Huntington woman killed in Los Angeles shooting...

Huntington woman killed in Los Angeles shooting

A local woman was shot to death Sunday in a South Los Angeles

double homicide. Police have few leads on the case.

Linda Lee Lovenburg, 34, of Huntington Beach, was a mother of four

children. Lovenburg, Herman Crenshaw III, 30, of Los Angeles and a

third man were in Toyota Camry traveling on Brynhurst Avenue, in the

Hyde Park area of Los Angeles when, at about 11:50 p.m. on Sunday,

four young men on the sidewalk opened fire, hitting Lovenburg and

Crenshaw, police said. The third passenger, who was in the back seat

of the car was not wounded. Lovenburg and Crenshaw were taken by

paramedics to nearby hospitals where both were pronounced dead.

Los Angeles police have not made any arrests, and do not have any

of the weapons in custody, Det. Greg Stearns said. No descriptions of

the gunmen were available.

“This is a real fresh one and there are a lot of different things

we’re pursuing,” Stearns said.

Bomb scare leads to evacuation

Police evacuated several Huntington Beach residents from their

homes during a bomb scare Aug. 5.

At about 11:55 a.m., police responded to a man living in the 20000

block of Port Circle who reported receiving a potentially explosive

package. The man, who was not identified by police, picked the parcel

up from his driveway and brought it inside to open it when he became

worried that he had been sent a bomb.

“He initially took it, opened it up and saw what appeared to be

some type of wiring and clear liquid,” Sgt. Dave Bunetta said. “At

that point, he didn’t go any further.”

The man took the package back outside and called police, who

evacuated nearby homes on Port Circle and on Bushard Street to the

rear of the man’s house. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department bomb

squad was called in, and the neighborhood was declared safe at about

3:30 p.m., police said. Residents were allowed to return home shortly

after.

Bomb squad deputies determined the package was a sophisticated

hoax. Police are still awaiting a final report to find out what

exactly was in the package.

“It was very similar to a real bomb, and it looked like a bomb to

somebody who was not an expert in the field,” Bunetta said.

Police are still investigating to find out who sent the package,

Bunetta said. Delivering a fake bomb can lead to felony or

misdemeanor charges.

Man arrested after alleged gun incident

Police arrested a Huntington Beach man who allegedly aimed an

assault rifle at a man who told him to be quiet.

At about 5:21 a.m. Saturday, Brian C. Valdez, of Huntington Beach,

was reportedly making a lot of noise on the balcony at a friend’s

apartment in the 16900 block of Gothard Street, police said. In

response Bruce Richards, 27, of Huntington Beach yelled at Richards

to quiet down.

Richards told police that instead of calming down, Valdez yelled

back and aimed an assault rifle at him. Richards called police, who

arrested Valdez on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon at his

own residence on Lilac Lane, Sgt. Dave Bunetta said.

When police arrested Valdez, they found firearms. Police

confiscated a MAK-90 assault rifle, which resembles an AK-47, and a

Smith and Wesson 9 millimeter semi-automatic pistol.