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Mayor Bass Recommends New Steps for Commuters Who Use Fire-Damaged 10 Freeway

Mayor Bass with construction crewLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass recommends new steps for commuters to follow Wednesday after assessing the fire-damaged section of the Santa Monica Freeway (10) Freeway during a helicopter flyover with Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley. Bass and Crowley are urging commuters who drive the freeway to downtown Los Angeles to avoid it unless needed […]
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Deputy Awarded No Damages Seeks $52,000+ in Trial Legal Costs Compensation

In the wake of a judge finding that a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who sued the county, alleging he was subjected to backlash for reporting that he saw a retired deputy involved in a sex act in a car parked on county property, and was the “prevailing party” in the case, the deputy is […]
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Martin Scorsese Entity Countersues Production Company Over Film Contract

Having already urged dismissal of a production company’s breach-of-contract suit against Martin Scorsese, which alleges he backed out of a planned film despite signing a contract in 2022 to be an executive producer, the director’s firm has countersued. Plaintiff Op-Fortitude Ltd.’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against Scorsese and his production company, Sikelia Productions Inc., […]
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Multiple Tustin Schools to Reopen Following Hangar Fire

tustin fireMultiple Tustin Unified School District campuses will reopen Wednesday while officials continue their efforts to prepare for the takedown of the remnants of the fire-ravaged World War II blimp hangar that forced the closure of schools and parks in the area. The district originally planned to reopen some schools on Tuesday, but Allyson Muniz Damikolas, […]
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One Killed, One Injured in Hit and Run in Arlington Heights

A woman was struck and killed and a man was hospitalized Wednesday after both were hit by two vehicles while attempting to cross a street in the Arlingtion Heights neighborhood of South Los Angeles. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department responded at 10 p.m. Tuesday to the 1500 block of South Arlington Avenue between […]
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Fire at Mixed-Use Building in Koreatown Extinguished

A Los Angeles Fire Department patch and badge.Firefighters contained a second-floor fire at a mixed-use, three-story building Wednesday in Koreatown in under an hour before finally extinguishing it. Los Angeles Fire Department crews were called 4:11 a.m. to the 600 block of South New Hampshire Avenue and Sixth Street where they battled the stubborn flames at the building, which has one floor […]
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Fire Knocked down at 115-Year-Old Home in Echo Park

A fire at what authorities called a vacant and structurally unstable home was quickly knocked down Wednesday in Echo Park. Firefighters were called at 5:07 a.m. to 324 N. Firmin St., west of North Boylston Street and the Hollywood (101) Freeway where they encountered the fire at the 988-square-foot, one-story home, which was built in […]
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Family, Friends, Attend ‘Ghost Tires’ Vigil for Pepperdine Students

One month after four Pepperdine University students were killed when a car crashed into a series of parked vehicles on Pacific Coast Highway, Wednesday members of the traffic safety group Streets Are For Everyone are calling for improved safety measures along the coastal stretch after placing four “Ghost Tires” in Malibu in memory of the […]
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No Tickets Sold With All Six Mega Millions Lottery Numbers

mega millionsThere 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 $267 million. A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Ohio and is worth $4 million because the player utilized the Megaplier option, […]
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Man Fatally Shot in Valley Glen Identified

A 29-year-old Panorama City man who was fatally shot in the Valley Glen section of the San Fernando Valley was identified Wednesday. Officers responded to the 12100 block of Califa Street, near Laurel Canyon Boulevard, around 5:45 a.m. Tuesday to a report of shots fired. A man was on the ground next to an apartment […]
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One Year Ago Today (November 15, 2022)…Gov. Newsom’s Wife Concludes Testimony in Harvey Weinstein Trial

Jennifer NewsomOne Year Ago Today (November 15, 2022)…In another day of emotional testimony, Gov. Gavin Newsom’s wife told jurors that she still lives with the trauma of being raped and sexually assaulted by former film producer Harvey Weinstein in a Beverly Hills hotel room 17 years ago. Meanwhile, the judge presiding over the case dismissed four […]
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