Police Dismantle Pro-Palestine Encampment at Cal State LA Without Arrests

Less than a week after protesters occupied and vandalized a campus building, a pro-Palestine encampment at Cal State Los Angeles was dismantled Monday, with no arrests reported. California Highway Patrol officers moved in on the encampment early Monday afternoon. Campus spokesman Erik Frost Hollins told City News Service only seven people were still in the […]

Former USC Linebacker Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating COVID Benefits Scheme

Former USC linebacker Abdul-Malik McClain pleaded guilty Monday to orchestrating a scheme that fraudulently sought more than $1 million in COVID-related unemployment benefits. McClain, 24, most recently of Coto de Caza, a gated community in Orange County, entered his plea in downtown Los Angeles to one count of felony mail fraud, according to the U.S. […]

Man Sentenced 33-Months for Making Life-Threating Calls to Rep. Maxine Waters

A 61-year-old man was sentenced Monday to nearly three years behind bars for making a series of phone calls to the Hawthorne office of Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Los Angeles, and threatening her with violence and death. Brian Gaherty of Houston, Texas, was ordered to pay a $10,000 fine along with the 33-month term in federal […]

Strong Winds Spread Gorman Brush Fire

Strong winds continued to push a massive brush fire in the Gorman area north of Los Angeles Monday, with the fire already increasing in size overnight by about 1,000 acres to 15,610 acres with 8% containment Firefighters worked overnight to reinforce the lines of cleared vegetation that they had in place, according to the last […]

Santa Anita Park Boasts New Safety Record for Race Horses

Santa Anita Park officials said Monday its newly concluded winter-spring season, along with last year’s fall meet, combined to give the track a 99.97% racing safety record for horses, ranking it as the safest track of similar size and activity in North America. The six-month winter-spring meet ended Sunday. During that span and the six-week […]

Port of Long Beach to Receive $760M in Spending

A Long Beach commission approved a $760 million budget for fiscal year 2024-25, representing a 19.5% increase from last year’s adopted spending plan, officials announced Monday. Last week, the Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners approved the port’s spending plan, which includes $368 million for capital improvements in rail, zero-emissions and other infrastructure. In addition, […]

Financial TV Personality Arrested for Defrauding

A former San Gabriel Valley resident who was a frequent guest on financial television news programs then became a fugitive from justice after being accused of defrauding investors is expected to appear Monday in federal court after being arrested over the weekend. James Arthur McDonald Jr., 52, formerly of Arcadia, was arrested Saturday at a […]

Authorities ID Man Who Died in Santa Clarita Freeway Crash

A 33-year-old man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on a freeway connector road in Santa Clarita was identified Monday by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner. The crash, involving a black Nissan sedan, occurred at about 2:15 a.m. Sunday on the connector road from the southbound Antelope Valley (14) Freeway to […]

LA Unveils Plans to Revitalize Sepulveda Basin

Los Angeles elected officials Monday unveiled the final vision plan for the revitalization of the Sepulveda Basin into a climate-resilient park. “What began as an innovative idea from the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy has evolved into a transformative project that will redefine our relationship with nature and community,” Los Angeles City Councilwoman Imelda Padilla, who […]

Pedestrian Killed By Vehicle in Long Beach ID’d

Authorities Monday identified a man who was struck by a vehicle and killed in Long Beach. Officers were dispatched about 10:40 p.m. Friday to the intersection of Carson Street and Gundry Avenue, a couple blocks east of Orange Avenue, the Long Beach Police Department reported. They learned that the vehicle was traveling east on Carson […]

Authorities ID Dead Woman Found at Foot of Cliff in San Pedro

A woman who died after apparently falling over a cliff in San Pedro was identified Monday by authorities, who listed her death as an accident. An emergency call about two victims near 807 W. Paseo Del Mar came in at 1:44 a.m. Sunday, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. A woman died […]