2 Additional LA Times Journalists Resign After Owner Dr. Soon-Shiong Blocks Harris Endorsement

Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned following owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong’s decision preventing the paper from endorsing a candidate in the presidential election — an endorsement that was expected to go to Democrat Kamala Harris. Robert Greene and Karin Klein both announced the departures Thursday, on the heels of […]

Rapper Lil Durk Faces Murder Conspiracy Charges

Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Durk is facing a federal murder conspiracy charge in Los Angeles in connection with an August 2022 killing near the Beverly Center, according to court papers obtained Friday. The 32-year-old Chicago rapper, whose real name is Durk Banks, was arrested Thursday in South Florida and was being held by the U.S. […]

Grateful Dead Founder, Bassist Phil Lesh Dies at 84

Phil Lesh, a formally trained musician who cheerfully took a zigzag approach to his role as the Grateful Dead’s first and only bass player for three decades, died Friday at the age of 84, his family said. The death was announced on Lesh’s Instagram account in a statement reading: “Phil Lesh, bassist and founding member […]

LA to Launch Unlawful Dumping Investigation

The Los Angeles City Council Friday approved a motion intended to identify funding sources for investigations into unlawful dumping activities. The City Council voted 10-0 to instruct the Bureau of Sanitation and Environment and the city administrative office to report on the resources needed that would allow the sanitation’s Watershed Protection Division to resume illegal […]

Hawthorne Man Arrested in Connection with Underage Attempted Kidnapping, Lewd Acts

A Hawthorne man who allegedly tried to abduct an 11-year-old girl in Wilmington was charged Friday with one felony count each of attempted kidnapping and forcible lewd act on a child. Jose Julian Jaime Jr., 30, is accused of attacking the girl as she walked home from school Monday near M Street and Gulf Avenue, […]

Archbishops in LA, NYC Raise Money for Local Schools Via World Series Wager

With Game 1 of the World Series between the Dodgers and Yankees Friday evening, the archbishops of Los Angeles and New York placed a friendly wager to benefit Catholic school students in their respective Archdioceses. In a 30-second YouTube video announcing the wager, Archbishop José Gomez of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles offered L.A.’s famous […]

DA Files Re-Sentencing Request for Menendez Brothers

In court papers released Friday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office is asking a judge to re-sentence Erik and Lyle Menendez to allow them to be eligible for parole in connection with the 1989 shotgun murders of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion. In a 56-page filing submitted late Thursday, prosecutors wrote that […]

Hospital Seeks Identity of Senior Man

Authorities Friday sought public help in identifying an approximately 70-year-old man hospitalized at one of its facilities. The man has been hospitalized at Los Angeles General Medical Center, at 2051 Marengo St., since Saturday, according to a statement from the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. He had been involved in an auto-versus-pedestrian collision […]

Bank Security Guard Gets House Arrest After Sending Fake Bomb Threats to Co-Worker, Self

A San Gabriel Valley man who sent a bomb threat to a fellow security guard at an El Monte bank last year and nearly two weeks later sent a fake threat to himself in an unsuccessful effort to evade detection by law enforcement was sentenced Friday to home detention. Daniel Isaac Gonzalez, 24, of Montebello, […]

Former OC Sheriff Brad Gates Dies at 85

Former Orange County Sheriff Brad Gates died Friday. He was 85. Gates was sheriff from 1975 to 1999. Sheriff Don Barnes praised Gates, whose influence on the department continues. “His accomplishments as sheriff are too long to include in one memo,” Barnes said in a statement. “Although it has now been over 24 years since […]

Man Arrested for Alleged Homeless Encampment Murder

A suspect in the 2021 killing of a man at a Long Beach homeless encampment was behind bars Friday. Andrew Reyna, 47, of Lakewood, was arrested Wednesday at a motel in Lynwood, according to the Long Beach Police Department. He is suspected in the Jan. 10, 2021, killing of 64-year-old Samuel Villalba, who was shot […]