Authorities Inspecting Boeing 737 Max 9 Planes After Mid-Air Blowout

Alaska Airlines is canceling a “significant” number of flights Monday following mid-air blowout on one of its planes heading from Portland, Oregon to Ontario International Airport. Alaska Airlines canceled 170 flights across the country Sunday after a section of fuselage blew out Friday on an Alaska Airlines flight bound for Ontario International Airport, causing federal […]

Forecasters Issue Frost Warning for Santa Clarita Valley

The National Weather Service has issued a frost advisory for the Santa Clarita Valley Monday morning as the mercury was expected to dip low enough to cause frost to form and damage crops and other sensitive plants in that area. The advisory was expected to be in effect until 9 a.m. Monday and include the […]

Arraignment Set for Man Charged with Four Murders Within Four Days

A felon is set to be arraigned Monday on charges stemming from the shooting deaths of three homeless men in Los Angeles, along with the follow-home robbery and slaying of an L.A. County employee in San Dimas — all within a four-day period in late November. Jerrid Joseph Powell, 33, of Los Angeles, was ordered […]

Groups Plan to Support L.A. City Councilman Curren Price at Arraignment

Several clergy groups and community organizations plan to show their support for Ninth District City Councilman Curren Price Monday when he is scheduled to be arraigned on corruption charges. Members of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference of Southern California, Experience Christian Ministries, South Central United and other groups are expected to be at the Criminal […]

New United Launch Alliance Rocket Makes Successful Launch

United Launch Alliance, based in El Segundo, successfully launched a new rocket carrying a lunar lander Monday from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The company’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket made its maiden flight, earning praise from the Space System Command. “This is a groundbreaking day, culminating years of technical collaboration and partnership to […]

Arraignment Set for LA City Councilman Curren Price in Criminal Case

Arraignment is set Monday for City Councilman Curren Price, who was charged last year with criminal counts of theft by embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest for allegedly voting on projects involving developers tied to his wife’s consulting firm, then failing to report the connections. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Craig Richman is expected […]

Average Gas Prices Fall Again in Los Angeles, Orange Counties

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped a half-cent Monday to $4.718, the third day in a row it decreased. It dropped 1.1 cents Sunday. The average price is 4.2 cents less than one week ago and 13.4 cents less than one month ago, but 20.8 cents […]

Waiter Who Sexually Assaulted Hotel Patron Due to be Sentenced Monday

A 34-year-old man who slipped into an inebriated woman’s room at the Palm Springs hotel where he worked and sexually assaulted her as she lay unconscious is slated to be sentenced Monday. A Banning jury in November deliberated less than a day before finding Alejandro “Alex” Adan of Desert Hot Springs guilty of rape of […]

U.S. Navy Sailor from LA County to be Sentenced in Secrets Case

A U.S. Navy sailor from Monterey Park faces sentencing Monday for taking bribes in exchange for sending sensitive military information to a Chinese intelligence officer. Naval Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao, 26, also known as Thomas Zhao, pleaded guilty in October to one count of conspiring with the intelligence officer and one count of receiving a […]

Sentencing Due for Whittier Ex-Marine in Cross-Border Gun-Smuggling Scheme

Sentencing is scheduled Monday for a former U.S. Marine from Whittier who led a six-man scheme to smuggle high-powered weapons and ammunition to one of the most feared transnational drug cartels in Mexico. Marco Antonio Santillan, 53, pleaded guilty in May 2022 to conspiracy to violate export regulations and conspiracy to commit money laundering, according […]

One Year Ago Today (January 8, 2023)…Tentative Sentencing Set For Harvey Weinstein for Sexual Assault Conviction

One Year Ago Today (January 8, 2023)…Sentencing is tentatively scheduled for former film producer Harvey Weinstein, who was found guilty in December of sexually assaulting a woman in the Los Angeles area, but acquitted of charges related to a second alleged victim. He was convicted Dec. 19, 2022 of three of the seven counts he […]