Authorities Investigate Fatal Shooting in West Athens

Sheriff’s detectives Friday are investigating the fatal shooting of a man near the West Athens area and South Los Angeles. Deputies responded to the intersection of 119th Street and Vermont Avenue, on the border between the unincorporated West Athens area and South Los Angeles, Thursday at 5:25 p.m. regarding a gunshot victim call, said homicide […]

Average Southland Gas Prices Keep Dropping

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Friday for the fourth time in six days following a 23-day streak of increases totaling 27.2 cents, decreasing four-tenths of a cent to $4.793. The average price is 1.3 cents less than one week ago and 4 cents lower than […]

Man Dies After Being Pepper Sprayed on Metro Bus

A man died after being pepper-sprayed by an assailant during a verbal altercation on a Metro bus in Koreatown and Friday the suspect is on the loose. Los Angeles Police Department officers from the Olympic Division were called to the intersection of Western Avenue and Olympic Boulevard at around 10:49 p.m. Thursday regarding an assault […]

Hart School District Votes to Lay Off Teachers, Staff Members

The William S. Hart School District governing board has voted to layoff about 80 teachers and staff members, and will begin sending out notices next week. The Hart school district is facing a budget shortfall because of declining student enrollment and decided at its board meeting on Wednesday to lay off more than 50 teachers […]

Jury in Rebecca Grossman Murder Trial Set for Day 2 of Deliberations

Jurors are set for a second day of deliberations Friday in the murder trial of Rebecca Grossman, the co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation who is charged in a 2020 crash in Westlake Village that left two young brothers dead. Superior Court Judge Joseph Brandolino handed jurors the case Thursday after just over a day […]

Motion Picture Academy to Honor Filmmaking Scientific, Technical Achievements

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Friday evening will pay tribute to the people behind more than a dozen scientific and technical achievements that have advanced the art of movie-making. “The Academy recognizes and celebrates all aspects of the film industry and the diverse, talented people who make movies,” Academy CEO Bill Kramer […]

John Wooden Stamp to Be Issued Saturday at UCLA

There will be a first-day-of-issue ceremony for a commemorative U.S. Postal Service Forever stamp depicting the late UCLA basketball coach John Wooden on Saturday outside Pauley Pavilion. UCLA Chancellor Gene Block, former UCLA women’s gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field, Basketball Hall of Famer Jamaal Wilkes, Christy Impelman, a granddaughter of Wooden, and Derek Kan, a […]

Ex-LAPD Officer Due in Court on Charges of Stealing Debit, Credit Cards

A former Los Angeles Police Department officer is scheduled to be arraigned Friday on charges of stealing debit and credit cards from people whose belongings were being searched as they entered the Metropolitan Detention Center downtown. Edmond Babaians, 43, is charged with three felony counts and one misdemeanor count of unlawful use of access cards, […]

Juvenile Charged in Shootings That Left 4 Dead; 2 More Deaths Linked to Spree

A 17-year-old boy Friday is facing murder charges and other counts stemming from a southeastern Los Angeles County shooting spree that left four people dead, while one of the other defendants in the case was charged along with another man of two additional killings, prosecutors announced. The teen was identified by the District Attorney’s Office […]

Felon Who Assaulted, Forced Women to Work as Prostitutes Due to be Sentenced

A convicted felon who pimped out a 19-year-old woman in Moreno Valley, controlling her through threats, and assaulted other women who refused to work for him and tried to persuade an undercover investigator to join his crew is due for sentencing Friday. A Riverside jury in November convicted Christian Scott Meeks, 35, of Moreno Valley […]

One Year Ago Today (February 23, 2023)…Man Convicted of Rapes in OC in the 1990s

One Year Ago Today (February 23, 2023)…A 57-year-old man was convicted of raping a 9-year-old girl and a woman who was jogging in south Orange County in the 1990s, and sexually assaulting the 12-year-old daughter of his live-in girlfriend. Kevin Michael Konther, who is scheduled to be sentenced March 21, faces 140 years to life […]