LA Metro Equips Buses with Protective Barriers for Drivers

Metro has finalized the installation of barriers on its entire bus fleet that fully enclose drivers for their protection — a move prompted by a rise in assaults against bus operators, officials announced Tuesday. A total of 2,105 buses received the shatterproof, tempered glass barriers, constructed of steel and laminated, low-reflectivity material. The design and […]

Chiquita Canyon Landfill to Cease Solid Waste Operations

The Chiquita Canyon Landfill, which has generated thousands of odor complaints over the past year and has been targeted in lawsuits by Castaic-area residents and Los Angeles County, will halt its solid waste operations on Wednesday, the operators announced Tuesday. Tuesday will be the final day the landfill will accept any waste. The landfill’s owners […]

Man Opens Fire at DTLA Target Security Guards

Police were seeking the public’s help Tuesday in identifying a shoplifting suspect who shot two security guards outside the Target store at the FIGat7th shopping mall in downtown Los Angeles in an exchange of gunfire. Officers responded to the outdoor mall in the 700 block of South Figueroa Street, near Seventh Street, around 8:55 p.m. […]

Man’s Re-Sentencing Bid Nixed in Chinese USC Student Murder Case

A state appellate court panel Tuesday rejected a re-sentencing bid by one of two men convicted of murdering two USC graduate students from China during a robbery more than a decade ago. A three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal upheld a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge’s May 2023 decision in the […]

Red Flag Fire Warnings Suspended

More Santa Ana winds blew through parts of the Southland Tuesday, but the gusts were less severe than originally anticipated, prompting a cancellation of red flag warnings that had been issued for local mountain areas. The red flag warnings of critical fire danger were originally expected to be in place through 6 p.m. Wednesday in […]

LA Master Chorale Singer Considers Settling COVID Testing Case

A singer is close to finalizing a settlement of her lawsuit against the Los Angeles Master Chorale in which she alleged her requests to be tested for the coronavirus rather than take vaccinations, which she objected to for religious and medical reasons, were wrongfully denied, attorneys told a judge Tuesday. Virenia Lind’s Los Angeles Superior […]

Man Charged With Murdering His Family in Baldwin Park

A 23-year-old man has been charged with murdering three of his family members in their Baldwin Park home the day after Christmas, Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced Tuesday. Kyle Chester De Los Reyes is set to be arraigned Jan. 15 in a Pomona courtroom on three counts of murder in connection with […]

NoHo Man Arrested for Alleged Domestic Violence, Murder

A man arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and domestic violence in a North Hollywood attack is now facing a murder charge after a 27-year-old North Hills woman died at a hospital, authorities said Tuesday. Officers responded around 4:40 p.m. Saturday to the 12900 block of Willard Street, near Roscoe Boulevard and […]

More Bird Flu Found in Raw Pet Food

Pet owners are being asked to immediately throw out Monarch Raw Pet Food after H5 bird flu virus was found in product samples, health officials said Tuesday, in the second such warning in a week. The raw pet food is sold at several farmers markets in California, and a house cat who consumed the product […]

Suspect Fatally Shot by Police in Woodland Hills is Id’d

Authorities Tuesday identified a 47-year-old man who was fatally shot in an exchange of gunfire with the Los Angeles Police Department in a Woodland Hills motel. The shooting occurred at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday at the Vantage Point Inn at Ventura Boulevard and Baza Avenue, LAPD Officer D. Orris told City News Service. Officers from […]

Ralphs Sues Food Trucks Near Palisades Store

Ralphs Grocery Co. has filed new court papers formally seeking a preliminary injunction against multiple food truck operators who the grocer maintains are creating a nuisance with congestion, trash generation and rudeness by their customers to Ralphs employees at the Pacific Palisades store. The filing Monday in Los Angeles Superior Court comes in the wake […]