Thanksgiving Travel Season to Ramp Up

Many people may have already left for Thanksgiving week trips, but the holiday travel period is expected to kick into high gear Tuesday, with record-setting numbers of people expected to embark on journeys for the long weekend. The Automobile Club of Southern California predicted that roughly 6.58 million Southern California residents are expected to travel […]

LA Supervisors to Weigh Efforts to Implement Measure G Reforms

With voters approving an overhaul in the governance of Los Angeles County, the Board of Supervisors Tuesday will take initial steps to begin implementing the changes, beginning with a debate over the makeup of a task forced that’ll be charged with overseeing the process. Among the provisions of Measure G is an expansion of the […]

Villanueva Supporter Suing Sheriff Luna Denied Retaliation Suit

Attorneys for Los Angeles County have responded to a whistleblower retaliation lawsuit filed by a Sheriff’s Department lieutenant who alleges Sheriff Robert Luna has formed a “hit squad” against those who supported former Sheriff Alex Villanueva, saying Luna has never met the plaintiff. Lt. Shawn O’Donnell’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit allegations also include sexual […]

Shooting in Cudahy Kills Teen, Injures Another

Sheriff’s homicide detectives Tuesday are investigating a shooting in Cudahy that left a 17-year-old dead and another victim wounded. The shooting occurred around 12:58 a.m. Tuesday in the 4400 block of Clara Street, west of Atlantic Avenue, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene. NBC 4 reported another […]

Horvath Proposes County Homeless Department

Following the release of an audit citing financial-control issues with a joint city-county homeless services agency, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Lindsey Horvath will ask her colleagues Tuesday to consider the creation of a county department to centralize homeless services. The audit of the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority was requested by Horvath […]

Al Vasquez Learning Center Opens Tuesday

There will be a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday for the opening of the Al Vasquez Learning Center. The facility, located at 45102 Smurr St., is an educational hub home to an existing private organization providing academic and developmental skills for local children and adults. The organization has a religious subfocus. Vasquez, who passed away in 2017, […]

Five College Basketball Games to Be Played at Acrisure

What organizers bill as the nation’s largest collection of college basketball multiple team events begins Tuesday at Acrisure Arena with five games. California will face Michigan State at 11 a.m. in a matchup of 6-0 teams and Vanderbilt (6-0) will meet Arizona (6-1) at 1:30 p.m. in Acrisure Holiday Invitational women’s games, followed by men’s […]

LA Gas Price Drops After Three Consecutive Slight Increases

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped a half-cent Tuesday to $4.458 after three consecutive increases totaling six-tenths of a cent. The average price is seven-tenths of a cent less than one week ago, 9.2 cents lower than one month ago and 54.8 cents below what it […]

Overturned Semi Spills Fuel, Congests Traffic on Long Beach Freeway

An overturned semi-truck trailer is blocking multiple lanes of the Long Beach (710) Freeway in Compton Tuesday morning, spilling an unknown amount of fuel and promoting a miles-long traffic backup. The accident was reported at 12:21 a.m. on the southbound freeway near the East Alondra Boulevard exit, where the trailer blocked all lanes of the […]

Riverside County Gas Price Unchanged

A run of six slight increases in seven days to the average price of a gallon of self-service regular gasoline in Riverside County totaling 1.5 cents ended Tuesday when it was unchanged, remaining at $4.337. The average price is 1.3 cents more than one week ago but 7.5 cents less than one month ago and […]

One Year Ago Today (November 26, 2023)…LA Times Seeks LAFD Member Misconduct Records

One Year Ago Today (November 26, 2023)…The Los Angeles Times has taken legal action against the city of Los Angeles to obtain records of alleged sexual harassment and other misconduct by Los Angeles Fire Department members that the newspaper maintains is being wrongfully withheld. The Times’ Los Angeles Superior Court petition cites the California Public […]