Manhunt Underway After CHP Officer Shot During Traffic Stop in Studio City
A man who police say critically wounded a California Highway Patrol officer during a traffic stop shooting is on the loose Tuesday after Los Angeles Police Department SWAT teams were unable to find him at his apartment complex in Van Nuys. The manhunt continued Tuesday morning as K-9 units searched the area around the complex […]
LA County Records Nearly 13,000 New COVID Cases Since Saturday
Nearly 13,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Los Angeles County, covering infections recorded over the past three days, while the virus-related death toll rose by 17. According to the county Department of Public Health, another 6,385 virus cases were confirmed Saturday, along with 3,583 Sunday and 2,998 Monday. The new cases — with the […]
Updated Vote Counts for LA County Races to Be Released Tuesday
The second post-election results update for Los Angeles County will be released Tuesday, with the Los Angeles city attorney’s race among those whose outcome remains undecided. Former federal prosecutor Marina Torres leads financial law attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto by 3,606 votes in the race for the second spot on the November ballot with 4,715 votes […]
Average Los Angeles County Gasoline Price Resumes Increasing
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County resumed increasing Tuesday, rising three-tenths of a cent to a record $6.462, one day after an 18-day streak of increases totaling 36.9 cents ended when it dropped one-tenth of a cent. The average price is 6.7 cents more than one week […]
Slight But Still Record Rainfall Recorded in LA and Long Beach
However slight, a record rainfall was recorded in Los Angeles and Long Beach on Monday, according to the National Weather Service. There was 0.01 inch of rain recorded at Los Angeles International Airport, tying a record for the day set in 1954. There was 0.01 inch of rain recorded at Long Beach Airport, breaking a […]
Victim of Downtown Shooting Identified
County authorities Tuesday identified a 22-year-old man who was shot to death during a dispute. The shooting occurred at 12:13 a.m. Monday at San Pedro and 14th Streets, according to a police service representative at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office identified Jesus Gutierrez as the victim of […]
Riverside Supervisors to Consider Final Appropriations Requests for 2022-23 Fiscal Year
The Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider any last-minute appropriations requests in its final scheduled public hearing for the $7.45 billion 2022-23 fiscal year budget. “Fiscal pressures are mounting, and we don’t know what the future holds for us,” county CEO Jeff Van Wagenen said Monday. “We have to protect and preserve our reserves.” The […]
Trial Starts for L.A. Developer Accused of Bribing Former Councilman
Jury selection is set to start Tuesday morning in the trial of a Los Angeles real estate developer accused of bribing a former city councilman in exchange for help settling a labor dispute that threatened to stall the builder’s proposed downtown condominium project. Dae Yong Lee, also known as David Lee, is the first defendant […]
LA City Council to Consider Law Banning Bicycle Assembly on Sidewalks
The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday will consider an ordinance to prohibit people from assembling or disassembling their bicycles in the public right-of-way. A motion to have the ordinance drafted was introduced by Councilman Joe Buscaino and passed the City Council 10-4 on Feb. 8, with council members Marqueece Harris-Dawson, Nithya Raman, Curren Price and […]
Recent Centennial High Graduate Scores Seven Points In US Tournament Opener
The U.S. will play Puerto Rico Tuesday in its second game of the FIBA U18 Americas Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina, one day after recent Centennial High School graduate Londynn Jones had seven points and six assists in an 81-29 victory over Colombia. The U.S. scored the game’s first 11 points and led 20-7 at […]
One Year Ago Today (June 14, 2021)…Koreatown Dentist Charged with Assaulting Nine Patients
One Year Ago Today (June 14, 2021)…A 50-year-old dentist was charged with sexually abusing nine patients at his Koreatown office. Emad Fathy Moawad made his initial court appearance Monday on nine counts of sexual battery by restraint, three counts of sexual penetration by use of force and one count of attempted sexual penetration by use […]
