Chiquita Canyon Landfill Denied Expansion Due to Pollution

The Chiquita Canyon Landfill operators have been denied a request to expand, the latest in a series of setbacks for the landfill that has been producing toxic chemicals and polluting the air, water and land on site and in neighboring communities for months. The L.A. Regional Water Quality Control Board denied the landfill’s request to […]

Gang Leader’s Sentencing for Racketeering, Drug Charges Denied Until March 18

A sentencing hearing was delayed Monday until March 18 for a one-time shot-caller for a Los Angeles-based transnational criminal street gang who was convicted of racketeering and drug charges. José Balmore Romero, 49, was found guilty last year in downtown Los Angeles of single counts of conspiring to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations […]

Missing Bipolar Woman Found

A 36-year-old woman with bipolar disorder, who went missing from Whittier, has been found, authorities said Monday. Emily Lee Pickens was last seen at 10:10 p.m. Sunday on the 9900 block of Ahmann Avenue, and authorities sought the public’s help to find her. On Monday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported that she […]

Woman Dies in Palmdale Collision

A woman was killed in a two-vehicle collision in Palmdale, authorities said Monday. According to the California Highway Patrol, the crash occurred on westbound State Route 18 west of 263rd Street East around 11 p.m. Friday. Investigators said a 2020 Ram was traveling eastbound on State Route 18 west of 263rd Street East while a […]

Pico Union and Westlake Chosen for City’s Clean Streets Initiative

City officials Monday outlined a multipronged approach to clean up streets with high foot traffic in the neighborhoods of Pico Union and Westlake. Councilwoman Eunisses Hernandez, who represents the First District, which includes the impacted areas, celebrated the 90 new trash containers and a public information campaign aimed at increasing MyLA311 usage as part of […]

PCH Closes Due to Mud and Rock Slide

Traffic was snarled on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Monday due to a mud and rock slide that blocked both sides of the roadway. The slide was reported about 11:30 p.m. Sunday on PCH at Big Rock Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. The road was shut down in both directions while Caltrans crews […]

Probation Officer Arrested for Relationship with Youth Detainee at Juvenile Detention Camp

A Los Angeles County probation officer was arrested for allegedly having a sexual relationship with a youth detainee at a juvenile detention camp in Commerce, the Probation Department announced Monday. According to the agency — which is already reeling from a recent determination by state regulators that two other juvenile detention facilities are unsuitable to […]

67-Year-Old Man Charged with Killing Elderly Woman in Anaheim

A 67-year-old man was charged Monday with killing an elderly woman in Anaheim last month. Raymond Eugene Craft was charged with murder and a felony count of elder and dependent adult abuse by a caretaker with a sentencing enhancement for death to a victim 70 years and older, according to the criminal complaint. Craft was […]

Sen. Alex Padilla Announces Federal Funding for LA Roadways

The Los Angeles area is set to receive significant federal funding for projects intended to improve roadways and reconnect communities, Sen. Alex Padilla announced Monday. In total, $236.9 million will fund 17 projects across California to support neighborhood connectivity, roadway infrastructure and street safety. L.A.’s Metro will receive $139 million for its “Removing Barriers and […]

Huntington Beach Oil Sheen Deemed Natural Seepage from Ocean Floor

The oil sheen spotted in Huntington Beach last week appears to be natural seepage of the crude bubbling up from the ocean floor, a Coast Guard spokesman said Monday. The Coast Guard was in “decontamination phase” as of Monday morning as the agency cleans its equipment and works on disposing of the oil waste, said […]

Riverside Assemblyman Essayli Blasts State-Funded Legal Assistance Program for Undocumented Migrants

A Riverside County lawmaker Monday blasted a proposal in the state Assembly to provide state-funded legal assistance to undocumented migrants seeking to avoid deportation and establish residency despite convictions for serious felony offenses. “This bill endangers Californians by using taxpayer funds to protect dangerous criminal illegal immigrants from deportation,” Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Norco, said of […]