Steve Ganey is a digital news producer at KTLA. Steve previously worked with the digital team at KTLA’s sister station WDAF in Kansas City, Missouri, before moving to L.A.
Steve Ganey
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Dem Donor Ed Buck Arrested After 3rd Man’s Overdose, Charged With Operating West Hollywood Drug House
Ed Buck, a prominent Democratic donor and political activist, was arrested Tuesday and charged with operating a drug house and providing methamphetamine to a 37-year-old man who suffered an overdose at Buck’s West Hollywood apartment last week, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said. Buck is charged with three counts of battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house, officials said in a news release. Prosecutors said Buck injected the victim with methamphetamine at his apartment […]
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Suspect in Deadly Shooting Near Santa Ana College Will Face Murder Charges, Police Say
Prosecutors will file murder charges against a 49-year-old Long Beach man arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in Santa Ana on Monday, the Santa Ana Police Department said. Antonio Lamont Triplett was arrested following an investigation into the shooting that occurred in the 1500 block of North Bristol Street at 1 a.m. Monday. First responders found the victim, identified as 29-year-old Osvaldo Garcia of Santa Ana, suffering multiple gunshot wounds in a parking lot at Santa Ana College. He […]
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Nearly Naked Man Arrested After Vandalizing Newhall Church, Running on 5 Freeway
Deputies arrested a nearly naked man on Thursday after a bizarre rampage in which he allegedly broke in and vandalized a Newhall church and ran onto the 5 Freeway. The incident began around 9 a.m. Thursday at the Newhall Church of the Nazarene when the suspect, identified as 48-year-old Kit Kipnas, was seen on surveillance footage breaking in through a window, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, Santa Clarita Valley Station. Pastor Josh Johnson said he heard the […]
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Suspicious Package Deemed No Threat After Evacuation of 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica
Santa Monica police determined there was no threat to the public after bomb squad investigators responded to the scene of a suspicious package, prompting an evacuation of 3rd Street Promenade on Monday. Authorities responded to the 1400 block of 3rd Street Promenade around 5:30 p.m., evacuating everyone between Broadway and Santa Monica Boulevard as members of the bomb squad investigate the suspicious item, the Santa Monica Police Department said. The incident began when a witness called 911, saying they had […]
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Homicide Investigation Underway in Mount Baldy After 40-Year-Old Chino Man Found Dead
Detectives are conducting a homicide investigation after a body was found near a roadway in the Mount Baldy area on Saturday. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department received the call at 7:43 a.m., and authorities responded to the area where the victim, identified as 40-year-old Frank Vargas of Chino, was found deceased. Vargas was found down an embankment from a vehicle turnout on Mount Baldy Road, about a mile north of the Ice House Canyon Road, deputies said. The investigation […]
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Firefighters Respond to Grass Fire That Destroyed RV Along 210 Freeway in Pacoima
Firefighters responded to a grass fire that destroyed a recreational vehicle along the 210 Freeway in Pacoima Saturday. Around 12:30 p.m., crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department and the L.A. County Fire Department doused the 1/2 acre patch of grass on an embankment along the eastbound lanes of the 210 near the 118 interchange. A large supply of hay bails stacked near the edge of the grass was seen engulfed in flames, along with what appeared to be a […]
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‘Gang-Related’ Shooting Leaves 1 Dead in Same Santa Ana Neighborhood That Saw Deadly Gun Violence Just Weeks Ago
One man was killed in what police described as a “gang-related” shooting in Santa Ana early Saturday. Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the area of 500 East Pine Street around 4:40 a.m., according to the Santa Ana Police Department. Upon arrival, police found an adult male on the ground suffering a gunshot wound to his upper torso. Orange County Fire Authority paramedics arrived and rendered aid, but the victim died of his injuries at the scene. A […]
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CHP Officer Injured in Crash After Multiple Incidents on 405 Freeway in Long Beach
A California Highway Patrol motorcycle officer sustained serious injuries when he crashed while responding to a previous crash in Long Beach Friday night. The officer’s crash was one of several that occurred on the 405 Freeway Friday night, causing major traffic backups lasting into the early hours Saturday. A fatal crash occurred on the 405 northbound at Woodruff Avenue around 10 p.m., and another crash happened on the southbound 405 at Century Boulevard less than an hour later. These incidents […]
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Family Announces Lawsuit After El Modena HS Student Killed in Golf Cart Crash
The family of 15-year-old Manny Perez are filing a lawsuit against the Orange Unified School District after the boy suffered fatal injuries in a golf cart crash on the El Modena High School campus. Questions still remain how Manny, a special needs student with autism, was able to get behind the wheel of the golf cart on Monday. At a tearful news conference Friday, Manny’s mother, Micaela Sanchez Corona, said through a translator that the school had contacted her to […]
