Landslide Destroys One Sherman Oaks Home, Prompts Evacuations

A landslide destroyed a home and three other residences were damaged in Sherman Oaks Wednesday. Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters responded at 2:51 a.m. to 3741 N. Ventura Canyon Ave. regarding a large tree and wires down in the backyard of a residence and found a large portion of a hillside had slid down toward […]

Special Needs Athletes Play Flag Football in Prime-Time Games Program

A different kind of special teams took to the football field at Highland High School in a program that gives all students a chance to shine and play as all stars. Teams of special needs students from Highland High School and Pete Knight High School played a Prime Time Games flag football game Tuesday night. […]

Firefighters Knock Down Fire at Apartment in Hollywood

Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters quickly extinguished a blaze at an apartment building Wednesday in Hollywood. The fire was reported at 2:45 a.m. and fire crews responded to the 7200 block of West Hollywood Boulevard and Formosa Avenue where they found flames coming from a unit at the two-story, garden-style apartment building, said LAFD spokesman […]

Jurado Passes De Leon to Move into First in 14th Council District Race

Tenant rights attorney Ysabel Jurado Wednesday leads the field in the race for Los Angeles’ 14th District City Council seat after being in third after the initial vote count. Jurado entered Tuesday’s resumption of the ballot count trailing Councilman Kevin de León by 26 votes, then took a 318-vote lead, according to figures released by […]

Average Southland Gas Prices Drop Slightly

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped two-tenths of a cent Wednesday to $4.931, a day after it decreased a half-cent. The average price is seven-tenths of a cent more than one week ago and 16.2 cents higher than one month ago, but 1.5 cents less than […]

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, pushing the estimated jackpot for Friday’s drawing to $792 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Massachusetts and North Carolina. They are each worth $1 million, according to […]

UCLA Forecast: California Economy to Outpace the US, but Barely

In part due to strengths such as a rebound in imported goods through ports and harbors and strong income growth, California’s economy should continue to outpace that of the United States as a whole over the next three years, but not by much, according to a UCLA forecast released Wednesday. “The risks to the forecast […]

Deliberations to Resume in Trial of Man Accused of Killing Pregnant Girlfriend

Jury deliberations will continue Wednesday in the trial of a felon accused of killing his 27-year-old girlfriend and her unborn child during an argument at their San Jacinto home. Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont, was arrested in 2022 following a nearly two-year Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the disappearance of Diana Perez Gonzalez. […]

Raman Moves Over 50% in Fourth District City Council Race

Councilwoman Nithya Raman is over the majority needed to avoid a runoff in the race for the Fourth District City Council seat Wednesday. Raman entered Tuesday’s resumption of the ballot count with 48.65% of the vote, then surpassed 50% for the first time with 50.19%, according to figures released by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County […]

Pelican Found With Slashed Pouch in San Pedro; Recovering After Surgery

One Year Ago Today (March 13, 2023)…Convicted Sex Offender Charged with Attacking Two Women in Newport Beach