It’s Opening Day for LA Angels; Dodgers to Open Friday

Baseball is back — with the Los Angeles Angels starting their 2022 regular season Thursday evening in Anaheim and the L.A. Dodgers beginning their season Friday in Colorado. The Angels will host their American League West division rival Houston Astros, with L.A. sending reigning AL Most Valuable Player Shohei Ohtani to the mound against Framber […]

Ford’s 2022 Season Features 19 Weeks of Entertainment

The Ford’s 2022 season will incorporate international sounds and California-born performers, and a spectrum of music from hip-hop to folk, all starting with the FREE 101 Festival in June, the Los Angeles Philharmonic Association announced Thursday. The Ford’s 2022 season features 19 weeks of performances between June 12 and Oct. 23. It will start with […]

Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court Confirmation Celebrated In Los Angeles

California and Los Angeles-area elected officials celebrated Thursday following the U.S. Senate’s confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the U.S. Supreme Court, making her the first Black woman to serve on the nation’s highest court. “This is a great day for our country. Judge Jackson is the first Black woman confirmed to the Supreme […]

SpaceX Set to Launch First Private Mission to International Space Station

Hawthorne-based SpaceX is scheduled to take part in another historic milestone in space exploration Friday, when it attempts to launch the first all-private mission to the International Space Station. SpaceX will use one of its Falcon 9 rockets and Crew Dragon capsules to carry out Axiom Space’s Ax-1 mission, which will send four people to […]

Walk of Fame Star Honoring Grammy-Winning Singer Ashanti To Be Unveiled

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled Thursday honoring Ashanti for a career that has included a string of hits and eight Grammy nominations. Longtime collaborator Ja Rule and actress Tichina Arnold will join Ashanti in speaking at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 7060 Hollywood Blvd., near The Hollywood Roosevelt hotel. […]

Los Angeles City Hall to Reopen on May 4

Los Angeles City Hall will reopen to the public May 4, Mayor Eric Garcetti and City Council President Nury Martinez announced Thursday. “After the COVID-19 pandemic forced us to close our doors in 2020, I am looking forward to safely re-opening City Hall to the public and seeing our council chambers full of Angelenos again,” […]

Man Charged in Malibu Slaying Pleads Not Guilty in Attacks on Two Deputies

A man charged in the killing of a research scientist from Irvine who was shot while camping with his two young daughters in Malibu Creek State Park pleaded not guilty Thursday attacking two Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies while he has been in custody. Anthony Rauda, 45, is charged with two felony counts of battery […]

OC COVID-19 Hospitalizations Creep Up

Orange County saw another jump in COVID-19 hospitalizations, but the number remained at the lowest levels since early July, as tests show the new, more contagious Omicron subvariant BA.2 being sequenced locally, according to data released Thursday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. Hospitalizations increased from 67 Tuesday to 78 Wednesday, with the number […]

Man in Custody Following Standoff With Police in Woodland Hills

A man who was allegedly threatening people and potentially firing a weapon was taken into custody Thursday following a standoff with police at a Woodland Hills apartment complex. Officers went to the 5500 block of Canoga Avenue about 7:30 a.m., according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A SWAT team and crisis negotiators were sent […]

Person Hit by Metro Train, Killed Near Downtown Los Angeles

A person was hit by a Metro A Line train and killed Thursday near downtown Los Angeles. Paramedics sent to 24th Street and Long Beach Avenue about 7:40 a.m. pronounced the person dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the fatally injured […]

Police Seek Help to Identify Two Men Who Robbed Westminster Jewelry Store

Authorities Thursday sought the public’s help to identify two men who stole over $200,000 worth of jewelry from a Westminster mall. The suspects entered the Kay Jewelers store located at the Wesminster Mall at about 3:50 p.m. Monday and used a sledgehammer to smash glass cases before grabbing the jewelry and fleeing the scene in […]