Southland Gas Prices Drop, Ending 20-Plus Day Runs of Increases

The run of 23 increases in 25 days totaling 91.8 cents that boosted the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County to its highest amount since Oct. 11 ended Saturday when it dropped seven-tenths of a cent to $6.308. The decrease stems from Gov. Gavin Newsom sending a letter […]

Pacific Airshow Returns to Huntington Beach Friday

The annual Pacific Airshow will continue Saturday in Huntington Beach, with the event back in full swing following the COVID-19 pandemic and a massive oil spill that cut it short two years ago. “The event has been through some setbacks,” event CEO Kevin Elliott told City News Service. “I took it over in 2018 and […]

Two Wounded in Hollywood Shooting, One in Critical Condition

A shooting in Hollywood left two homeless men wounded – one critically – and police Saturday are searching for the suspects. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Division responded to the intersection of Willoughby and North Highland avenues shortly after 8:30 p.m. Friday to a report regarding shots fired. According to witnesses, the […]

Pedestrian Killed in Hit and Run in South Los Angeles

A woman in her 30s was struck and killed in a hit and run collision in the Vermont Knolls area of South Los Angeles and police Saturday are investigating the crash. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department were called at approximately 12:09 a.m. to South Normandie Avenue and West 83rd Place where they learned […]

Fire Knocked Down at Residence in Granada Hills

A fire at a residence formerly used a marijuana growing operation was extinguished Saturday in Granada Hills. Fire crews responded at approximately 3:12 a.m. to a vacant, 1,715-square-foot, two-story residence on the 17000 block of West Rinaldi Street, west of Shoshone Avenue, where they found the house fully engulfed in flames, Los Angeles Fire Department […]

Free Community Clean-Up Events To Be Held in Whitewater, Cabazon Saturday

Two free community clean-up events will be held Saturday in Whitewater and Cabazon for residents who need to dispose of household waste and bulky items, officials announced Saturday. Two bins will be placed in Whitewater from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday on the dirt section off of Haugen-Lehmann Way and Tamarack Road, according to a […]

Mega Millions Jackpot Grows to $300 Million

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $300 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold in Georgia and New York. They are each worth $1 million, according to the […]

`Trailblazer’: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 to become the first woman to represent California in that body, died at her home in Washington, D.C., Thursday night, her chief of staff confirmed Friday. She was 90. “Sadly, Senator Feinstein passed away last night at her home in Washington, D.C. Her […]

Trump Fires Up CA GOP With Anaheim Speech Lambasting Democratic Leaders

Not surprisingly, former President Donald Trump came out swinging Friday as he helped open the California Republican Party Fall Convention in Anaheim, telling a packed room that the state is on the verge of anarchy thanks to Democratic leaders who are opening their arms to “prisoners, terrorists, mental patients.” The Republican presidential front-runner lambasted California’s […]

One Year Ago Today (September 30, 2022)…Man Suspected of Severely Assaulting His Elderly Mom

One Year Ago Today (September 30, 2022)…A 51-year-old man suspected of assaulting his mother and inflicting life-threatening injuries during an attack at her San Jacinto home was at large, with investigators asking the public for help locating him. Pasqual Carlos allegedly perpetrated the assault shortly after 9 a.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of North […]

New Jersey Man Gets 41 Months in Prison for Selling Military Documents

A 56-year-old New Jersey man was sentenced Friday to 41 months in federal prison for using his access as a civilian U.S. Navy employee to take technical drawings and manuals for military aircraft and selling them. Mark Fitting of Berlin, New Jersey, worked as an engineer in a Navy facility in Philadelphia. He pleaded guilty […]