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SAN DIMAS -- A gunman robbed a San Dimas gas station Sunday, officials said.
The robbery was reported about 7:50 p.m. at a Valero station at 102 E. Arrow Highway.
The robber was described as a black man, about 5 feet 5 inches tall and 140 to 150 pounds, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Joe Bolanos said.
He wore a white jacket and blue jeans and was armed with a small, black, semi-automatic handgun, the sergeant added.
Bolanos said the robber was last seen running south on San Dimas Avenue with an undisclosed amount of cash.

ROSEMEAD -- A man held up a Jack in the Box restaurant at gunpoint Sunday, authorities said.
The crime was reported about 7:30 a.m. at the eatery at 820 San Gabriel Boulevard, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Abel Moreno said.
A robber described only a a Latino man in his 20s armed with a handgun entered the store and demanded cash from the register, the sergeant said.
He was last seen running from the area with an undisclosed amount of stolen cash, he said.

Two men were robbed at gunpoint early Friday in Monterey Park and Alhambra, and officials suspect the same robber is responsible.
The first robbery was reported about 5:45 a.m. in the 2300 block of Hathaway Avenue in Alhambra, Alhambra police Lt. Dan Rodriguez said.
A man was walking on the sidewalk when a white pickup truck, possibly a Toyota or Nissan approached, the lieutenant said.
A passenger got out of the truck, pointed a rifle at the victim and demanded money, he said.
The victim complied, and the robber got back into the truck with the driver and drove off, Rodriguez said. No description of the driver was available.
The gunman was described as a Latino man in his 20s with a small mustache, wearing a beanie, a black jacket and dark-colored jeans, police said.
Less than 30 minutes later, a man was parking his car in the 1400 block of Ridgecrest Street in Monterey Park when he was also robbed, Monterey Park police Lt. Carrie Mazelin said.
A robber described as a Latino man in his 20s, wearing a gray and black shirt and blue jeans approached him with what was described as a black, Uzi-type handgun and demanded property, Mazelin said.
He stole cash, a purse that was inside the car, jewelry and other items before fleeing in a white pickup truck with a waiting driver, she said.
Because of similar suspect descriptions, as well as the close proximity and time frame in which the robberies occurred, investigators believe the robberies are connected, Rodriguez and Mazelin said.

PASADENA -- A man robbed a check cashing business at gunpoint Friday in an unincorporated county area near Pasadena, authorities said.
The crime occurred about noon at Check Into Cash, 3683 E. Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Mark Glatt said.
The robber, described as a white man wearing a navy blue hooded sweat shirt and tan cargo shorts, entered the business with a small-caliber handgun, the lieutenant said.
After ordering an employee to the ground, he helped himself to about $1,500 from the cash registers, Glatt said.
A man was briefly detained in the area, but was determined not to be the robber, he said.
It was not known if a getaway car was involved.

NORWALK -- Tips from the public Thursday led deputies to a La Mirada man suspected of committing an armed robbery while holding a young boy in his arms.
Jeremy Gallegos, 20, was booked on suspicion of robbery and child endangerment, Los Angeles County sheriff's Detective John Moore said.
"This is quite shocking," the detective said of the unusual crime. He's committing an armed robbery holding a child in his arms. Anything at any point could happen."
Officials believe Gallegos is the man pictured holding a child in a surveillance photo taken inside a liquor store in the 11000 block of Rosecrans Avenue in Norwalk  on Oct. 28, just before he allegedly brandished a handgun and robbed another man in the store's parking lot.
The arrest came the day after sheriff's officials released those photos to the public.
Moore said members of the public who saw those photos tipped police off about the identity of the alleged robber.
The detective said Gallegos was baby-sitting the child for friends, who knew nothing of the robbery until deputies informed them.
"The child's fine and back with his parents," Moore said.
"They're not happy," he said of the boy's parents.
Deputies were carrying out a search warrant at Gallegos' La Mirada home late Thursday searching for evidence linking him to the crime, Moore said.
Gallegos allegedly stole a wallet and some alcohol from the victim during the crime, sheriff's officials said in a written statement.
The victim in the robbery was described as a 47-year-old man and was not injured in the crime, officials added.
According to sheriff's booking records, Gallegos is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail and is due for arraignment in Bellflower Superior Court Tuesday.

COVINA -- A gunman robbed a beauty salon and stole a purse containing thousands of dollars Wednesday, police said.
The crime was reported about 6:45 p.m. at Hair by J, 983 W. San Bernardino Road, Covina police Sgt. Trevor Gaumer said.
The robber entered the store, brandished a handgun in his waistband and demanded cash from an employee, Gaumer said.
On his way out, he grabbed a purse and cell phone from inside the store, the sergeant said. The purse contained about $4,000 in cash.
The robber fled out the back door of the salon, Gaumer added, and was not found despite a lengthy police search.
Police described the robber as a Latino man in his late 20s, bald, about 5 feet 11 inches tall and of thin build. He wore a black hooded sweat shirt shirt.

NORWALK -- Detectives released surveillance photos Wednesday of a man they say carried out an armed robbery in front of a liquor store while carrying a young child.
The crime was reported about 4:40 p.m. on Oct. 28 in the 11000 block of Rosecrans Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's officials said in a written statement.
Deputies described the suspect as a Latino man in his early 20s, about 5 feet 11 inches tall and 180 pounds, wearing a black baseball cap with an "LA" logo on it, a blue and white striped shirt and black shorts.
He approached a 37-year-old man who was getting into his vehicle in the parking lot of a liquor store, according the the sheriff's statement.
The robber, who was holding a Latino boy between 4 and 6 years old, lifted his shirt to brandish a handgun to the victim as he demanded the victim's wallet and some alcohol the victim had just bought at the store, sheriff's officials said.
Anyone with information about the robber is asked to call the sheriff's Norwalk Station at (562) 863-8711.

ALTADENA -- A man and woman beat and robbed a man Friday on Fair Oaks Avenue in Altadena, authorities said.
The incident was reported about 6:30 p.m. on Fair Oaks Avenue near Mendocino Street, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Mike Brandriff said.
A black woman in her 30s approached the victim, a man in his early 50s, and propositioned him for sex, Lt. Larry Landreth said.
A black man in his 50s then pushed the victim to the ground, causing him to strike his head, and punched him in the face, the lieutenant said.
As the injured man lied on the ground, he added, the woman reached into his pocket and stole his wallet.
The man and woman ran south on Fair Oaks Avenue and deputies searched the area with police dogs, but Landreth said the robbers were not found.
The victim suffered a broken nose, a large cut to his head and other injuries in the attack, Landreth said.
He was hospitalized but checked himself out before deputies could interview him at the hospital, officials said. The address and other information he left at the hospital did not appear to be valid.

COVINA -- Two robbers stole a man's cell phone and iPod at knifepoint Wednesday afternoon in an unincorporated county area near Covina, authorities said.
The robbery was reported just before 1 p.m. at a Via Verde off-ramp of the 10 Freeway, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. Richard Ramirez said.
The victim was approached by two men described as Latino men between 20 and 25 years old, the sergeant said.
One of them was about 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 140 pounds, wore a black shirt and jeans and carried a switchblade-style knife, Ramirez said. The other robber was about 6 feet 1 inch tall, about 150 pounds, wearing a blue t-shirt.
A gray vehicle may have been used as a getaway car, he added.

ALTADENA -- A masked gunman held two gas station employees at gunpoint during a robbery Sunday, authorities said.
The crime was reported about 7:40 p.m. at an Arco station at Fair Oaks Avenue and Woodbury Road, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Greg Cisneros said.
The robber threatened two cashiers at the store with a black handgun and demanded money before fleeing southbound on Fair Oaks Avenue on foot, the lieutenant said.
He was described as 5 feet 10 inches tall, about 165 pound, wearing a black hooded sweat shirt and black pants, Cisneros said. Because he wore a mask, the robbers race was unknown.
Officials were reviewing surveillance footage from the store late Sunday in hopes of developing leads, he said.

Three robbery suspects barricaded themselves inside a Whittier home Saturday, authorities said, leading deputies to a small marijuana grow and additional arrests.
The three suspected robbers were arrested, along with five other adults who were at the home, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Aura Sierra said in a written statement.
A 6-year-old boy was inside the home during the incident, Sierra said.
"The child was removed from the home unharmed and placed in protective custody with the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services," according to the written statement.
Phillip Patron, 22, of Whittier, Raymond Sanchez, 27, of Whittier and Angela Delgado, 25, of Pasadena were booked on suspicion of robbery, sheriff's Lt. Margarito Robles said.
Five others at the home -- two men and three women -- were arrested on suspicion of various charges, however sheriff's officials refused Saturday to release their names or say what those charges were.
The incident began about 12:45 a.m. when a man was robbed of his wallet at gunpoint by two men near Amistad and Harold streets in Pico Rivera, sheriff's Sgt. Joe Van Damme said.
Patron and Sanchez are believed to have carried out the robbery, officials said, while Delgado is accused of acting as a getaway driver.
The arrests were made at a home in the 12500 block of Pasadena Street in Whittier as the result of some good information from a witness, Sierra said.
"Witnesses of the armed robbery provided deputies with a license plate number of the suspect vehicle," Sierra said in the statement. "Pico Rivera station deputies responded to the registered owner's address in the City of Whittier."
Several adults obeyed the orders of deputies to come out of the house, Van Damme said, and one of them told authorities her sleeping 6-year-old child was still inside.
Deputies sent in a police dog, which found the remaining suspects and bit one of them, Van Damme said.
The suspect who was bitten was hospitalized for treatment of his injury, he added.
The remaining suspects and the child were then removed from the house, Van Damme said. The child's mother was among those arrested at the home.
While inside the house, deputies discovered a small marijuana growing operation of about three plants, he said.
According to court records, the three robbery suspects are due for arraignment in Whittier Superior Court Tuesday.

PASADENA -- A man was robbed of his wallet late Wednesday by two men armed with a handgun and a knife, police said.
A man was walking to an apartment building in the 1300 block of Summit Avenue from his car and talking on a cell phone about 10:30 p.m. when he was approached by the robbers, Pasadena police Lt. Chris Russ said.
Brandishing a knife and a gun, the robbers demanded the man's property, the lieutenant said.
The robbers fled with the man's wallet and about $250 in cash, Russ said.
Both robbers were described as black men in their 20s, he said. One was about 5 feet 7 inches tall, 180 pounds, and wore black clothes and a black bandana over his face.
The other robber was about 6 feet tall, 160 pounds, wearing a black baseball cap, a black t-shirt and blue jeans, Russ said.

LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE -- For the fourth time in just over a week, a foothill city bank has been robbed by gunman, authorities said.
A robbery was reported about 9:45 a.m. Thursday at a La Cañada Flintridge Chase bank branch, 749 Foothill Boulevard, Los Angeles County sheriff's Lt. Larry Landreth said.
Two robbers wearing masks helped themselves to an undisclosed amount of cash from two tellers at the bank, the lieutenant said, but abandoned some of the money and one of the guns, which turned out to be a fake, a short distance away when an anti-theft dye-pack exploded.
"Some of the money was recovered with the die pack," Landreth said.
The robbers were both described as black men in their 20s wearing masks, he said. One of the robbers wore a grey hooded sweat shirt, grey overalls and a gorilla mask, Landreth said. A further description of the other robber was not available.
Witnesses at the bank reported seeing a silver car, possibly a Toyota, fleeing the area, officials said.
Deputies from the Altadena Station spotted a silver Honda Prelude with two black men driving extremely aggressively and fast down the eastbound 210 Freeway shortly after the robbery, Landreth added, but they were not found.
Another bank robbery occurred Monday at a Citibank branch in La Crescenta, 2621 Foothill Boulevard, authorities said.
In that case, the robber was described as a black man in his 20s, about 6 feet 4 inches tall, about 185 pounds, with a goatee and mustache, sheriff's officials said. He wore a green heavy winter coat with a hood.
Two bank robberies were reported Oct. 15 in San Dimas and Altadena.
In Altadena, a black man who appeared to be in his 40s used a demand note to rob a Chase bank at 2333 N. Lake Avenue, Los Angeles County sheriff's Sgt. John Stanley said.
He stood 6 feet 2 inches to 6 feet 4 inches tall and weighed about 200 pounds, the sergeant said. He was bearded and wore all black clothing, including a black beanie.
In San Dimas, three men armed with a handguns carried out a robbery at the Chase bank at 1198 Via Verde, sheriff's officials said. A white car was used as a getaway car.
Though the suspect descriptions in each case bare similarities, Landreth said, there are also differences.
It was not clear Thursday if the robberies were connected, Landreth said.

WEST COVINA -- A man used a rifle to rob a beauty salon Wednesday, police said.
The crime occurred shortly after 8 p.m. at the Infinite Beauty Salon, 2416 S. Azusa Avenue, West Covina police Lt. Marcos Plebani said.
The robber was described as a black man in his 20s, about 5 feet 8 inches tall and of medium build, the lieutenant said. He wore a grey hooded sweat shirt.
He entered the store, brandished a rifle and was last seen fleeing on foot with an undisclosed amount of stolen cash, Plebani said.
No injuries were reported.