Biden Visits Monterey Park, Discusses Gun-Violence Reduction

Almost two months after a deadly mass shooting shocked the community, President Joe Biden visited Monterey Park Tuesday to announce an executive order requiring background checks for all firearm purchases, increasing awareness of “red flag” laws to prevent gun possession by questionable individuals and cracking down on loss or theft of weapons during shipping. Eleven […]

Prosecutors Won’t Retry Harvey Weinstein on Sex-Assault Charges

Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Tuesday they will not retry disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein on a series of sex-related charges on which jurors were unable to reach a verdict last year. Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench granted the defense’s motion to dismiss the remaining charges against Weinstein — who was sentenced in February […]

Gloria Molina, Longtime Supervisor & Latina Pioneer, Battling Terminal Cancer

Gloria Molina, a pioneer Latina politician who served on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for more than two decades following terms in the state Assembly and on the L.A. City Council, announced Tuesday she is battling terminal cancer. In a Facebook post, the 74-year-old Molina said she has been receiving treatment for three […]

Firefighters Rescue Man from Vehicle on Freeway Embankment

A 33-year-old man was rescued by fire crews Tuesday after his vehicle tumbled down an embankment in the West Los Angeles area and landed on its side, leaving the motorist with non-life-threatening injuries. Firefighters responded around 1 p.m. to the embankment off the westbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway near Bundy Avenue and stabilized the car […]

Port of Long Beach Reports Slower Trade in February

The Port of Long Beach announced Tuesday that cargo operations slowed in February thanks to a combination of full warehouses, reduced consumer spending and the closure of east Asian factories for the Lunar New Year. Terminal operators moved 543,675 twenty-foot equivalent units in February, a 31.7% drop from February 2020, which was the port’s busiest […]

Pasadena High School Placed on Lockdown; Campus Searched

Pasadena High School was placed on lockdown Tuesday while an investigation was conducted into a report that a student had a gun, but no weapon was found, authorities said. Officers went to the campus in the 2900 block of East Sierra Madre Boulevard late Tuesday morning, according to Lisa Derderian of the city of Pasadena. […]

Suspect in Lincoln Heights Shooting of Officers Killed Himself

The suspect who died last week after a standoff with police in Lincoln Heights that left three Los Angeles Police Department officers injured sustained a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head as well as injuries from police gunfire, LAPD Chief Michel Moore told the Police Commission Tuesday. The coroner’s office, meanwhile, confirmed that Jonathan Magana, […]

Judge Dismisses Two of Three Claims by Unhappy Customer vs. Psychic

A judge Tuesday pared a lawsuit filed by a man who claims a Palos Verdes Estates psychic falsely promised him in 2021 that she could remove a curse put in place by the man’s ex-girlfriend in exchange for $5,100. Inglewood Superior Court Judge Ronald F. Frank dismissed plaintiff Mauro Restrepo’s causes of action for fraud […]

City Council Approves New Signage Recognizing Hollywood Heights

The City Council Tuesday approved the installation of five signs designating the Hollywood Heights neighborhood in the Hollywood Hills. The city’s Department of Transportation will create the signs and install them at Highland Avenue and Camrose Drive; Hillcrest Road and Franklin Avenue; Franklin and Orchid Avenue; Sycamore Avenue and Franklin; and La Presa Drive and […]

Senior Living Company, 3 Managers Charged in COVID-19 Deaths

Irvine-based Silverado Senior Living Management Inc. and three of its managers at the time were charged in connection with 14 COVID-19-related deaths at a residential care facility in Los Angeles, District Attorney George Gascón announced Tuesday. The investigation into Silverado Beverly Place began after the facility reported the April 20, 2020, death of a 32-year-old […]

City Council Explores Expansion of Alternative Response Programs

The City Council called on its staff Tuesday to develop a report on the annual volume of mental health and domestic violence calls in city, with eye toward possibly expanding its Mental Evaluation Unit and Domestic Abuse Response Team to respond to such calls rather than police. Council members Eunisses Hernandez, Curren Price and Traci […]