The Times chronicles L.A. County homicide victims

El Monte: Jose Jimenez, 16

Jose Jimenez, a 16-year-old white youth, was shot to death by a police officer at Meeker Avenue and Mildred Street in El Monte on July 24, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

The events that led to Jimenez's shooting began shortly before 4:30 a.m. when Baldwin Park officers followed a vehicle that had been reported stolen

The officers stopped the vehicle, and two people described as "male Hispanic adult passengers" got out and ran, according to the Sheriff's Department, which is investigating the shooting. The female driver remained and was taken into custody.

One of the officers, who was not identified, chased the two. He told sheriff's investigators that he opened fire when one of the suspects reached forWhy he matters:
Grant Sabin had already been playing out for seven years by the time he was recording, at age 20, his fourth full-length album for the Haunted Windchimes' Blank Tape label. Anthromusicology proved to be the dobro-wielding singer-songwriter's most musically distinctive and idiosyncratically personal album to date, even though its overall sound was still solidly rooted in traditional Southern blues. In the two years since, he's gigged regularly with his Full Moon Band, which has included members of Briffaut, We Are Not a Glum Lot, and other local indie outfits. The group went on an indefinite hiatus after a final performance at Fort Collins' Bohemian Nights Festival earlier this month, so that Sabin and his cohorts can spend more time pursuing individual projects. But they'll no doubt