High COVID Rates May Result In Return Of Mask Mandate

With the highly infectious BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants driving up case and hospitalization numbers, Los Angeles County moved into the “high” COVID-19 activity level Thursday, meaning an indoor mask-wearing mandate will be imposed on July 29 absent a major slowdown in virus-related hospital admissions. As of Thursday, the average daily rate of COVID-19-positive patients being […]

Suspect of Compton Shooting in Custody after Barricade, Fire Standoff

A suspect in a shooting in Compton was taken into custody Thursday after he allegedly opened fire at responding deputies and barricaded himself in his apartment, which caught fire while he was inside. Deputies were sent to the 100 block of Acacia Avenue about 7:30 a.m. on an assault with a deadly weapon call, the […]

Nearly 1 Million Fentanyl Pills Seized By DEA in Inglewood

Roughly 1 million counterfeit pills containing fentanyl were seized earlier this month in Inglewood, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration announced Thursday. “This record-breaking bust is the largest seizure of fentanyl pills (the) DEA has made in California,” the DEA said in a statement. The investigation, which began in May, involved the DEA Los Angeles Field […]

Cardenas Reintroduces Bill to Require USPS Trucks to Have Air Conditioning

Legislation that would require all U.S. Postal Service delivery vehicles to have air conditioning — following the death of a 63-year-old carrier who was found inside her truck amid soaring temperatures in Woodland Hills in 2018 — is once again coming before Congress, Rep. Tony Cardenas, D-Panorama City, announced Thursday. Cardenas reintroduced the Peggy Frank […]

Man Charged in Fatal Crash that Killed 3 in Orange

A 19-year-old man was charged Thursday with three counts of second-degree murder stemming from a police pursuit that killed three of his passengers — a 26-year-old man and a pair of teens — and injured four others in Orange. Azarie Dupree Fuller of Exeter, in Tulare County, was also charged with evading a peace officer […]

Kevin Spacey Renews Bid to Toss $31 Million Arbitration Award to MRC

Kevin Spacey has renewed his bid to win dismissal of an arbitration ruling ordering him to pay “House of Cards” producer MRC nearly $31 million for alleged sexual misconduct behind the scenes of the Netflix show, arguing the arbitrator wrongfully considered improper evidence when calculating damages. “The award in favor of petitioners must be vacated […]

Beverly Hills City Councilman’s Son Charged For Impersonating Another City Council Candidate

A son of Beverly Hills City Councilman Lester Friedman has been charged with two criminal counts for allegedly creating a fake social media account impersonating another City Council candidate, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Public Integrity Division announced Thursday. Adam Friedman, 37, was charged Wednesday with one felony count of identity theft and one […]

SFV Transient Sentenced to Over 11 Years for Robbing Mail Carriers

A transient who lived in various locations in the San Fernando Valley has been sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for a two-week crime spree in which he robbed five U.S. Postal Service employees — and fired a handgun so close to one victim that it caused him to suffer a ruptured eardrum, the […]

Shooting in Boyle Heights Leaves One Man Dead

A shooting in Boyle Heights Thursday left a man dead and another man hospitalized. The shooting was reported about 10:35 a.m. in the 4600 Block of East Gleason Avenue, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported. One man died at the scene, and the other was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, the sheriff’s […]

Man With Diabetes Reported Missing in Torrance Found

A 69-year-old man with diabetes who went missing in Torrance has been found, authorities said Thursday. Jesus Miranda Bucasas was last seen about 12:15 p.m. Tuesday in the 25200 block of Crenshaw Boulevard, and authorities sought the public’s help to find him. On Thursday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported that he had been […]

Small Quake Shakes Parts of Eastern LA County

A small earthquake centered in San Bernardino County shook parts of eastern Los Angeles County Thursday, but there were no reports of any damage or injuries. The quake, with a preliminary magnitude of 3.3, struck at 12:30 p.m. roughly eight miles north of Rancho Cucamonga and 11 miles northeast of Claremont, according to the U.S. […]