Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Volunteers are being asked to help look for the missing Fox studio executive on May 19-20.
The family of missing Gavin Smith is asking the public to help look for him during a search this weekend, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The 57-year-old Fox distribution executive was last seen leaving a family friend's home in Oak Park between 9-10 p.m. on May 1. Smith drove away in a black Mercedes-Benz E420 sedan with license number 6EKT044. The search, coordinated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, will take place on May 19-20 in undisclosed "remote areas," according to the Hollywood Reporter. More details are to be released soon on a website launched by Smith's family, the reports the website. Smith had just returned from a motion picture industry trade show in Las Vegas before he went missing. He lives in West …
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Station 89 hosts Agoura's second annual Public Safety Day event.
Families from all over gathered at Fire Dept. Station 89 for the city’s second annual Fire Services and Public Safety Day on Saturday, hosted by the City of Agoura Hills Department of Community Services and the Los Angeles County Fire Department (L.A.F.D.). With a variety of demonstrations and hands-on activities there was something for everyone to enjoy. The event included a fire station open house, fire safety demonstrations as well as food and entertainment. Local organizations such as the Las Virgenes Municipal Water District, the United States Army, Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station and Animal Care and Control offered interactive activities. There were many fire station vehicles on display, including the Incident Command, LA County…
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Friday, May 11, 2012
The Fox distribution exec hasn't been seen in a week and a half.
Twentieth Century Fox distribution executive and father of three Gavin Smith mysteriously disappeared 10 days ago. The 57-year-old, a former UCLA basketball player who works out of a Calabasas office, hasn't been since the evening hours of May 1, when he left a friend's Oak Park home in a black Mercedes. Smith's family knew something was wrong when he did not pick up one of his son's from school the following day. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has intensified its search in the past week and a half. Authorities say there still is no suspicion of foul play. "It's an adult missing-persons case, not a homicide," Sheriff's Lt. Wes Sutton told the Los Angeles Times. "At this point, there's nothing criminal [related] to his …
The Agoura High School Parent Faculty Club hosted a discussion about the popular party buses as well as drug and alcohol issues.
Nearly 80 people gathered at Agoura High School Wednesday night for a meeting entitled “The party bus and other dilemmas” to address not only the popular vehicles students use to travel to school proms but other issues impacting local area teens. Det. J.T. Manwell from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff’s Juvenile Intervention Unit, Sgt. Mark Katz of the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff Station narcotics team and family therapist Randi Klein discussed an array of concerns with parents, which included parental responsibilities, drug abuse and the dangers of party buses. The overall concern among parents in the room was that rather than deterring drinking and partying, the party buses simply promote illicit activity by teens. “My candid answer with …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
A 21-year-old former Agoura Hills man was picked up following weeks of police investigation.
A 21-year-old former Agoura Hills man was arrested Thursday morning for possession of heroin by narcotics detectives, according to Sgt. Marc Katz from the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff Station narcotics team. Kevin Babson was picked up at his mother's residence in Oak Park following weeks of surveillance and investigation, said Katz. "He's pretty well-known in the community as both a user and seller of various narcotics," said Katz. "Though now he's an adult, we've known about him for years through the juvenile team." Police made a routine traffic stop after Babson, a former Agoura High student, left his mother's home in a car, Katz said. "It was there that we found 2 grams of heroin on his person," he said A search warrant was also served at …
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Sheriff's major crimes detectives are seeking victims who've had their bicycles stolen from their homes in order to return their property.
The Sheriff’s Major Crimes Bureau held a press conference Wednesday to locate owners of expensive bicycles taken in residential burglaries. The bicycles that were displayed are a portion of those bicycles which were recovered at the culmination of a month long investigation of a residential 'hot prowl' burglary crew. These burglars would identify their prospective targets from the persons selling expensive bicycles on Craigslist. The suspects would make contact with the victims by using a fictitious name and email account. After establishing a dialogue about the bicycles with the sellers, the suspects would learn enough information to identify the residences where the bicycles were being kept. Much of this information was obtained directly…
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The Fox distribution executive hasn't been seen in a week.
The search for missing 20th Century Fox distribution executive and former UCLA basketball player Gavin Smith intensified today, as the sheriff's department added new resources to the probe. " The new development is that our department has added new resources to the search for this missing man,'' sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore told City News Service. "I am not going to detail exactly what those resources are, but part of it was adding more detectives to the search.'' Whitmore said detectives have not found any evidence of foul play in Smith's disappearance. Whitmore declined comment on what may have caused the Fox executive to vanish. Smith's family has set up a website -- findgavinsmith.com -- to help find him. "Really what we are …
Saturday, May 5, 2012
LA County residents should designate a driver before hitting the roads.
The Los Angeles County DUI Task Force and the California Highway Patrol will be out in force throughout LA County for the Cinco De Mayo weekend. The extra patrols started at 6 p.m. Friday and will continue through Sunday, according to an advisory message sent out by the LA County Sheriff's Department. “Saving lives, reducing injuries, traffic collisions and property damage is important work,” said Sheriff Lee Baca. "Every life is a life worth saving and we will do our utmost to help keep the public safe." The CHP will also be out on freeways and in unincorporated county jurisdictions to stop, test and arrest impaired drivers. According to DUI statistics, the greatest number of DUI deaths and injuries occur late Saturday night early Sunday …
Friday, May 4, 2012
The 57-year-old who works out of an office in Calabasas hasn't been seen since Tuesday.
Gavin Smith, a distribution executive for 20th Century Fox, has been missing since Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Smith was last seen Tuesday at a friend's house in Oak Park between 9-10 p.m., according to the sheriff's department. He left in a black 2000 Mercedes 420E that has padded storage racks on the roof and tinted windows. He hasn't been heard from since. His license plate number is 6EKT044. Smith, 57, is described by the sheriff's department as 6 feet, 6 inches tall and weighing 210 pounds. He has a goatee, gray hair with blonde highlights and green eyes. He has a 5-inch scar on his calf and a 4-inch scar on his inner right wrist. Officials said he was last seen wearing purple pants and black and…
Sunday, April 29, 2012
Angel Esparza, 21, was arrested Sunday after leading police on a high-speed car chase in a stolen car.
A Simi Valley man was arrested Sunday after he led police on a brief high-speed chase in a stolen car, authorities said in a report in the Ventura County Star. According to the report, Angel Esparza, 21, was booked into Ventura County jail on suspicion of auto theft, evading and street terrorism, jail records show. Esparza was arrested after reaching speeds of up to 130 mph during a pursuit on the 101 Freeway from Thousand Oaks into Agoura Hills, Officer Miguel Duarte of the California Highway Patrol's Moorpark office, told the Star. The chase began shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday when an auto theft unit tracked a suspected stolen black Lincoln LS sedan at about 12:50 p.m., according to the report. Officers tried to stop the sedan Esparza was…
Patrick Moran
10:05 am on Monday, May 14, 2012
Thank you Fire Department Station 89 for all your dedicated service. My family and I had an amazing time at the open house. Stay safe ;-) more ›