Beyoncé, Chappell Roan & Sabrina Carpenter Rack Up Grammy Nods

Beyoncé’s shift into the world of country music paid off Friday with a leading 11 nominations for the 67th annual Grammy Awards, while both Chappell Roan and Sabrina Carpenter made a major splash, scoring nods in all four of the top categories of Album, Record and Song of the Year and Best New Artist. Beyoncé’s […]

LA Council Approves Appointment of New Police Chief

Eight months after former Chief of Police Michel Moore retired, the City Council Friday confirmed the appointment of former L.A. County Sheriff Jim McDonnell as the next chief of the LAPD, making McDonnell as the 59th leader of the Los Angeles Police Department — the third largest law enforcement agency in the nation. Mayor Karen […]

Massive Mountain Fire in Ventura County Displaces Thousands

Crews from Los Angeles and Orange counties and across the state are among the hundreds of firefighters working Friday to battle a massive wildfire in Ventura County that has forced thousands of people from their homes, left at least five people and one firefighter injured and destroyed more than 100 structures amid fierce Santa Ana […]

Feds File Suit Against LACo Foster System, Labeled “Homesless Pipeline”

Federal prosecutors Friday filed a statement of interest in a lawsuit alleging Los Angeles County and state agencies tasked with providing welfare and mental health services to older youth in foster care have created a “pipeline to homelessness” in violation of the plaintiffs’ constitutional rights. Youth advocacy organizations contend that state and local agencies have […]

USC President Carol Folt Announces Retirement Next Summer

USC President Carol Folt, who took over the university nearly five years ago to bring stability following a sweeping admissions scandal but came under fire last year like many other U.S. academic leaders during pro-Palestinian campus protests, announced Friday she will retire as president in July at the end of the academic year. “Serving as […]

Former Mayor Villaraigosa to Lead Food Equity Office

A new county office focused on addressing the root causes of food-system issues in the greater Los Angeles area will be led by a former senior advisor to ex-L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, officials announced Friday. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors recently approved an initiative to form the Office of Food Equity, which will […]

Huizar’s Aide Sentenced to Probation

A former aide to now-imprisoned ex-Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar was sentenced Friday to federal probation for his role in a City Hall pay-to-play scheme in which real estate developers paid bribes to ensure building projects received favored treatment. George Esparza, 38, of Boyle Heights was ordered to serve one year of home detention […]

Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run in Hollywood

A 48-year-old man was killed in a hit-and-run collision in Hollywood, and police were searching for the suspect, authorities said Friday. The accident occurred around 10 p.m. Thursday while the victim was walking northbound at a marked crosswalk, just east of Van Ness Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Police said the driver […]

Teen Killed in Reseda Area Crash ID’d

A 19-year-old man who was killed in a two-vehicle crash in the Reseda area was identified Friday. The crash occurred about 8:30 a.m. Thursday in the 19600 block of West Sherman Way, trapping two people in the wreckage, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Fernando Zambrano died at the scene from multiple injuries, according […]

Las Vegas Man Acquitted of Trafficking Sex Worker in OC

A 34-year-old Las Vegas man accused of human trafficking a prostitute in Orange County has been acquitted, his attorney said Friday. Jarrell Sidney Reid was acquitted Thursday of 11 counts ranging from human trafficking, sexual penetration by a foreign object and force, forcible oral copulation and sodomy by force, rape, pimping and pandering. Jurors also […]

32-Year-Old Man Missing in Marina Del Rey

Authorities sought the public’s help Friday in locating a 32-year-old at-risk man who went missing in the Marina del Rey area. Christian Xavier Womack was last seen around 10:50 p.m. Tuesday in the 13900 block of Marquesas Way, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Womack was described as a 6-foot-2-inch tall Black man […]