José Huizar Pleads Guilty to Racketeering, Tax Evasion; Sentencing Set April 3

Sentencing is scheduled April 3 for former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar following his guilty plea on two federal charges stemming from a City Hall-based bribery and money laundering scheme in which he took more than $1.8 million in cash, gambling trips and escorts in exchange for his support of a planned downtown hotel […]

Google Announces Layoffs, Cuts 12,000 Jobs

Alphabet Inc., the parent company of Google, which has offices in Los Angeles, is cutting about 12,000 jobs from its global workforce, affecting about 6% of the company’s employees. Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai wrote an email to Google employees on the company’s news blog Friday morning saying he had some “difficult news to share.” “We’ve […]

Person Killed in Traffic Crash On Freeway in Jefferson Park Area of L.A.

A person was killed Saturday at a traffic crash involving at least five vehicles on the Santa Monica (10) Freeway in the Jefferson Park community of Los Angeles, authorities said. The crash occurred about 5:40 a.m. on the eastbound freeway at Crenshaw Boulevard, where a vehicle overturned, the California Highway Patrol reported. A SigAlert was […]

Orange County COVID-19 Metrics Continue Going Down

The number of coronavirus patients in Orange County hospitals was 219, down by 29 since Wednesday, the latest state data showed. Of those patients hospitalized as of Friday, 30 were being treated in intensive care, up slightly from earlier in the week. Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations have continued sliding downward as the first fatalities of […]

LACo Continues to Urge Mask Wearing Despite Move to `Low’ COVID Category

Los Angeles County has reported 1,184 new COVID-19 infections and 25 virus-related deaths, and officials reminded residents that masks are still strongly recommended indoors despite the county’s move to the “low” virus-activity category. The county moved to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s “low” virus-activity category this week, thanks to falling case rates […]

Off-duty Deputy’s Death by Suicide at Santa Clarita Bar Under Investigation

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s officials are continuing their investigation into the apparent suicide of an off-duty deputy who fatally shot himself at a bar in Santa Clarita. The deputy, Jonathan Buchan. 33, shot himself at 1:30 a.m. Friday at Mabel’s Roadhouse in the 26300 block of Bouquet Canyon Road. The sheriff’s department confirmed to City […]

Man Killed on State Highway in Pomona Identified

A 36-year-old man who was killed when the vehicle he was driving hit the center divider before crashing on State Route 71 in Pomona was identified Saturday. John Potter II was identified by the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office as the victim of the crash. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash was […]

Six Vehicles Towed, 13 Cited in Pomona DUI Checkpoint

Police cited 13 drivers for operating a vehicle without a valid licensed or with a suspended/revoked license and towed six vehicles in a DUI/ driver’s license operation in Pomona Saturday. The checkpoint took place between 9 a.m. Friday to 3 a.m. Saturday at Reservoir and Olive streets, according to the Pomona Police Department’s Traffic Services […]

VP Harris Tours Tujunga Spreading Grounds, Touts Water Infrastructure Funding

Vice President Kamala Harris is scheduled to depart from Los Angeles International Airport Saturday aboard Air Force Two, bound for Tallahassee, Florida, where she will speak Sunday on the 50th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that found there was a constitutional right to an abortion. Harris has been in Los Angeles since Thursday […]

One Year Ago Today (January 21, 2022)…LA Seeks To Spread Awareness About Human Trafficking Ahead Of Super Bowl

One Year Ago Today (January 21, 2022)…Local and state officials will kick off an anti-human trafficking campaign at the Los Angeles International Airport on to spread awareness ahead of the Super Bowl, which, like other large events, is susceptible to high levels of human and sex trafficking. The airport installed signs on its digital screens […]

Annual OneLife LA Celebration to Be Held Saturday in Downtown LA

The ninth annual OneLife L.A. will be held Saturday in downtown Los Angeles, billed by the Archdiocese of Los Angeles as a celebration of the beauty and dignity of every human life from conception to natural death. The theme is “Our Mission is Love” and will highlight the work of the anti-abortion movement since the […]