADVICE HE CAN   TAKE HIS COUNSEL. HE WILL BE   ABLE TO REFER TO WITH   CONFIDENCE WALTZ RESPONDING ON   AX WRITING HE'S DEEPLY HONORED   BY THE NOMINATION IN MARCH,   THE FORMER FLORIDA CONGRESSMAN   FACED SIGNIFICANT BIPARTISAN   BACKLASH.   >> AFTER HE ADDED A JOURNALIST   TO A SIGNAL GROUP CHAT IN   WHICH TOP TRUMP ADMINISTRATION   LEADERS, WE'RE DISCUSSING AN   ATTACK ON THE HOUTHIS IN   YEMEN. MY HOPE IS TRUMP IS NOT   WALLS AND THAT HE IDENTIFIES   WITH THE WEAKNESSES REALLY ARE   DEMOCRATS HAVE BEEN CALLING   FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FIRE   DEFENSE SECRETARY PETE HEGSETH   SAYING HE SHARED SENSITIVE   INFORMATION BY PROVIDING THE   TIME OF WAR PLANE LAUNCHES AND   WHEN BOMBS WERE DROPPED HE HAD   SAID IS THE MOST ON QUALIFIED   SECRETARY OF THE EVER HE'S GOT   TO GO. AND IF HE DOESN'T HAVE   THE DIGNITY TO RESIGN TRUMP'S   TO FIRE HIM I THINK.   >> THEY'RE TRYING TO GET RID   OF THIS ISSUE BUT IT IS ONE OF   NATIONAL SECURITY IMPORTANCE   REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIDENT   WALTZ WILL BE CONFIRMED BY THE   SENATE REPUBLICANS FOR AND   STAND WITH THEM WE'RE GETTING   THROUGH 0 ISSUES.   >> ALSO TODAY, ALEX WONG IS NO   LONGER THE DEPUTY NATIONAL   SECURITY ADVISER.   >> NO WORD ON IF HE WILL   REMAIN IN ANY CAPACITY IN THE   NEWSROOM. SAMANTHA CORTESE   KTLA, 5 NEWS, SAM. THANK YOU   THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON THE   KTLA NEWS AT 5 INCLUDING KATE   ELLIS, SAID A LOT.   >> MIKE A SHARED TAXES. IT'S   WAY BETTER WHEN THE HEART OF   INGLEWOOD AT THE COWBOY CARTER   TORE AT SOFI STADIUM, THE   QUEEN HERSELF WILL BE TAKING   CENTER STAGE. NOW THERE ARE A   COUPLE OTHER HIGH PROFILE   EVENTS HAPPENING ENGLEWOOD   WHAT THIS COULD MEAN FOR ERA.   >> I'M NOT GONNA LIE, I THINK   I LIKE THE COWBOYS HAVE WE'RE   THROWN THAT I WAS EXPECTING   THE BLACKWOOD BUT WHY YOU LOOK   GOOD IN THAT COWBOY HAT AT   TIME YOU'VE GOT TAKE A LOOK   WHAT THE WIDE WORLD OF   >> YES GET READY FOR A COWBOY   CARTER, THE CLIPPERS WATCH   PARTY AND A LOT OF TRAFFIC IN   ENGLEWOOD YOU'VE GOT BEYONCE   TAKING OVER SOFI CLIPPERS   TAKING ON THE NUGGETS AT THE   INTO A DOME AND THE KINGS   PLAYOFF GAME WATCH PARTY.   >> IT'S NOT GOING TO BE EASY   IN AND OUT GETTING OUT OF THE   HOTTEST PLACE IN TOWN TONIGHT   THAT'S RIGHT NO IT'S AT BUT   YOU HAHA HAS HIT IS LIVE IN   ENGLEWOOD.   >> OWNING WITH A STORY YOU'LL   SEE ONLY ON   >> MIKE I SHARE I GOT AN   UPGRADE WITH MY COWBOY HATS I   LIKE IT MUCH BETTER AND YOU   KNOW ANY MORE THAN JUST.   BODYGUARD NEED A PROTECTOR FOR   THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE SOME THAT   WE'RE ALREADY SEEING BEHIND US   YOUR COM FOR NIGHT 2 OF THE   COWBOY CARTER TORE NOW TAKE A   LOOK AT A DIFFERENT ANGLE. WE   HAVE PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO   LINE UP AT THE MERGE STORE.   THEY HAVE THOSE COWBOY CARTER   SASHES AS WELL AS OTHER SHIRTS   AND SWEATSHIRTS FOR THE   BEYONCE AGAIN IT'S IT'S A   NIGHT TO NOW IT'S NOT JUST BE   ON SAYS THAT IS YOU KNOW THE   HIGH-PROFILE EVENT THERE'S   COUPLE OTHER EVENTS TAKING   SHAPE IN ENGLEWOOD AND YES AS   YOU CAN IMAGINE TRAFFIC. A BIG   CONCERN FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE   LOT OF PEOPLE ACTUALLY COMING   EARLY TO AVOID IT.   >> AND TEXAS BUT THE COWBOY   CARTER TOURS TAKING OVER SOFI   STADIUM AND TO BE HIGH FRENZY.   >> IS BUZZY I'M SUPER EXCITED   HAVE A GREAT SHOW WAS SITE AT   THE LIKE THIS INTO BOYS JUST   COWBOY YOUR DRESS THE PART.   >> TRYING TO GET A LED THEM ON   DENIM ON DENIM   >> BEYONCE IS WRITING IN   TONIGHT 2 OF HER 5 SHOW TOUR   AT SOFI THESE LADIES ARE   SADDLED UP WITH TICKETS FOR   EVERY PERFORMANCE ONE NIGHTS   NOT ENOUGH FOR YOU THOSE IN   NIGHT, SO IT'S WORTH IT'S A   SHOW IT'S A GREAT SHOW YOU   MUST BE LOTS AND LOTS OF   MONEY.   >> IT'S ALL ABOUT LIKE THE   SHOWS GREAT FROM EVERY ANGLE   INGLEWOOD IS THE EPICENTER FOR   A GREAT NIGHT OF ENTERTAINMENT   ACROSS THE STREET AT INTO A   DOME THE CLIPPERS ARE HOPING   TO KEEP THEIR SEASON ALIVE.   >> AS THE FACE OFF AGAINST THE   NUGGETS IN GAME 6 OF THE NBA   PLAYOFFS AND THAT NEARBY CARS   AND THOUSANDS MORE WILL BE   THERE FOR A WATCH PARTY   CHEERING ON THE LA KEAN'S THE   MAYOR OF INGLEWOOD JAMES BUT   SAYS HIS CITY IS READY TO TAKE   CENTER STAGE AS EARLY AS 2   WEEKS AGO.   >> WE PASSED A MEASURE TO.   PIVOT A LITTLE BIT A DIFFERENT   MODALITY INVOLVED TO TRANSIT   PLAZAS MOVE ELECTRIC BUSES AND   WE'LL HAVE A. FOR 5 STORY   PARKING STRUCTURE IN WHICH   ALWAYS DEALT WITH TRAFFIC WE   DEAL WITH IT NOW BETTER THAN   EVER TO BEAT THE TRAFFIC   GRIDLOCK. SOME CONCERTGOERS   CAME EARLY.   >> TO KICK UP SOME DUST LIKE   THAT WAS DEFINITELY   CONSIDERATION WAS HOW ABOUT   TRAFFIC WAS GOING TO BE BUT I   FEEL LIKE WE ENDED UP GETTING   HERE AT A GOOD TIME AND LIKED   HARD RIGHT AWAY SO WASN'T IT   WASN'T ABOUT.   >> YES, SO THE EARLIER YOU   COME OF COURSE THE BETTER SHOW   STARTS AT 7 O'CLOCK TONIGHT   AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT THERE   ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE   MIKE A SHARE AT LAST CHECK   SOME TICKETS WERE GOING AS LOW   AS 50 BUCKS SO WHAT DO YOU   SAY, LET'S.   >> AND GETTING WE HAVE   >> WHAT'S MADE FOR WALKIN   LET'S SEE I DO WHILE THEY'RE   KIND FANCY LITTLE BIT THAT'S   NICE. YEAH, SURE IT IS FOR THE   THIS AND THAT THAT SHIRT   WHEREVER YOU GOT THAT POCKET   THAT WARDROBE THAT IS YOURS   HAHA I GOT IT 2 YEARS AGO FOR   THE RENAISSANCE STORE SIDE   CAME 2 YEARS AGO TO WATCH   BEYONCE AND THIS IS WHAT I   WORE SOME PERFECT THERE YOU   IT'S PER ARE YOU GOING   TONIGHT. NEXT WEEK I'M TRYING   TO GET A GROUP OF US AT KTLA,   SO SHARE YOU SHOULD COME OKAY   COUNTY AND LIKE THAT I DO   GOING TO GO NOWHERE IS DOWN   HITS THE STANDS. IT'S THIS   PART. AS FAR WHEN YOU COME UP   ON SCREEN AT THAT WAS IS SO   UNEXPECTED I MEAN YOU'VE GOT   YOU"}]