Metrolink to Shut Down for Four Days Beginning Tuesday

Starting Tuesday, Metrolink will suspend all service for four days to allow workers to clean and repair trains and upgrade the regional rail network. Metrolink trains will be out of service from Tuesday through Friday, resuming regular service on Dec. 30. The closure applies to the entire Metrolink system, including the Arrow service in San […]

Wood-Burning Ban Issued for Christmas Day in Southland

Air quality regulators banned indoor and outdoor wood burning in much of the Southland Monday due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect from 12:01 a.m. until midnight Monday for all those in the South Coast Air Basin, including the non-desert portions of Los […]

Lakers To Face Celtics in Christmas Day Game at Crypto.com Arena

The Los Angeles Lakers will try to break out of their recent Christmas doldrums when they face the Boston Celtics Monday at Crypto.com Arena. The Lakers have lost three of their last four Christmas Day games, including their last two. LeBron James is the only Laker to have played in all four of those games. […]

Argument Leads to Gunfire in Koreatown

An argument between two men in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles led to a shooting that wounded one of them and sent the alleged shooter running away, authorities said Monday. The shooting occurred about 7:35 p.m. Sunday at Seventh Street and Vermont Avenue, according to a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman. The victim, believed […]

Church Services, Help For Homeless, Poor Planned For Christmas

Christmas Day in Los Angeles County will include the customary Masses and church services celebrating the birth of Jesus Monday, along with annual events providing meals to the homeless and poor. English-language Christmas Masses will be celebrated at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels at 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. Archbishop José Gomez […]

Palm Springs Aerial Tramway to Offer Holiday Menu Monday For Christmas

The Palm Springs Aerial Tramway Monday will offer a special holiday menu at both its restaurants for Christmas. Visitors will have an opportunity to “Ride ‘n’ Dine” with tickets that include Tram admission and dinner at Pines Cafe, Morgan said. Starting at 8 a.m. and 11 a.m., Peaks Restaurant and Pines Cafe will serve special […]

Man Killed in Santa Clarita Freeway Crash ID’d

A 27-year-old man was identified as the person killed during a multi-vehicle crash on the Antelope Valley (14) Freeway in Santa Clarita that also injured another person. He was Emilio Carbajal Cruz, according to the Medical Examiner’s office. The crash occurred about 1:35 a.m. Sunday on the southbound freeway at Newhall Avenue, the California Highway […]

South Park House Fire Kills Two Pets

Fire damaged a bungalow in the South Park area of Los Angeles Monday morning, killing two pets and displacing the occupants. The fire was reported at 12:55 a.m. at 5021 S. San Pedro St., said the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart. Firefighters put out the flames in 14 minutes, Stewart said. The five occupants […]

Hermosa Beach Barricade Ends with Discovery of Deceased Person in Garage

A six hour standoff and fire in Hermosa Beach ended when a SWAT team entered the house and found a dead person inside the garage, authorities said Monday. Hermosa Beach police officers and a sheriff’s SWAT team entered the house in the 600 block of 11th Street at about 9:30 p.m. Sunday and located a […]

Firefighters Put Out Flames in Northridge Apartment Building

Firefighters put out a fire Monday morning in a three-story Northridge apartment building. The fire was reported at 12:20 a.m. at 17841 W. Lassen St., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart. The flames were confined to one second-floor unit of the garden style building that featured two stories over parking, Stewart said. […]

ID Confirmed of Woman Found in Trunk of Burning Car in Lancaster

Authorities have confirmed the identity of a 27-year-old woman whose charred body was found in the trunk of a car in the Quartz Hill neighborhood of Lancaster. The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office also noted Sunday that the cause of death for Veronica Aguilar was deferred. Matthew Switalski was arrested at around 6:30 p.m. […]