Menendez Brothers’ Bid for Freedom Delayed Until 2025

Erik and Lyle Menendez, who are serving life sentences without parole for the 1989 shotgun slayings of their parents in their Beverly Hills mansion, will have to wait until the new year for a decision on their bid for release, with a judge Monday scheduling a hearing on the matter for late January. Attorneys for […]

Missing Hawaiian Woman’s Father Mourned After Death in LA

A search was continuing Monday for 31-year-old Hannah Kobayashi, who disappeared after landing at Los Angeles International Airport and missing a connecting flight, but the family was also dealing with a separate tragedy — the death of the woman’s father. According to the family, Ryan Kobayashi, 58, killed himself Sunday in Los Angeles. “After tirelessly […]

Small Plane Crashes into Tree at Fullerton Airport

A small plane crashed into a tree near Fullerton Airport Monday, leaving the two people inside with “moderate” injuries. The plane slammed into a tree after making an emergency landing about 1:45 p.m. in the 2400 block of Artesia Avenue, just east of the airport, said Kristy Wells of the Fullerton Police Department. The two […]

23-Year-Old Man With Mental Disorder Missing in Lakewood

Authorities sought the public’s assistance Monday in locating an at-risk 23-year-old man diagnosed with an unspecified mental health disorder who was last seen in Lakewood. Nicholas James Tornello, also known as Nick, was last seen around 4 p.m. Saturday in the 5300 block of Canehill Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Nick […]

Freight Train Fatally Strikes Person in South LA

A person was fatally struck by a freight train Monday in the South Los Angeles area. The collision, involving a Union Pacific Railroad train, occurred around 7 a.m. near East Florence Avenue and Graham Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the person, who […]

DTLA Fire Results in No Injuries

Firefighters Monday extinguished flames that engulfed a vacant, two-story commercial building in downtown Los Angeles, and no one was hurt. The fire was reported at 3:57 a.m. at 1350 S. Flower St., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart. Flames were through the roof when firefighters arrived, she said. “With over 80 firefighters […]

Fatal Crash on Santa Ana Freeway in Tustin

An SUV crashed into the center divider of the Santa Ana (5) Freeway in Tustin Monday morning, bursting into flames, killing one person inside and sending debris flying across both sides of the freeway. The crash was reported at 3:10 a.m. on the northbound Santa Ana Freeway just south of Tustin Ranch Road, according to […]

CSULB President Announces 2025 Retirement

Cal State Long Beach President Jane Close Conoley announced Monday she will retire at the end of the 2024-25 academic year. Conoley, the first woman regularly appointed to lead CSULB, has been president of the university since July 15, 2014. She will step down effective June 30, 2025. “In the months to come, I anticipate […]

Alleged Attacker Arrested by SM Police

An Altadena man was in custody for allegedly attacking a woman in Santa Monica in September, authorities said Monday. Oscar Benn, 27, was arrested on Nov. 14 in connection with a crime that occurred at about 12:30 a.m. Sept. 22 in the 1400 block of Alley 5, according to Lt. Erika Aklufi of the Santa […]

Man Killed in Long Beach Shooting ID’d

Authorities Monday identified a man who was killed in a shooting near a homeless encampment in Long Beach that left another man wounded. Officers responded at 1:55 a.m. Sunday to an “unknown trouble” call in the 2600 block of East Ocean Boulevard in the city’s Bluff Park area and found one man with non-life-threatening gunshot […]

Green Meadows Blaze Put Out by Over 100 Firefighters

More than 100 firefighters from 16 fire companies put out a major emergency blaze at a large, metal-clad commercial building in the Green Meadows area of Los Angeles Monday morning. The fire was reported at 2:57 a.m. at 8720 S. San Pedro St., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart. The flames were […]