Though some people may have elected to receive text messages from agencies in the past, this was the first time something called a "WEA" was pushed to all capable devices in the state.
The cluster of emeralds embedded inh host rock contains an estimated 1.9 million carats of emerald crystal and is being held by sheriff's deputies in El Monte until the case is resolved.
Several officers from Baldwin Park Police and various other departments were honored by Los Angeles County Sheriff's officials.
The missing man is schizophrenic and has been missing since Aug. 2.
Motorists are being warned about traffic delays.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, which is helping with the investigation of this case, says the suspects pulled up in a vehicle, and shot a man.
The California Highway Patrol is holding a free child Safety Seat Check up event on Saturday, July 27.
A man was found shot in the 4700 Block of Merced Avenue.
The stabbing happened in the 300 block of South Vernon Avenue in Azusa.
The stabbing victim was one of two injured in what may have been a street fight, authorities said.
A woman killed when the pickup truck she was driving overturned in a two-vehicle crash on the 10 Freeway in El Monte.
Coroners released the name of a man shot and killed at a bus stop in Baldwin Park on July 19.
The crash occurred at the intersection of Citrus Avenue and Gladstone Street
"If someone approaches you to purchase these illegal explosives, politely decline and then call your local police department", said the BPPD.
Eight robberies occurred in Los Angeles, two in West Covina, one in Glendale, two in the San Diego County community of Chula Vista and two in the San Bernardino County community of Rancho Cucamonga.
3,000 pounds of illegal fireworks were seized in West Valinda, just South of Baldwin Park.
John Escalara, 34, and Cameron Dennis, 18, both of Baldwin Park, were arrested as car burglars in Pico Rivera Wednesday.
Former USC professor Walter Lee Williams was arrested in Mexico in the resort city of Playa del Carmen.
Vincent Lopez, 30, and Victor Hugo Sanchez, 34, are charged with murder and drunken driving.
David Paz Vasquez from Baldwin Park was charged today with one count each of murder and assault on a child causing death.
Detective Ed Brown from the Los Angeles Sheriff Department Homicide Bureau give details about the circumstances surrounding the death of a 1-year old male in Baldwin Park.
Walter Williams, 37, a young counselor from Baldwin Park, was driving north on Francisquito Avenue when he was killed in a collision with a vehicle being chased by Baldwin Park Police.
A man who was killed in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting in the Industry area was identified today.