Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey has been recertified. Barry Nidorf, chief probation officer of Los Angeles County, told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that the California Youth Authority restored Los Padrinos' certificate Monday night after deciding that the crowded facility is providing proper sleeping conditions. Los Padrinos was decertified because youths were sleeping on four-inch mattresses that didn't meet state standards.

Police have arrested a 15-year-old Gardena boy in the shooting death of his classmate. Sang Ho Lee, 15, died Tuesday at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a day after his friend pointed a gun at him and squeezed the trigger, said Gardena Police Lt. Ron Panter. "He thought it was unloaded," Panter said. Lee was at his friend's home in the 17500 block of South Budlong Avenue in Gardena when he was shot in the back of the head at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Panter said.

Undercover sheriff's deputies posing first as narcotics buyers and then as street dealers arrested a cocaine seller and 10 customers in the Scottsdale Estates area of Carson, authorities said Sunday. The area around Scottsdale South Street, from Boot Hill Lane to Cactus Lane, was targeted by narcotic deputies from the Carson, Lakewood, Lomita, Lynwood and Firestone stations.

The death of a teen-ager after a struggle with staffers in county Juvenile Hall was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report released Thursday by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Anthony Dion Bowie, 16, did not die from a chokehold but from a spinal cord injury, according to the autopsy. Coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier said Bowie's injuries were not of the sort that would have been evident had a chokehold caused the death. Bowie died Dec.

A teen-ager was charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon Wednesday in connection with the burning of a 6-year-old playmate in Cudahy earlier this week. The incident occurred as five boys were playing in a lot behind the Atlantis Motel. Police said motel residents reported that the 14-year-old suspect and 6-year-old Phil Kowal Jr. were fighting, and that the older boy dumped gasoline over Kowal and set him on fire. One of the playmates, Raul Silav, 10, said the incident, which left Kowal with first- and second-degree burns on his face, neck and left arm, happened while the boys were running in and out of puddles of ignited gas. Kowal was in serious but stable condition at County-USC Medical Center, hospital officials said.

Police have arrested a 15-year-old Gardena boy in the shooting death of his classmate. Sang Ho Lee, 15, died Tuesday at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, a day after his friend pointed a gun at him and squeezed the trigger, said Gardena Police Lt. Ron Panter. "He thought it was unloaded," Panter said. Lee was at his friend's home in the 17500 block of South Budlong Avenue in Gardena when he was shot in the back of the head at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Panter said.

A county juvenile hall in Downey became a mattress factory on Thursday as workers frantically stitched, stuffed and stacked four new beds an hour in an effort to bring the facility into compliance with state regulations. The frantic effort at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall came a day after the California Youth Authority decertified the overcrowded 33-year-old facility because minors were sleeping on the floor and it failed to meet fire safety codes.

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed near South Gate Monday, and two 13-year-olds were arrested and booked on suspicion of murder, authorities said. Investigators said all three belonged to the same gang. However, the 20-year-old sister of one of the suspects said the shooting was an accident and that "all three boys were friends." "They hung around together," she said. The victim was killed by a shotgun blast shortly before 2 p.m. in the 2400 block of Cole Place in Walnut Park, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, Sheriff's Deputy Pat Hunter said.

Two of eight gang members who beat up a pair of guards and escaped from a county juvenile facility in Downey were back in custody Sunday, one arrested by police and the other turning himself in after 12 hours of freedom, authorities said. Shirley Gray, superintendent of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, said six other youths, one 16-year-old and five 17-year-olds, remained free.

The death of a teen-ager after a struggle with staffers in county Juvenile Hall was ruled a homicide in an autopsy report released Thursday by the Los Angeles County coroner's office. Anthony Dion Bowie, 16, did not die from a chokehold but from a spinal cord injury, according to the autopsy. Coroner's spokesman Scott Carrier said Bowie's injuries were not of the sort that would have been evident had a chokehold caused the death. Bowie died Dec.

A 16-year-old juvenile court ward died of an apparent chokehold in a high-security wing of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall after a struggle with two staff members trying to restrain him, authorities said Wednesday. Police and the Los Angeles County coroner's office are investigating the death of Dion Anthony Bowie, an alleged Los Angeles gang member, who was taken to Downey Community Hospital by paramedics Tuesday night after they found him on the floor of his single cell.

Attorneys for a teen-ager who says he was brutalized by police last month then denied adequate treatment for nearly two days while being held at Central Juvenile Hall demanded Tuesday that county supervisors launch a full-scale investigation into medical conditions at the facility.

Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey has been recertified. Barry Nidorf, chief probation officer of Los Angeles County, told the Board of Supervisors on Tuesday that the California Youth Authority restored Los Padrinos' certificate Monday night after deciding that the crowded facility is providing proper sleeping conditions. Los Padrinos was decertified because youths were sleeping on four-inch mattresses that didn't meet state standards.

A county juvenile hall in Downey became a mattress factory on Thursday as workers frantically stitched, stuffed and stacked four new beds an hour in an effort to bring the facility into compliance with state regulations. The frantic effort at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall came a day after the California Youth Authority decertified the overcrowded 33-year-old facility because minors were sleeping on the floor and it failed to meet fire safety codes.

In an unprecedented move, the California Youth Authority on Wednesday decertified one of Los Angeles County's three juvenile hall facilities because it was in violation of health and safety regulations. The move against 33-year-old Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey could render the county "highly vulnerable to liability lawsuits," regional CYA Administrator Rito Rosa said.

Undercover sheriff's deputies posing first as narcotics buyers and then as street dealers arrested a cocaine seller and 10 customers in the Scottsdale Estates area of Carson, authorities said Sunday. The area around Scottsdale South Street, from Boot Hill Lane to Cactus Lane, was targeted by narcotic deputies from the Carson, Lakewood, Lomita, Lynwood and Firestone stations.

In an unprecedented move, the California Youth Authority on Wednesday decertified one of Los Angeles County's three juvenile hall facilities because it was in violation of health and safety regulations. The move against 33-year-old Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey could render the county "highly vulnerable to liability lawsuits," regional CYA Administrator Rito Rosa said.

A 16-year-old juvenile court ward died of an apparent chokehold in a high-security wing of Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall after a struggle with two staff members trying to restrain him, authorities said Wednesday. Police and the Los Angeles County coroner's office are investigating the death of Dion Anthony Bowie, an alleged Los Angeles gang member, who was taken to Downey Community Hospital by paramedics Tuesday night after they found him on the floor of his single cell.

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed near South Gate Monday, and two 13-year-olds were arrested and booked on suspicion of murder, authorities said. Investigators said all three belonged to the same gang. However, the 20-year-old sister of one of the suspects said the shooting was an accident and that "all three boys were friends." "They hung around together," she said. The victim was killed by a shotgun blast shortly before 2 p.m. in the 2400 block of Cole Place in Walnut Park, an unincorporated area of Los Angeles County, Sheriff's Deputy Pat Hunter said.

A teen-ager was charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon Wednesday in connection with the burning of a 6-year-old playmate in Cudahy earlier this week. The incident occurred as five boys were playing in a lot behind the Atlantis Motel. Police said motel residents reported that the 14-year-old suspect and 6-year-old Phil Kowal Jr. were fighting, and that the older boy dumped gasoline over Kowal and set him on fire. One of the playmates, Raul Silav, 10, said the incident, which left Kowal with first- and second-degree burns on his face, neck and left arm, happened while the boys were running in and out of puddles of ignited gas. Kowal was in serious but stable condition at County-USC Medical Center, hospital officials said.