Parade, Flyovers To Mark Veterans Day in LA

Veterans Day will be marked in various ways throughout Los Angeles County Monday with Pasadena using its celebration to pay tribute to a Marine Corps reserve battalion headquartered in the city. The 2nd Battalion, 23d Marine Regiment has been deployed for a yearlong tour of duty. The 10:30 a.m. celebration will include a Yellow Ribbon […]

Riverside Firefighters Seeking Toy Donations

Riverside Fire Department crews will roll out collection boxes Monday at firehouses throughout the city, asking residents for toys to make Christmas a little brighter for thousands of underprivileged children. The city is joining in the region-wide “Spark of Love Toy Drive,” now in its 32nd year. “The campaign collects any new, unwrapped toys, sports […]

Dead Body Found Near 101 Hollywood Hills

A decomposing body was found Monday on a freeway embankment in the Hollywood Hills area of Los Angeles. The grim discovery was made at about 1:20 a.m. Monday on the southbound Hollywood (101) Freeway at Highland Avenue, California Highway Patrol Officer Sergio Garcia told City News Service. The Los Angeles Fire Department contacted the CHP, […]

Big Rig Goes Off 210 Freeway in Glendale

A big rig went off the Foothill (210) Freeway and landed in a Park and Ride, authorities said Monday. The crash was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 11:02 p.m. Sunday and occurred while the big rig was eastbound on the Foothill Freeway at the Lowell Avenue off-ramp. The tractor and trailer separated when […]

Murrieta’s Veterans Parade Scheduled Monday

America’s fighting men and women will be honored Monday during the city of Murrieta’s 22nd annual “Veterans Day Parade,” featuring marching bands, representatives from all service branches, public safety personnel and area civic leaders. The event is slated to get underway at 10 a.m. near the intersection of Ivy Street and Washington Avenue, rolling through […]

Man Shot, Hospitalized in Watts

A man was hospitalized in critical condition Monday morning after he was shot in the Watts area of South Los Angeles. The shooting was reported at 11:23 p.m. Sunday and the victim told officers he was in the Imperial Courts public housing project at 11541 Croesus Ave. at Grape Street when it happened, Los Angeles […]

Whitesides Increases Lead Over Republican Incumbent in 27th District

Democrat George Whitesides leads Rep. Mike Garcia by 4,730 votes Monday in the 27th Congressional District, more than doubling his lead in the latest count by the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk. Whitesides leads Garcia, R-Santa Clarita, in the Santa Clarita Valley and Antelope Valley district, 50.9%-49.1%, 140,661-135,931. Whitesides, a former NASA chief of staff, […]

Schizophrenic Cerritos Man Missing

A search was underway Monday for a 28-year-old man who suffers from schizophrenia and went missing from Cerritos. David Arellano was last seen at 8 a.m. Sunday on the 13000 block of Cantrece Lane, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Arellano’s family is concerned for his well-being because he requires medication, sheriff’s officials […]

Mission Viejo Garage Catches Fire, Family Pets Saved

Firefighters Monday were able to contain a blaze in the garage of a Mission Viejo home and save pets because a neighbor noticed smoke. The fire was reported at 7:14 p.m. Sunday on Plant Avenue by a person out for a walk, the Orange County Fire Authority said. Firefighters arrived six minutes later and put […]

Half-Naked Woman Killed on 91 Freeway ID’d

A woman who was not wearing pants and was fatally struck as she walked across lanes of the Gardena (91) Freeway in Carson was identified Sunday. Lizbeth Torres was 35 years old and died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries in an accident, the Medical Examiner’s office said. The California Highway Patrol was first informed at […]

One Year Ago Today (November 11, 2023)…Cinematographer and Former Academy President John Bailey Has Died at Age 81

One Year Ago Today (November 11, 2023)…Veteran cinematographer John Bailey, whose two terms as president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences included grappling with the industry’s response to the #MeToo movement and who worked on such films as Ordinary People” and Groundhog Day” has died of an unspecified illness. He was 81. […]