Actors Set to Join Writers on Picket Lines

Hollywood actors are set to strike Thursday despite the involvement of a federal mediator to help resolve the contract negotiations between the union and studio producers. The contract between the two sides expired at midnight and the SAG-AFTRA union is expected to join the Writers Guild of America on strike, the first time since 1960 […]

Judge Clears Activist’s Protest Injury Suit For Trial

A judge ruled that a jury will hear most of the claims in a lawsuit filed against the city of Los Angeles by a man who says he was shot in the groin with a rubber bullet without provocation during a mass protest in the Fairfax District over the death of George Floyd in 2020. […]

Man Shot and Killed Near Los Angeles City Hall

A man in his 30s was mortally wounded after being shot Thursday near City Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Central Division officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were called at 3:05 a.m. to West First and South Spring streets regarding a shots fired call. Upon their arrival, the officers found the victim on a […]

Man Fatally Shot in Vermont Vista Area

A man in his 30s was killed Thursday in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Southeast Division were called at 12:15 a.m. to West Imperial Highway and Figueroa Street in front of the Signal Motel where they found the victim with multiple gunshot wounds, an LAPD […]

Average LA County Gas Price Rises for 13th Time in 14 Days

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Thursday for the eighth consecutive day and 13th time in 14 days, increasing 1.1 cents to $4.987. The average price has increased 9.9 cents over the past 14 days, including seven-tenths of a cent Wednesday, according to figures from the […]

Pedestrian Killed on Hollywood Freeway Identified

A pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle on the Hollywood (101) Freeway was identified Thursday. California Highway Patrol officers were called at 4:53 a.m. Tuesday to the southbound 101 Freeway and North Los Angeles Street where they found the pedestrian, CHP Officer Sean Lough told City News Service. The pedestrian was identified […]

Luna to Turn Investigation of Traffic Stop Over to FBI

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Thursday is calling the video of a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputy from the Palmdale station throwing punches at a woman while she cradled her baby during a traffic stop “enraging and disturbing” and said the acts in the video must be condemned. “The idea that you would assault […]

Man With Epilepsy, Schizophrenia Reported Missing in Lancaster

A 27-year-old man who authorities say has been diagnosed with epilepsy, schizophrenia, autism and bipolar disorder was reported missing Thursday in Lancaster. Michael Carrion-Kade Lechuga was last seen at 4 p.m. Tuesday on the 42900 block of Sierra Highway, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said. Lechuga is Black, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, weighs 145 pounds, […]

Blazing Heat in Forecast for Inland Empire Remainder of Week

The mercury will hit triple digits throughout the Inland Empire Thursday and through the week, with a heat advisory taking effect and prompting the National Weather Service to urge residents to take precautions. “Temperatures over the interior will continue to trend upward Thursday, with the deserts and hotter valleys likely reaching/surpassing 100 degrees,” the NWS […]

Sentencing Due for Orange County Man Who Stalked Online Gamer

A former Marine from Orange County faces sentencing Thursday for using hundreds of Twitter accounts to torment a professional online gamer he fixated on during a long-running harassment campaign. Evan Baltierra, 30, of Trabuco Canyon, pleaded guilty last year in Los Angeles to one count of stalking, a crime that carries a maximum sentence of […]

One Year Ago Today (July 13, 2022)…Chiropractor Charged with Molesting Seven Victims in Irvine

One Year Ago Today (July 13, 2022)…A 60-year-old chiropractor arrested in Virginia is being held in an Orange County jail after being charged with molesting seven female patients in Irvine, prosecutors said. Lincoln Esguerra Carillo was charged with seven counts of felony sexual penetration by means of fraudulent representation of professional purpose, four counts of […]