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LYNWOOD a ' The Lynwood Unified School District showed a slight improvement in the 2009 state Academic Performance Index scores, according to results released last week by the state Department of Education.

Richard Travion, a 17-year-old black youth, died on Saturday, Sept. 19, after he was shot by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department deputies in the 3100 block of Banning Street in Lynwood , authorities said.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot three gunmen over the weekend - bringing the total of deadly shootings this year to 13.

Investigations were under way today into three fatal deputy-involved shootings that occurred in southeast Los Angeles County over the weekend.

A sheriff's deputy shot a man at a Norwalk motel Sunday, marking the third fatal deputy-involved shooting in Southeast Los Angeles County within 14 hours this weekend.

Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies shot and killed three armed suspects in separate incidents over the weekend, bringing the total number of fatal deputy-involved shootings so far this year to 13.

Gang enforcement officers from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shot and killed a 17-year-old boy in Lynwood and recovered a handgun at the scene, a deputy said Sunday.

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Sheriff's detectives are investigating a deputy-involved shooting in Lynwood late tonight.

An additional count has been filed against former Firebaugh High School Principal Jonas Silverio.

Former county Supervisor Yvonne Burke retired from her post last year after 16 years, but on Saturday, she rejoined several of her politicos and John Ham III - son of the late Lynwood City Councilman John D. Ham - in officially celebrating the long-awaited opening of the city's John D. Ham Replacement Project, aptly called the Yvonne Burke/John D.

A mental health specialist for the San Bernardino County Department of Behavioral Health has been placed on unpaid administrative leave following her arrest Wednesday on suspicion of armed robbery.

The City Council Tuesday voted 3-2 to award Fiesta Taxi another two-year contract for its Dial-A-Ride and demand response transportation services, even though Fiesta was not the lowest bidder for the contract.

Investigators still don't know why a man allegedly hit an off-duty deputy's car and waved a knife while both were at a drive-through which led to the deputy shooting him.