Two Injured When Car Falls Onto Ventura Freeway Near Griffith Park

Two men were hurt when their car fell from the Riverside Drive overpass onto the Ventura (134) Freeway near Griffith Park and burst into flames, authorities said Monday. The crash was reported just before 11 p.m. Sunday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Brian Humphrey. The car had fallen from the overpass, struck the […]

Teamsters and Hollywood Union Members Rally Ahead of Contract Negotiations

Ahead of Monday’s meeting between the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, motion picture Teamsters rallied in Woodley Park in Encino with other Hollywood union members. The union members demanded at the rally Sunday strong contracts ahead of Monday’s negotiations with the AMPTP. Their united message was that “Nothing moves without the crew.” General […]

Online Threats Made to Riverside Polytechnic High School

The Riverside Police Department is continuing an investigating into online threats to Riverside Polytechnic High School and will have extra officers and patrols in and around the campus Monday. The threatening social media posts surfaced after some fights broke out last week during or near lunch hour on the campus at 5450 Victoria Ave., Poly […]

Sentencing Due for Ex-Antelope Valley Doctor on Federal Narcotics Charges

A former Antelope Valley physician faces sentencing Monday for illegally dispensing prescriptions for often-abused controlled substances — including opioid-based medications — during telemedicine sessions with “patients” from across the United States. Raphael Tomas Malikian, 39, who lives in Llano and Palmdale, pleaded guilty in October in downtown Los Angeles to one count of aiding and […]

Man Shot While Standing on Car Downtown

A man was hospitalized after he was shot while standing on top a car in downtown Los Angeles, authorities said Monday. The shooting happened at 10:45 p.m. Sunday at 1622 Long Beach Ave., according to a dispatcher at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The 29-year-old man was standing on top of a car […]

Hutt Seeks Full Term on LA City Council, Facing Four Challengers

Heather Hutt was appointed as caretaker City Councilwoman for District 10 last year following the indictment and conviction of Mark Ridley-Thomas on federal corruption charges — and now Hutt is seeking a full four-term term, facing four challengers in Tuesday’s primary election. Looking to stop Hutt are pastor and community organizer Eddie Anderson; former Assemblyman […]

Seven Candidates Vie to Succeed Krekorian for City Council 2nd District Seat

Seven candidates are on the primary ballot Tuesday in the race to succeed the termed-out Paul Krekorian for the District 2 seat on the Los Angeles City Council. The district — encompassing North Hollywood, Studio City, Sun Valley, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Valley Village and Van Nuys — has been represented by Krekorian since 2009, […]

Southland House Races Include Four Seats Without Incumbents

Voters in four Southern California congressional districts Tuesday will choose candidates to meet in November to succeed House members not running for reelection — including Reps. Adam Schiff and Katie Porter, who are running for the U.S. Senate. A field of 15 candidates is running to succeed Schiff, D-Burbank, in the predominantly Democratic 30th Congressional […]

Sentencing Due for Ex-JPL Employee Who Defrauded COVID Relief Program

Sentencing is set Monday for an ex-employee of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena who used federal COVID-19 relief loans to pay off his real estate debt and fund an illegal marijuana cultivation project. Armen Hovanesian, 32, who worked as a cost-control and budget-planning resource analyst for JPL, pleaded guilty in August to a single […]

Two Challengers Looking to Oust Raman in LA’s 4th City Council District

Nithya Raman is seeking her second term on the Los Angeles City Council from District 4, but her two challengers in Tuesday’s primary election say it’s time for a change. Deputy City Attorney Ethan Weaver and Levon “Lev” Baronian, an engineer and neighborhood council member, are vying to replace Raman in the district that encompasses […]

One Year Ago Today (March 4, 2023)…Transgender Woman Says Dream Job at Carpenter’s Union Turned Nightmarish

One Year Ago Today (March 4, 2023)…A transgender woman has a lawsuit pending against a carpenter’s union in which she alleges she was subjected to disparate treatment and ultimately fired in February because of her transition in her sexual identity. The plaintiff is known both as Joshua Baum and Shoshana Baum in her Los Angeles […]