Labor Day Parade To Include Push For Tax Increase For Homelessness Prevention

The Los Angeles/Long Beach Harbor Labor Coalition 45th annual Solidarity Parade and Picnic Rally will be held Monday in Wilmington to mark Labor Day with the theme “Fighting for the Future of Labor” and an emphasis on passing Measure A on the Los Angeles County ballot. The parade is set to begin at 10 a.m. […]

Update Planned For Residents Set to Evacuate Rancho Palos Verdes Community

City and county officials have scheduled a news conference Sunday to provide residents in the Portuguese Bend community of Rancho Palos Verdes with details before their electricity is shutoff amid worsening landslides that have accelerated across 680 acres following heavy rains, causing damage to homes, roads and utilities. The 11 a.m. Sunday briefing comes as […]

Fire Consumes Three-Story Building Under Construction; No Injuries Reported

Firefighters in South Los Angeles Sunday knocked down a major emergency structure fire that consumed a three-story, wood framed building under construction and spread to two nearby homes as well as several detached buildings, authorities said. The 120 firefighters dispatched at 4:06 a.m. to 217 E. Vernon Ave. had the blaze out at 4:50 a.m., […]

Palmdale Barricade Suspect Arrested; Related Homicide Investigated

Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies Sunday are continuing their investigation into the death of a man found at a home in Palmdale where a suspect was arrested at the end of a more than seven-hour standoff with authorities. Deputies with the department’s Special Enforcement Bureau surrounded the home on the 37400 block of Oxford Drive […]

No Tickets Sold with All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing to $80 million. A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold at a liquor store in the Sacramento suburb of Woodland and is worth $1,176,502, the […]

Forecasters Predict Hot Start to September in Riverside County

Forecasters are predicting temperatures at or near triple digits through Labor Day and into next weekend across Riverside County. On Sunday, temperatures were expected to rise by a few degrees throughout the county, up from 90 to 110 a day earlier. A few degrees of cooling is expected in the deserts on Labor Day due […]

Suspect Barricade in Palmdale Home Ends

Deputies with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Special Enforcement Bureau surrounded a home in Palmdale for more than seven hours Saturday before the suspect was arrested. Deputies were called to the scene at 10:30 a.m. Saturday to check the welfare of someone at that address, sheriff’s Dep. Tracy Koerner told City News Service. The […]

Two Patients Trapped After LAPD `Tracked’ Vehicle

Firefighters freed two people from a two-vehicle crash in Chinatown while Los Angeles Police officers chased — or as was later described, “tracked” — one of the vehicles. The crash was reported at 4:52 p.m. Saturday at 1220 N. Spring St., next to Los Angeles State Historic Park, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s […]

Man Killed, Woman Injured in Crash on 10 Freeway in West Covina

A 72-year-old Glendale man was killed and a 19-year-old Pomona woman was rushed to a hospital as a result of two related crashes Saturday on the San Bernardino (10) Freeway in West Covina. The initial crash occurred about 4 a.m. Saturday on the eastbound freeway west of Citrus Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. […]

Suspect with Pellet Gun Arrested at Newport Beach Pier

Two suspects were arrested Saturday after one of them waved what appeared to be a gun amid hundreds of people at the Newport Beach Pier. A witness called the Newport Beach Police Department around 1:45 p.m. Saturday to report a suspicious person near the crowded pier, according to the NBPD. Officers located the suspects and […]

One Year Ago Today (September 1, 2023)…City: Bisexual Officer Alleging Discrimination Was Subject of Prior Complaints

One Year Ago Today (September 1, 2023)…A bisexual LAPD officer who sued the city alleging he was subjected to a backlash for his sexual orientation was questioned about a 2019 trespassing complaint at a woman’s Pasadena home, according to new court papers filed by the City Attorney’s Office seeking dismissal of the plaintiff’s case. Officer […]