AIDS Walk Los Angeles To Be Held in West Hollywood
The 38th annual AIDS Walk Los Angeles will be held Sunday in West Hollywood with theme “Be All Over It.” “We’re over talking. We’re over people living with HIV not in care. We’re over the assault on our rights happening across the nation,” said Craig E. Thompson, the CEO of APLA Health. “We’re calling on […]
LA City Council Heads into Second Week in State of Uncertainty Amid Scandal
The Los Angeles City Council enters a second week of unprecedented uncertainty, with fallout from the City Hall racism scandal continuing to reverberate across the city. Two council members — Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo — are facing calls to resign by nearly all of their colleagues, the council is functioning under an acting […]
Dodgers Season Ends With Loss To Padres
The Los Angeles Dodgers’ season ended Saturday evening with a 5-3 loss to the San Diego Padres at Petco Park to lose a National League Division Series three games to one in one of the greatest postseason upsets in baseball history. The Dodgers won a franchise-record 111 games in the regular season, 22 more than […]
Julia Roberts Receives Academy Museum’s Icon Award
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures raised $10 million to support the museum’s access, education, and programming initiatives during its second annual fundraising gala, organizers said. During the Saturday evening event, Oscar winner Julia Roberts was among the honorees, receiving the museum’s Icon Award for a career spanning three decades that has “had a significant […]
No Tickets Sold with All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers
There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing is expected to grow to $480 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Ohio and Texas, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts […]
Person Found Dead on Freeway in the West Adams District of L.A.
A man was struck and killed Sunday morning by at least one vehicle on the Harbor (110) Freeway in the West Adams community of Los Angeles, authorities said. The California Highway Patrol received a call, about 5:05 a.m., of a person lying in the carpool lane of the southbound freeway at West Adams Boulevard, the […]
County Schools, Businesses, Government Agencies to Partake in Quake Drill
People in government offices, businesses and schools throughout Los Angeles County this week will stop everything for a minute to “drop, cover and hold on” during a statewide earthquake preparedness drill, now in its 14th year. The Great California ShakeOut of 2022 is scheduled for 10:20 a.m. Thursday. “What we do to prepare now, before […]
Board Set to Finalize New Short-Term Rental Regulations
The Board of Supervisors is slated Tuesday to formally adopt new regulations for short-term rental properties in unincorporated areas of Riverside County, establishing fees, occupancy limitations and other requirements for owners to obtain and retain permits. The board has held three prior hearings to consider the overhauled Short-Term Rental Ordinance, No. 927, and was slated […]
Average Riverside County Gas Price Drops for 11th Consecutive Day
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped Sunday for the 11th consecutive day since rising to a record, decreasing 3.4 cents to $6.013. The average price has dropped 36 cents over the past 11 days, including 4.8 cents Saturday, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil […]
Power Restored to All DWP Customers in Playa del Rey
Power was fully restored to the last of the 2,800 LA Department of Water and Power customers in the Playa del Rey area who spent much of the day without it. The outage occurred about 8:30 a.m. Saturday, the utility’s Lourdes Rodriguez told City News Service. Most had electricity by mid-afternoon and full restoration was […]
One Year Ago Today (October 16, 2021)…`Solidarity’ Cited in New Deal for 40k Behind-the-Scenes Film & TV Workers
One Year Ago Today (October 16, 2021)…Union solidarity was credited for a three-year deal between the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, averting a strike set for, one minute after midnight, which would have shut down film and TV production. “This is a Hollywood ending,” IATSE […]