City Council Approves $5 Billion in Contracts for LAX Upgrades

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday signed off on $5 billion in contracts for design-build and construction services at LAX, advancing efforts to improve the airport ahead of major global events coming to the region. In a 11-0 vote, council members approved the Los Angeles World Airports’ latest Multiple Award Task Order Contract, also known […]

Presumed Kidnapped Woman Found Safe

A suspect was arrested Wednesday in the alleged kidnapping of a woman who was forced into a sedan in Bellflower, authorities said. Los Angeles resident Ramon Ballesteros was located around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday at a motel in the 100 block of West Albertoni Street in Carson, along with the alleged victim, according to the Los […]

KCAL News Anchor Chauncy Glover Died from Acute Drug Intoxication

KCAL news anchor Chauncy Glover had drugs in his system at the time of his death, which has been ruled an accident, the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner confirmed Wednesday. The 39-year-old journalist died from “acute intoxication due to the combined effects of chloroethane and methamphetamine,” the agency said in a statement. Chloroethane, […]

LA Council Votes to Preserve Terminal Island Historic Buildings

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved a motion calling for the preservation of two buildings from the Japanese American Commercial Village on Terminal Island. In a 12-0 vote, council members instructed the Department of City Planning to prepare an application and initiate the process that would designate the buildings as historic cultural monuments. The […]

Silver Alert Issued for Missing KTown Senior

An 89-year-old man who was reported missing in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles, prompting the issuance of a Silver Alert, has been found, authorities announced Wednesday. June Oh was last seen around 7 p.m. Tuesday near Hobart Boulevard and Fourth Street and was believed to be on foot, according to the California Highway Patrol. […]

Two Neighboring Chinatown Buildings Catch Fire; Arson Suspected

Two buildings on the same street in Chinatown were damaged by fire Wednesday, prompting an arson investigation. The fires erupted around 2 a.m. Wednesday in the 800 and 900 blocks of North Broadway, damaging the Broadway Cuisine building and the nearby Hong Ning grocery store. Witnesses reported that a person carrying a gas can was […]

Trial Begins for OC Judge Accused of Drunkenly Murdering Wife

An Orange County Superior Court judge was drunk and had been arguing with his wife at dinner and after they got home, when he pulled a .40-caliber Glock out of an ankle holster and fatally shot her through the mid-section in their Anaheim Hills home, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday. Jeffrey Ferguson, 74, is charged […]

Former SGV Resident to Plead Guilty to Defrauding Investors

A former San Gabriel Valley resident who was a frequent guest on financial television news programs then became a fugitive from justice after being accused of defrauding investors agreed Wednesday to plead guilty to conning victims out of at least $2.7 million. James Arthur McDonald Jr., 53, formerly of Arcadia, has agreed to plead guilty […]

21-Year-Old Man Arrested for Allegedly Coercing Minors into Sex, Child Pornography

A Palmdale man was arrested Wednesday on federal charges alleging he coerced two minors into producing and sharing with him sexually explicit content of themselves and enticed one minor to have sex with him. Darius Desean Edwards, 21, is charged with five counts of production of child pornography, five counts of receipt of child pornography, […]

Rick Caruso’s Fire-Recovery Non-Profit Announces Free Prefab Home Program

Steadfast LA, a nonprofit fire-recovery organization spearheaded by businessman and former mayoral candidate Rick Caruso, announced Wednesday it has partnered with a prefab-home construction company to provide new houses for low-income residents who lost their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires. The prefab homes built by Samara will be offered to “low-income homeowners in Altadena […]

Trevor Bauer Seeks Nearly $300KDefault Judgment vs. Former Accuser

Former Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer is seeking a nearly $300,000 default judgment against the San Diego woman who accused him of sexual assault for allegedly breaching the terms of an agreement they reached in 2023 to settle their dueling lawsuits. Bauer’s Los Angeles Superior Court complaint contends that Lindsey Hill went afoul of their settlement […]