Heat Wave to Continue All Week

Above-normal heat will persist through the week across the Southland, with some valley, mountain and desert areas again facing the possibility of record-setting heat. The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory that will be in place from 10 a.m. Tuesday until 8 p.m. Wednesday for the Santa Clarita Valley, Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area, […]

Bass Will Focus on Safety, Homelessness, Ridership Boosts as Metro Chair

Mayor Karen Bass took the gavel Monday as chair of Metro, saying she and the transit agency’s board will focus in the next year on strengthening public safety, further addressing homelessness on the system and pushing for ridership to return to pre-pandemic levels. “Today, hundreds of thousands of Southern Californians depend on Metro to go […]

New Defendant Named in Costa Mesa Planned Parenthood Firebombing

Two of three men indicted in a firebombing attack last year on a Planned Parenthood clinic in Costa Mesa pleaded not guilty Monday in federal court, while the third defendant remained behind bars in Florida, where he was arrested Friday. Xavier Batten, 21, of Brooksville, Florida, was arrested by the FBI and was ordered held […]

Man, Woman Found Shot to Death in Rancho Palos Verdes

A man and a woman were found shot to death Monday inside a bullet-riddled car in Rancho Palos Verdes. Deputies were sent to the 7000 block of Palos Verdes Drive at 6:50 a.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. The two people were found inside a parked, blue Subaru sedan. Multiple bullet holes were […]

Ridley-Thomas Co-Defendant Gets Probation, Home Confinement in Bribery Case

Marilyn Flynn, an 84-year-old former dean of USC’s School of Social Work who admitted bribing longtime Los Angeles politician Mark Ridley-Thomas while he served on the county Board of Supervisors, was sentenced Monday to three years probation and ordered to pay a $150,000 fine. U.S. District Judge Dale S. Fischer also granted the prosecution’s recommendation […]

JPL Employee Agrees to Plead Guilty to Defrauding COVID Relief Program

An employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena has agreed to plead guilty to bilking a government-sponsored loan program designed to help people and businesses survive the COVID-19 pandemic’s economic impact of $151,900 and admitted that he used part of the proceeds to fund illegal marijuana cultivation, officials announced Monday. Armen Hovanesian, 32, of […]

County Recommends $3.5 Million Settlement Of Lawsuit By Father Of Abused Boy

The Los Angeles County Claims Board has recommended a $3.5 million settlement of a lawsuit brought by the father of a 2-year-old boy who died in 2018 after allegedly being physically abused by his mother’s boyfriend in Westchester. The child, Damien Ventura, died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Westwood on July 3, 2018, […]

Fire Crews Battling Brusher in Tarzana

Fire crews were battling a brush fire Monday that burned about three acres of vegetation in the Tarzana area. The Los Angeles Fire Department responded around 1:50 p.m. to an area near the 18600 block of Mulholland Drive, according to spokesman Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. There were no immediate reports of […]

Newport Attorney Pleads Guilty In Fraud Scheme

A Newport Beach attorney who boasted of providing loans to wealthy and famous clients pleaded guilty Monday to a fraud scheme that bankrolled a gambling habit and a lavish lifestyle. Sara Jacqueline King, 39, agreed in June to plead guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in an agreement, federal prosecutors said. King was scheduled […]

Man’s Conviction Upheld For Killing Pedestrian After Argument In Long Beach

A state appeals court panel Monday upheld a motorist’s conviction for striking and killing a pedestrian after an argument in Long Beach. Sokhorn Hor, now 34, was convicted of second-degree murder for the Sept. 8, 2018, crash in the area near Market Street and Orange Avenue that left Victor Herrera, 40, dead. The victim and […]

Dodgers To Begin Homestand Including Christian Faith & Family Day

The Los Angeles Dodgers will begin a nine-game homestand Monday evening which will include the first Christian Faith & Family Day since 2019 and Orel Hershiser’s induction as a Legend of Dodger Baseball. The Dodgers will hold Christian Faith & Family Day Sunday, featuring pregame and postgame musical performances by Grammy-nominated contemporary Christian music singer-songwriter […]