2000 Cedars-Sinai Service Workers Begin Strike This Morning

Citing “unfair labor practices as well as employee and patient safety concerns, short-staffing and low wages,” members of the Service Employees International Union-United Healthcare Workers West started a planned weeklong strike Monday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. The union, which has been bargaining with hospital management over a new labor contract since March 21, represents […]

LA Times Photographer Wins Breaking News Pulitzer for Afghanistan Coverage

Los Angeles Times photographer Marcus Yam won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography Monday, honoring his coverage of the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the fall of Kabul. The win is the 49th Pulitzer Prize won by The Times since 1942, including six for public service, according to the paper. The […]

Judge Dismisses Part Of Suit Over Photographer’s Encounter With Hilary Duff

A judge Monday granted a motion by Fox Broadcasting Co. and Talk WW Production Inc., the producers of “The Wendy Williams Show,” to dismiss both companies as defendants in a photographer’s lawsuit alleging that he was libeled and slandered during an episode of Williams’ show dealing with his 2020 encounter at a park with Hilary […]

Dodgers to Wear Special Pride Caps During LGBTQ Night

The L.A. Dodgers announced Monday that, for the first time, the team will be wearing on-field pride caps as the organization celebrates its ninth annual LGBTQ+ Night at Dodger Stadium on June 3. The caps will also be sold at the Top of the Park and the Left Field Team store, while supplies last. Eight […]

Three SoCal Residents Found Guilty In Health Care Fraud Scheme

A federal jury in Los Angeles Monday convicted three defendants who participated in an $18.5 million scheme that submitted fraudulent claims to the state’s Drug Medi-Cal program for alcohol and drug treatment services for high school and middle school students. With the guilty verdicts, a total of 19 people have been convicted of federal criminal […]

Mission Viejo Man Gets 30 Months in Prison for COVID-19 Loan Fraud

A Mission Viejo man was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for fraudulently using COVID-19 relief funds on personal expenses and stock market trading. William Nicoloff Jr., 51, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge James Selna to pay $1,554,063 in restitution. Selna said what Nicoloff did was “extremely troubling,” as it […]

Felon Pleads Not Guilty In Shooting Death Of 80-Year-Old Man In Encino

An ex-con pleaded not guilty Monday to fatally shooting an 80-year-old man in Encino. Timothy Kirkpatrick, 42, is charged with murder involving the March 2 killing of Stuart Herman, who was found with gunshot wounds at a residence in the 4500 block of Densmore Avenue. Kirkpatrick is also charged with one count each of assault […]

Man in Custody in Shooting Death of Woman in Gardena

A man was in custody Monday in the shooting death of a woman at a motel in Gardena, police said. Alexander McGowan Jr., 42, of Lancaster, was booked on suspicion of murder in the death of Chiquita Walton, 37, also of Lancaster, according to the Gardena Police Department and the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. […]

Anaheim Police Investigating Death of Person Found in Reservoir

Anaheim police Monday were investigating the death of a person whose body was found in a reservoir Sunday evening. A passerby saw the body near Placentia and Orangethrope avenues and called police about 5:30 p.m. Sunday, said Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer. It’s not known of the person was male or female, Carringer said. No […]

Report: Police Arrest Mother, Son in Deaths of Other Three Children

A woman and a juvenile believed to be her 16-year-old son were in custody Monday in connection with the deaths of her three preteen children in their West Hills home, with police saying the woman admitted to killing the victims. Angela Dawn Flores, 38, was arrested Sunday — Mother’s Day — and booked on suspicion […]

Lawndale Man Reported Missing Is Found

A 79-year-old Lawndale man who was reported missing over the weekend has been found, authorities said Monday. Stanley Yamada had last been heard from at 2:26 a.m. Sunday in Lawndale, and authorities sought the public’s help to find him. On Monday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported that he had been found. Other […]