City Workers Across L.A. Head Back to Job After One-Day Strike

More than 11,000 unionized Los Angeles city workers are expected to return to the job Wednesday, one day after staging a 24-hour strike that delayed trash pickups, snarled traffic at LAX and caused all manner of other disruptions that the city was able to weather in the short term. The walkout by members of Service […]

Average Southland Gas Prices Rise Slightly

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose Wednesday for the 17th consecutive day, increasing three-tenths of a cent to $5.165, its highest amount since Nov. 25. The average price has increased 19.3 cents over the past 17 days, including six-tenths of a cent Tuesday, according to figures […]

Off-Duty Garden Grove Officer Killed in Motorcycle Crash; Probe Continues

Anaheim police continued their investigation Wednesday into the cause of a motorcycle crash that killed an off-duty Garden Grove police officer who was the father of two. Cpl. Han Cho, a 28-year veteran of the Garden Grove Police Department assigned to the Neighborhood Traffic Unit, was fatally injured as he was riding the motorcycle shortly […]

Mega Millions Ticket With Third-Largest Jackpot Sold in Florida

A ticket with all six numbers in Tuesday evening’s multi-state Mega Millions draw which offered the third-largest U.S. lottery jackpot was sold in Florida and the ticket holder will have the choice between receiving the estimated $1.58 billion jackpot in 30 graduated payments over 29 years or a lump sum payment of $783.3 million. The […]

Orange County Board Supervisors Approve Funding to Combat Fentanyl Abuse

The Orange County Board of Supervisors Tuesday approved funding for a variety of approaches intended to reduce fentanyl abuse. Orange County Board Chairman Don Wagner moved to allocate $1.7 million from his district’s discretionary funds to add a sheriff’s deputy who will participate in the department’s six-week substance abuse prevention program “Above the Influence,” which […]

Fire Crews Extinguish Residential Fire in Redondo Beach

A house fire in Redondo Beach Tuesday that sent plumes of black smoke high into the air was extinguished by firefighters within minutes. Firefighters responded at 5 p.m. to the intersection of Kingsdale and Grant avenues regarding a fire that prompted occupants to leave their homes, KCAL reported. The fire threatened several structures. A nearby […]

Two Men Arrested in Fatal Long Beach Shooting

Two Los Angeles men have been arrested in connection with a shooting in Long Beach that left a 20-year-old man dead, police said Tuesday. West Division officers detained Robert Mallard, 23, and John Nelson II, 19, at a nearby hospital Sunday after they fled the scene of the fatal shooting of Kelvin Montoya, a 20-year-old […]

Suspect Fatally Shot By Sheriff’s Deputy at Carson Gas Station Identified

The 34-year-old man shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy at a Carson gas station was identified Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. The shooting occurred at 2:20 a.m. Monday in the 17400 block of South Central Avenue, near Artesia Boulevard, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Arturo Cernas was pronounced dead […]

Pedestrian Struck by Car, Killed in Lancaster Identified

A possibly homeless 39-year-old man killed in Lancaster when he was struck by a car whose driver tried to drive off was identified Tuesday by the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office. The death occurred at 4:02 p.m. Saturday on Lancaster Boulevard just west of Valley Central Way, Lt. Mark Pope of the Lancaster Sheriff’s […]

Seven Indicted on Charges From Alleged Shooting Spree

Seven people were indicted on charges stemming from an alleged shooting spree that included the killings of seven people in Los Angeles, Inglewood and the Compton area within about a seven-week period, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced Tuesday. The grand jury indictment charges Cory Ervin, 30, and Kalil Santos, 22, with seven […]

One Year Ago Today (August 9, 2022)…Jury Begins Hearing Criminal Case Against Ex-UCLA Gynecologist

One Year Ago Today (August 9, 2022)…A former UCLA campus gynecologist sexually abused seven female patients who had trusted him and the university, a prosecutor told jurors, but the doctor’s attorney countered that the evidence would establish his client’s innocence. James Mason Heaps, now 65, is on trial for nine counts each of sexual battery […]