2.5 Mile Oil Sheen Spotted Off Coast of Huntington Beach

A roughly 2.5-mile-long oil sheen was spotted Friday in the ocean water off the coast of Huntington Beach, but its source remained unknown. According to the Coast Guard, the slick is nearly 3 miles off the coast, near the oil platforms named Emmy and Eva. The slick was first reported at 6:50 p.m. Thursday, and […]

Mayor Bass Approves Audit of Inside Safe Initiative Combating Homelessness

Mayor Karen Bass said Friday the city would foot the bill for an independent audit of her signature Inside Safe initiative to combat homelessness in answer to a Los Angeles federal judge’s questions about the program’s transparency in light of alleged missed deadlines by the city in moving homeless residents out of the city’s largest […]

Eugene Levy Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Friday honoring Eugene Levy for a television career in which he has received 13 Emmy nominations as an actor, writer and producer, winning four times. Longtime castmate Catherine O’Hara and Levy’s daughter Sarah Levy, a castmate on “Schitt’s Creek,” were among those joining him at […]

LBPD Arrests Five in Connection with November Shooting

Five people have been arrested in connection with the shooting death of a man in November in Long Beach, authorities said Friday. Andre McClendon, 41, of Long Beach was shot on Nov. 26 about 2:20 am. near the 1700 block of Pine Avenue, and he died at the scene, according to the Long Beach Police […]

Gang Leader to be Sentenced Monday for Racketeering and Drug Charges

A one-time shot-caller for a Los Angeles-based transnational criminal street gang faces at least 10 years in federal prison Monday when he is sentenced on racketeering and drug counts. José Balmore Romero, 49, was found guilty last year in downtown Los Angeles of single counts of conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations […]

SFV Residents Can Schedule Free Tax Prep Appointments at Library

Some residents of the San Fernando Valley can schedule free appointments at local libraries to get help preparing their 2023 tax returns, Mayor Karen Bass’ office announced Friday. The Los Angeles Public Library will partner with the local American Association of Retired Person’s Foundation’s Tax Aide Program to provide tax-filing services. The program is run […]

Gardena Middle School on Lockdown After Fight; No Weapons

A Gardena middle school was placed on lockdown Friday after an apparent fight. “Peary Middle School is on lockdown; no weapons are involved,” a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles School Police Department said in a statement. No details about the fight at the school in the 1400 block of West Gardena Boulevard were immediately available, […]

LA City Council Approves Motion to Develop Homeless Programs

The City Council Friday approved a motion to develop an evaluation framework of existing and future homeless programs to ensure data is being relayed to the city. In a 12-0 vote, council members instructed the Housing Department and related city staff to create the evaluation framework that would be imposed on contracts and programs run […]

Man Sanctioned to Pay $10B to Brothers to Appeal

A man ordered to pay $10 billion to his brothers in a dispute over alleged misappropriated monetary and real estate assets in violation of an oral family partnership agreement will appeal, his attorney said Friday. “The final chapter is far from written,” said Rick Richmond, counsel for Haresh Jogani. “In addition to eventual appellate review, […]

32-Year-Old South Bay Man Faces Kidnapping and Pimping Charges in OC

A South Bay man was scheduled Friday to make his first appearance in federal court in Santa Ana on charges of kidnapping a woman, pimping her in Orange County and then raping her in the Angeles National Forest. Leslie Anthony Bailey, 32, was arrested Thursday on charges in a grand jury indictment handed down Wednesday […]

FBI Seeking Public Help to Find Woman Who Kidnaped Son from Foster Family

Authorities sought the public’s help Friday to find a woman and her 16-month-old son, whom she has been charged with kidnapping from his foster parent in Los Angeles County, possibly fleeing with him to Mexico. “The FBI is seeking the whereabouts of Brigette Benitez, 31, and her biological child, Miguel Eduardo Zuniga Medina Jr.,” Laura […]