Hollywood Writers Still on Picket Lines as WGA Strike Persists

A day after the Writers Guild of America’s negotiating committee told its striking members that the producers alliance “refuses to negotiate a fair deal to address the existential crisis writers are facing,” picket lines will go up yet again Wednesday outside all the major L.A.-area studios. The walkout is now midway through its third week, […]

Arraignment Moved to Wednesday for Ex-LAPD Officer Charged with Lewd Acts

Following two straight days of postponements, a former Los Angeles Police Department officer is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on charges of committing lewd acts on four young boys. Meanwhile, L.A. County Sheriff’s officials have put out a call for any possible additional victims to come forward. Paul Razo, 46, was arrested May 10, five […]

Average LA County Gas Price Drops to Lowest Amount Since Feb. 22

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday to its lowest amount since Feb. 22, decreasing nine-tenths of a cent to $4.83, one day after a four-day streak of decreases totaling 1.5 cents ended with an increase of two-tenths of a cent. The average price is 2.2 […]

Jury Expected to Get Case Wednesday in Actor Danny Masterson’s Rape Retrial

Following a prosecutor’s rebuttal in closing arguments, jurors are expected to be handed the case Wednesday in the retrial of actor Danny Masterson, who is charged with raping three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003. Attorneys for both sides began closing arguments on Tuesday, with a prosecutor telling jurors that Masterson […]

No Tickets Sold With All Six Mega Millions Lottery Numbers

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery and the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing is $132 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. The numbers drawn […]

Bass Set to Lobby Newsom, Legislators for More Homeless Funding

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is scheduled to be in Sacramento Wednesday to join the California Big City Mayors for meetings with Gov. Gavin Newsom and key legislators to seek more homeless funding. The California Big City Mayors, a coalition of mayors of the state’s 13 most populous cities, issued a letter to Newsom and […]

Charges Expected Against Man, 34, Suspected in Fatal Hit-and-Run Crash

Charges are expected Wednesday against a 34-year-old man suspected of fatally striking an elderly man in Cathedral City and leaving the scene. Heber Alexander Henriquez of Cathedral City was arrested Sunday morning on suspicion of murder and a hit and run causing permanent injury, according to inmate records. Crews from the Cathedral City Fire Department […]

Charges Expected Against Woman Alleged in Fatal Hit-Run in Desert Hot Springs

Charges are expected Wednesday against a 33-year-old woman who allegedly hit an 86-year-old man with her car at a bus stop in Desert Hot Springs and drove off without rendering aid. Kristiana Raylene Saiz of Desert Hot Springs was arrested Saturday afternoon on suspicion of a hit and run causing death, according to the Desert […]

Huntington Beach Considers Withdrawing from OC Power Authority

Huntington Beach City Council members Tuesday evening will discuss a proposal to withdraw from the fledgling Orange County Power Authority, another blow to the new agency, which lost the county of Orange as a member late last year. Mayor Tony Strickland called for the special meeting to consider withdrawing from the authority. The move comes […]

LA City Council Fails to Halt Benedict Canyon Hotel Project

After more than two hours of public comment, deliberation in closed session and suggestions of an ethics violation, the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday rejected a bid to halt a much-debated hotel project in Benedict Canyon that has drawn the ire of some neighbors. The council deadlocked on a 7-7 vote on a motion introduced […]

One Year Ago Today (May 17, 2022)…Lawsuit Claims Minors Abused at LA County-Run MacLaren Children’s Center

One Year Ago Today (May 17, 2022)…Los Angeles County was sued by about 12 individuals who allege they were sexually assaulted as children while housed at the former county-run MacLaren Children’s Center. The county operated the emergency shelter placement facility in El Monte — also known as MacLaren Hall — from 1961 to 2003. Children […]