Heat Wave Persists Across Southland; Flex Alert Extended For The Sixth Time
Punishing triple-digit heat continues to bear down on Southern California, with a sixth straight Flex Alert in effect Monday urging residents to conserve electricity during peak hours. And excessive heat warning has been extended until at least 8 p.m. Wednesday for the mountains and the Santa Clarita, San Fernando and San Gabriel valleys, along with […]
Argument in Northridge Leads to Homicide
A man was shot to death during an argument with another man in Northridge, authorities said Monday. The shooting was reported at 11:13 p.m. Sunday in the 19500 block of Parthenia Street, according to a desk officer at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The 29-year-old victim was pronounced dead at the scene, the […]
Second Man Stabbed to Death in South LA ID’d
The second of two men stabbed to death in South Los Angeles was publicly identified Monday. Anthony Phillips Sr. was a 59-year-old Los Angeles resident, according to the coroner’s office, which earlier identified the other victim as 63-year-old Hosie Jackson of Los Angeles. The attack occurred at about 12:15 a.m. Saturday in the 300 block […]
Driver Killed, Passenger Injured in Lancaster Street-Racing Crash
A driver was killed and his passenger injured Monday morning in a rollover crash in Lancaster, possibly due to street racing. The crash occurred at 1:27 a.m. on 20th Street West and Avenue H, said Lt. Michael Prottung of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. The vehicle was northbound on 20th Street West when the road turned […]
Man Wounded in Long Beach Shooting
Long Beach police were investigating the shooting of a man Monday morning near the beach in Long Beach’s Belmont Shore. Officers responded to a hospital at 12:44 a.m. and talked with the man who was undergoing treatment for a non-life-threatening wound to his lower body, said Long Beach police Lt. Dominick Scaccia. “The shooting reportedly […]
Search Underway for Compton Man Who’s Gone Missing Before
Sheriff’s detectives Monday were looking for a 78-year-old Compton man who suffers from dementia and has gone missing before. Alvin Hall was last seen at about 4 p.m. Sunday in the 500 block of South Amantha Avenue, said Deputy Tracy Koerner of the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. “Mr. Hall has a history of going missing and […]
Three Injured in Lancaster Crash, Including Baby
Three people, including a baby, were injured Monday morning when a car went off the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Lancaster, overturned and came to rest in an auto mall. The crash was first reported at 12:12 a.m. on the northbound Antelope Valley Freeway just north of Avenue K-8, according to the California Highway Patrol. […]
Firefighters Quickly Extinguish Fire in Koreatown Apartment Building
It took 32 firefighters 12 minutes to put out flames on the fifth floor of a six-story apartment building Monday morning in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles. The fire was reported at 3:10 a.m. in the center hallway of a building at 3918 W. Beverly Blvd., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nicholas […]
Castaic Brush Fire Up To 96% Containment
Firefighters laboring under intense heat continued making dogged progress against a large brush fire in the Castaic area, with containment up to 96% as of Monday morning. The Route Fire, which began around noon Wednesday alongside the Golden State (5) Freeway north of Lake Hughes Road, has burned 5,208 acres, destroyed two structures and led […]
Average LA, Orange County Gas Prices Set Labor Day Records for Second Year
The average prices of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles and Orange counties were at record highs for Labor Day Monday for the second consecutive year thanks to increases earlier in the year related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Los Angeles County average price of $5.287 broke the previous Labor Day […]
One Year Ago Today (September 5, 2021)…Road Rage May Have Led to Shooting Deaths of LB Man and Woman
One Year Ago Today (September 5, 2021)…Road rage may have escalated into the shooting deaths of a man and woman on a Long Beach street, it was reported. “I was here to get my equipment and I saw there was, like, a fight, going on,” a vendor at a party at nearby Bembridge House told […]
