Large Groups of Robbers Hit Two 7-Elevens in Hollywood, Flee on Bikes

LOS ANGELES—Police are searching for information about three robberies that occurred within minutes of each other Friday night, Aug. 16, in the Hollywood neighborhood. The first robbery was reported at 8:03 p.m. Friday at Sunset Boulevard and La Brea Avenue, where about 20 people in their late teens or early 20s smashed windows at a 7-Eleven and took food as well as other merchandise, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) reported. At about 8:22 p.m., a similar group robbed a 7-Eleven in the 5700 block of Santa Monica Boulevard, near Western Avenue, where they also vandalized the store before riding away on bicycles....