Rams to Cover Medical Bills for Photographer Injured During Team Celebration

A professional photographer who fell from the stage during the Rams’ Super Bowl victory celebration — drawing a seemingly indifferent reaction from quarterback Matthew Stafford — remained hospitalized with a fractured spine Thursday, and friends were working to raise funds for her recovery. But the Rams and Stafford announced they would be covering her medical […]

State Moving to `SMARTER’ Framework for Continued Co-Existence with COVID

Marking a shift in the battle against COVID-19, state officials Thursday announced a framework based on the idea that the virus will be a continuing presence, and moving California into an ongoing state of readiness to address localized outbreaks and respond to potential new variants of the virus — while trying to give residents at […]

OC’s COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations Keep Going Down

Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and positivity rates continued a downward trend even as death reports for last month and this month keep rolling in, according to the latest data released Thursday. The number of COVID-positive patients at county hospitals declined from 415 on Wednesday to 399, while the number of those patients in intensive care […]

Conservative Group Seeks Records Related to UCLA Law Professor

A conservative group filed a legal action to obtain records related to a UCLA law professor the organization says is a proponent of critical race theory and has “controversial” views of America’s borders and past colonizations. America First Legal Foundation brought the Los Angeles Superior Court petition Tuesday against the UC Regents and Robert Baldridge, […]

Ex-Angels Employee Convicted of Providing Drugs That Killed Tyler Skaggs

A former Angels communications director was convicted Thursday in Texas of providing drugs to pitcher Tyler Skaggs, who died of an overdose in a hotel room while the team was on a 2019 road trip. Eric Kay, 47, is facing at least 20 years in prison when he is sentenced on June 28. He was […]

Azusa Officer Recuperating After Fatal Police Shooting; Suspect ID’d

Authorities Thursday identified a man who was killed in a shootout with Azusa police that left an officer wounded. The shooting occurred at about 4 p.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of West Gladstone Street, where officers responded to a call regarding a stolen vehicle. Mathew Cook, 32, died at the scene, the Los Angeles […]

Man Hit by Train and Killed in Burbank

A man who was hit and killed Thursday by a Metrolink train in Burbank “intentionally positioned himself across the train tracks,” police said. The death was reported about 6 a.m. in an area behind the Burbank Animal Shelter in the 1100 block of North Victory Place, said Burbank police Sgt. Brent Fekety. “When the officers […]

Police Seek Help Finding Hit-And-Run Motorist in Pedestrian’s Death

Police sought the public’s help Thursday to find the hit-and-run driver responsible for fatally injuring a man in the Manchester Square area of Los Angeles near Inglewood last month. Adolph Lyons, 70, was killed at about 9:35 p.m. on Jan. 27 as he walked in a crosswalk at Manchester and Van Ness avenues, according to […]

GLAAD Report Shows LGBTQ Representation on TV Reaches Record High

More LGBTQ characters are being seen on screen than ever before, according to GLAAD’s annual “Where We Are on TV” report released Thursday. Nearly 12% of regularly appearing characters are members of the LGBTQ community across all broadcast networks, according to the study. The report analyzes LGBTQ representation in broadcast, streaming and cable series for […]

Pedestrian Killed by Allegedly Stolen Amazon Truck

A pedestrian was struck and killed by an allegedly stolen Amazon truck in South Los Angeles Thursday. The truck was reported stolen at about 2:15 p.m. in the area of Woodlawn Avenue and 41st Place, near Gilbert Lindsay Recreation Center, according to preliminary reports from the Los Angeles Police Department. The suspect drove the truck […]

SoCalGas Seeks to Create Nation’s Largest Hydrogen Energy System for LA

SoCalGas Thursday released details of its proposed “Angeles Link” project to create what the utility says would be the largest hydrogen energy infrastructure system in the United States. The utility said the project — which was submitted to the California Public Utilities Commission on Thursday — could displace up to 3 million gallons of diesel […]