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Los Angeles Police Department officials issued a citywide tactical alert on Saturday due to an unruly crowd. Information about the gathering was not immediately available, but police said the crowd numbered up to 200 people as it moved through downtown streets. They did not say what was unruly about the gathering. Aerial footage showed the group scattering at one point and running through a McDonald’s parking lot in Leimert Park at around 6:40 p.m. (CBS Los Angeles) Staff Writer Oct. 18, 2026 2:27 PM PT Click here to listen to this article See more from the L. A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Los Angeles police investigated two stabbings reported Saturday near the Taste of Soul festival in South L. A. The victims were hospitalized, and their conditions were not immediately known. Hours later, police issued a citywide tactical alert after reports of more than 100 unruly young adults nearby. Organizers said the incidents were outside festival grounds and did not disrupt the event. Two stabbings were reported Saturday near the Taste of Soul festival in South Los Angeles, authorities said. Police received a call about 2:45 p.m.

Two stabbings were reported near the Taste of Soul festival in the Crenshaw area Saturday as LAPD issued an hourslong citywide tactical alert. Sunday, October 18, 2026 7:59AMCRENSHAW, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Two stabbings were reported near the Taste of Soul festival in the Crenshaw area Saturday as the Los Angeles Police Department issued a citywide tactical alert that remained in effect for several hours, authorities said. The first stabbing was reported at about 2:45 p.m. at the Taste of Soul festival near Crenshaw Boulevard and West Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, according to police. Officials said a group of people became involved in a fight for reasons that remain unclear, and at least one person was stabbed. Police said both the victim and the group of suspects fled the scene. The investigation remains ongoing. A second stabbing was later reported near the event. The Los Angeles Fire Department said one person was transported to a hospital with possible stab wounds after officers responded to reports of a stabbing in the 4200 block of Crenshaw Boulevard. Authorities have not said whether the two stabbings are related.

Apu is back on "The Simpsons"... and he sounds a little different. Springfield's friendly Kwik-E-Mart owner spoke for the first time in nearly a decade in Sunday's episode of the long-running Fox cartoon, and the words came from a new voice actor: Sunil Malhotra ("Grey's Anatomy") will voice Apu on the show going forward, TVLine has confirmed. (Variety first reported the news.) He replaces Hank Azaria, who voiced Apu from the show's premiere through 2020, when he stepped aside amid mounting criticism of a white actor voicing an Indian character.

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains major spoilers for the Oct. 18 episode of “The Simpsons,” “The Revengening,” which aired Sunday night on Fox. “The Simpsons” has pulled off its own October surprise: Apu Nahasapeemapetilon is back. The fan favorite character finally spoke again for the first time in nearly a decade on Sunday night’s episode, “The Revengening.” Variety has exclusively learned who is behind Apu’s new voice: actor and voice-over vet Sunil Malhotra (“Grey’s Anatomy,” “The Legend of Korra”).