Directors Guild Reaches Tentative Agreement with Producers
The Directors Guild of America has reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, guild officials announced. The late Saturday agreement includes a 12.5% salary increase over a three-year period, a “substantial” increase in residuals for streaming content — including a 76% increase in foreign […]
Man Found Fatally Wounded in Pomona
A man was found fatally wounded in Pomona, authorities said Sunday. Police received a call about 7:30 p.m. Saturday of a man suffering from gunshot wounds in the area of Holt and Lorrane avenues, said Pomona police Sgt. Edgard Padilla. Paramedics responded to the location and rushed the man to a hospital, where he later […]
Man Found Shot to Death in Lancaster
A man was found shot to death in Lancaster, authorities said Sunday. The shooting occurred about 9:30 p.m. Saturday in the 43400 block of 7th Street East, the Sheriff’s Information Bureau reported. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and there was no other information available. The sheriff’s Homicide Bureau urged anyone with information […]
Vacant Home in Westlake Damaged by Fire
Fire damaged a vacant single-family home and threatened a nearby apartment building in Westlake before firefighters knocked down the blaze within 20 minutes of their arrival, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. No injuries were reported. The fire at the one-story home on the 200 block of North Dillon Street was reported at 10:25 […]
Thousands Expected for Annual WeHo Pride Weekend Festivities
Tens of thousands of people were expected to descend on West Hollywood this weekend for the annual WeHo Pride festival, billed as one of the largest celebrations of LGBTQ+ pride in the world, but two attendees wound up behind bars Saturday. Hunter Lee Darling was identified as the suspect in a cell phone robbery April […]
Woman Killed in Hit-and-Run Collision in Sun Valley
A 26-year-old woman was killed Saturday when her car rear-ended a big rig in Sun Valley, whose driver failed to stop. The coroner’s office identified the woman as Los Angeles resident Sonia Garcia. Garcia’s 2015 Nissan Versa was northbound on Lankershim Boulevard approaching Cayuga Avenue at 3:55 a.m. Saturday when it rear-ended the big rig, […]
Detectives Search for Missing Woman, 42, from Valencia
A search was underway Saturday for a 42-year-old woman last seen in Valencia. Christy Lee Anderson was last seen about 3 p.m. Thursday in the 27400 block of Cherry Creek Drive, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Anderson is white, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, 135 pounds, with red hair, hazel eyes and a tattoo […]
Firefighters Douse Flames in Watts Church
It took 32 firefighters 20 minutes Saturday to put out flames in the sanctuary and balcony of a Watts church that had burned previously. The fire was reported at 6:52 p.m., said the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart. It was in St. John’s United Methodist Church, listed at 1715 Santa Ana Blvd. North, across […]
Motorcycle Rider Critically Injured in Pearblossom Crash
A motorcyclist was hospitalized in critical condition after a crash with a sedan on a Pearblossom roadway Saturday. The crash was reported at 4:06 p.m. on eastbound state Route 138 at 123rd Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. The motorcyclist was airlifted to a hospital, while eastbound and westbound lanes of SR-138 were shut […]
One Year Ago Today (June 4, 2022)…Megachurch Religious Leader Pleads Guilty to Sex Charges
One Year Ago Today (June 4, 2022)…The leader of a Mexico-based evangelical megachurch is scheduled to be sentenced following his guilty plea to multiple sex-related charges involving minors, according to the state Attorney General’s Office. Naasón JoaquÃn GarcÃa — the 53-year-old leader of La Luz del Mundo, or Light of the World –pleaded guilty Friday […]
Man Found Shot To Death in An Alley in Pomona
A man was found shot to death Sunday morning in an alley in Pomona, authorities said. Officers dispatched about 12:30 a.m. to an alley off of Garey Avenue and Grove Street located a man suffering from gunshot wounds, the Pomona Police Department reported. Arriving paramedics pronounced the man dead at the scene. A motive for […]