Billionaire Charlie Munger, Right-Hand Man to Warren Buffett, Dies at 99

Southland billionaire investor and businessman Charlie Munger, a close confidante of Warren Buffett and vice chairman of Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway holding company, died Tuesday at a California hospital at age 99. No other details were immediately released. A statement issued by Berkshire Hathaway said only that the firm was informed by Munger’s family that he […]

LA Council OKs Hike Limits on Rent-Controlled Units

The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday approved an ordinance that would limit rent increases on rent-stabilized units to 4%, or up to 6% if landlords cover gas and electric costs. Council members voted 11-2 in favor of the ordinance, which will now return to the council on Dec. 5 for a second and final vote […]

Woman Charged with Killing 9-Year-Old Daughter

A 32-year-old Westminster woman was charged with murder Tuesday for allegedly drowning her disabled 9-year-old daughter in a bathtub. Khadiyjah Aliyyah Pendergraph was charged with one count of murder and was scheduled to be arraigned sometime Tuesday afternoon in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana. Officers were dispatched at about noon Friday to a residence […]

8-Year-Old Girl Dies After LA Bus Stop Crash That Also Killed Her Mother

An 8-year-old girl who was critically injured when an SUV slammed into a bus stop in South Los Angeles on Thanksgiving, killing the girl’s mother, died Tuesday, police said. The unidentified girl and her mother were at a bus stop around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in the 1700 block of West 83rd Street, just east of […]

1940 Pasadena Rose Queen Margaret Huntley Main Dies at 102

The Pasadena Tournament of Roses’ longest-living Rose Queen, Margaret Jayne Huntley Main, has died at age 102, it was announced Tuesday. The 1940 Rose Queen died Friday in Auburn, California, according to the Tournament of Roses. “As the revered longest-living Rose Queen, her legacy shines as a testament to the Rose Court tradition and her […]

Romanian National Gets 33 Months for Stealing Public Assistance Funds

A Romanian national who traveled to the United States for the apparent purpose of participating in an organized scheme to steal public assistance funds intended for indigent Los Angeles residents was sentenced Tuesday to 33 months in federal prison. Cristian Chimirel was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Otis Wright II to pay restitution of […]

Slain Deputy’s Parents to Sue LA County Sheriff’s Department

The parents of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was fatally shot in a Palmdale ambush attack announced a $20 million damages claim Tuesday, accusing the sheriff’s department and county officials of knowingly endangering the lives of deputies by forcing them to work excessive hours and shifts. “We don’t want any parent to ever […]

Massive Fire in South Los Angeles Extinguished

A massive fire at an apartment building in the framing stages of construction forced evacuations of nearby residents Tuesday in South Los Angeles just west of Vernon and sent two people to hospitals with burn injuries. Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded at 3:25 a.m. to the fire at 1585 E. Vernon St. between Lima […]

Survey Identifies Several Freeway Underpasses as Potential Fire Hazards

In an effort to diminish the risk of a similar fire that occurred at a storage yard beneath the Santa Monica (10) Freeway, forcing a weeklong closure of the heavily traveled downtown roadway, the Los Angeles Fire Department conducted a survey of 50 freeway underpass properties and identified 23 in need of further attention. “I […]

South LA Mother Gets 25 Years for Murdering 4-Year-Old Daughter

A South Los Angeles woman who pleaded no contest to first-degree murder for her 4-year-old daughter’s beating death was sentenced Tuesday to 25 years to life in prison. Akira Keyshell Smith, now 38, said, “Hi babies. I love you all,” apparently addressing three of her sons after she was brought into the downtown Los Angeles […]

LAPD Officer Says DoorDash Driver in Fatal Crash was Using Phone App

A DoorDash driver has admitted he was using his cell phone when the vehicle he was driving struck a family of three in the Pico-Robertson district of Los Angeles, according to new court papers filed by the plaintiffs’ attorneys. The Los Angeles Superior Court complaint was filed Aug. 10 on behalf of the wife and […]