Average LA County Gas Price Drops for Seventh Time in Eight Days

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday for the seventh time in eight days, decreasing 2.3 cents to $4.685, following a run of nine increases in 11 days totaling 7 cents. The average price has dropped 7.5 cents over the past eight days, including 1 cent […]

Firefighters Extinguish Fire at North Hollywood Church

Firefighters quickly extinguished a fire Wednesday at a one-story vacant church in North Hollywood. Fire crews responded at 2:25 a.m. to 7005 N. Radford Ave. between Hart and Vose streets where they found smoke coming from the church, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. It took 30 firefighters 20 minutes to put out […]

Science Center to Move Fuel Tank into Position for Vertical Shuttle Display

An ambitious effort to display the retired space shuttle Endeavour in an upright, launch-ready configuration at the California Science Center will begin its next major phase Wednesday when crews slowly move a massive external fuel tank roughly 1,000 feet through Exposition Park so it can be lifted into vertical position. Moving the tank, known as […]

DA Declines to Charge Pitcher Julio Urías with Felony; Misdemeanor Possible

The District Attorney’s Office has declined to file any felony charges against Dodger pitcher Julio Urías stemming from his September arrest outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park on suspicion of domestic violence, but he is facing possible misdemeanor charges Wednesday. The case was referred to the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office for consideration of a […]

Westminster Police Release Pictures of Homeless Man Found Dead

Westminster police are asking for help Wednesday in its investigation into the death of a 62-year-old man who has found in a church. Police released photos of the man who had been homeless since 2020 and found dead with obvious signs of trauma consistent with a homicide. Westminster Police Department officers responded to the Orange […]

Woman Killed in Long Beach Crash Identified

A woman who was fatally struck by a vehicle in Long Beach was identified by county authorities Wednesday. The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner’s office identified Alecia McCullough, 43, as the victim in the crash. Officers responded around 8:10 p.m. Sunday to the area of Pacific Coast Highway and Cherry Avenue, according to […]

High Wind Warning Issued for Parts of Riverside County

A high wind warning has been issued for the Riverside County mountains Wednesday by the National Weather Service. The high wind warning will be in effect from 6 p.m. Wednesday to 10 a.m. Thursday for the San Gorgonio Pass near Banning and Idyllwild-Pine Valley. West winds from 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to […]

Scheduling for Tom Girardi Trial Dates Expected

Lawyers Wednesday are expected to discuss a possible trial date for disbarred attorney Tom Girardi, who was found competent to stand trial on federal fraud charges despite his claim that he has Alzheimer’s disease and is incapable of assisting with his defense. The 84-year-old Girardi — estranged husband of “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star […]

Angela Bassett, Mel Brooks Among Academy Governors’ Honorees

Actress Angela Bassett, writer/actor/director Mel Brooks and film editor Carol Littleton received Academy Honorary Awards Tuesday, while Michelle Satter of the Sundance Institute received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. The honorees were recognized with Oscar statuettes during the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s 14th Governors Awards event at the Fairmont Century Plaza hotel […]

No Tickets Sold With All Six Mega Millions Lottery Numbers

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Tuesday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $187 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold at a market in Temecula and a gas station in American Canyon, about […]

One Year Ago Today (January 10, 2023)…Prosecutors to Re-Try Actor Danny Masterson on Rape Charges

One Year Ago Today (January 10, 2023)…Los Angeles prosecutors confirmed that they will re-try actor Danny Masterson on charges of raping three women. “Our office has decided to re-try this case,” Deputy District Attorney Reinhold Mueller told Superior Court Judge Charlaine F. Olmedo about 1 1/2 months after jurors deadlocked on the three charges against […]