Ladera Heights News

A 31-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to multiple life terms for leading police on a chase that resulted in a pedestrian's death in Woodland Hills.

A 14-year-old boy with a baseball bat and his father armed with a golf club confronted a burglar in their home and held the armed suspect until authorities arrived A 14-year-old boy with a baseball bat and his father armed with a golf club confronted a burglar in their Ladera Heights home and held the armed suspect until authorities arrived.

The 15-year-old son, armed with a baseball bat, helped his father detain a suspect who was taking their belongings inside their home.

Cristian Solares was found in a beige Toyota Camry that crashed near Centinela Avenue and La Cienega Boulevard about 11 p.m. Friday, according to coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter.

Prosecutors on Monday filed charges against three burglary suspects who police say are connected to a network of thieves targeting affluent neighborhoods.

Thieves burglarized another upscale home Thursday, making off with electronics and a firearm, police said.