Some of the most common rider complaints and transit-related social media rants are spurred by the long wait times for LA Metro subways and light-rail trains. Officials say that will be changing starting Sunday, Sept. 10, when Metro increases frequencies on the B (Red) and D (Purple) subway lines that run in central LA, Hollywood
Month: September 2023
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, begins at sundown on Sept. 15 and ends at sundown on Sept. 17. There are a variety of reasons for Jews to hear the blowing of a shofar, a ram’s horn, on Rosh Hashana. Reasons include that it’s a wake-up call to change behaviors from the negative to the
Francisco Braiotta arrived at Ellis Island in October of 1911 — a 16-year-old boy from Calabria, Italy sent to America by his mother on an impossible mission. Find your father. Tell him his family needs him. The boy couldn’t speak English, knew no one, and the only money he had was the change in his
People look at the cars on display during the remembering 9/11 – Patriots Day Car Show at the Higher Vision Church Saturday, Valencia CA. Sept 10, 2023. (Photo by Gene Blevins/Contributing Photographer) People look at the cars on display during the remembering 9/11 – Patriots Day Car Show at the Higher Vision Church Saturday, Valencia
A view from the San Fernando Valley: People enjoy the warm weather at Lake Balboa-Anthony C. Beilenson Park in Lake Balboa. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas and memorable shared experiences. Here’s a sampling of events in the San Fernando Valley area. Sept. 11
More than 3.6 million Mexicans — nearly 75% of L.A. County’s total Latino American population — are proud to call Los Angeles home. Thousands gathered in East Los Angeles to celebrate Mexican Independence Day on Sunday, Sept. 10. Cheerleders from Garfield High School ride in the East Los Angeles Mexican Independence Parade. September 1, 2023.
In an effort to prevent disenfranchising ethnic voters during the 2024 presidential elections, Los Angeles County will pursue creation of additional in-person voting centers in non-English speaking communities, and will incentivize the hiring of bilingual polling workers. An initiative including a broad array of actions was ordered by the L.A. County Board of Supervisors on
A convicted murderer on the run after breaking out of prison was shot at by a homeowner who found him in his garage stealing a rifle, US authorities said. Hundreds of state and local police along with federal agents are searching for 34-year-old Brazilian Danelo Cavalcante following his escape from Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania
US President Joe Biden could be facing a possible impeachment inquiry over his family’s business dealings. US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said he is directing committees to open a formal investigation into what he called a “culture of corruption” around the first family. He said over the past few months “House Republicans have uncovered
Drew Barrymore has been dropped as host of the National Book Awards ceremony in the US, after resuming filming of her talk show during the Hollywood writers’ strike. Barrymore has faced criticism and been accused of “scabbing” on social media after announcing the decision, and striking writers picketed the recording of the first show in
Apple has announced its new iPhone 15 range with a USB-C charging port, ditching its lightning standard to comply with EU rules. It marks the first time since 2012 that the tech giant has changed the connector on its flagship device. The switch had been anticipated since last year, when the EU mandated that all
Zeus, the world’s tallest male dog, has died from complications following treatment for bone cancer, Guinness World Records has said. The Great Dane, who stood at one metre tall, was awarded the title in 2022. He was three years old and would have turned four in November. He died from pneumonia following surgery to remove
Pop megastar Taylor Swift has dominated yet another awards show – taking home the top prize and several other gongs at MTV’s Video Music Awards. “This is unbelievable,” Swift told the crowd as she picked up the prize for video of the year for Anti-Hero, the first single from her 2022 album, Midnights. The star
The ‘magic bullet’ theory that describes how a single bullet killed John F Kennedy and injured another has been cast into doubt by an ex-Secret Service agent. Paul Landis, now 88, was in close-proximity to the then president on 22 November 1963, as the motorcade, also carrying First Lady Jackie Kennedy, and Texas Governor John
Kanye West is being sued by a former employee who claims he was forced to work in dangerous conditions and sleep on the floor of a property the rapper was renovating. Tony Saxon claims he is owed $1m (£800,000) in unpaid wages and loss of earnings after working as a project manager, full-time security, and
Ariana Grande has opened up about her use of Botox and lip filler, which she said she “hid behind”. The singer-songwriter, 30, said she stopped using the cosmetics in 2018 during a makeup tutorial video for Vogue. She used makeup as a “disguise” over the years, she said, especially as she started her career “so
A convicted murderer who broke out of prison by “crab-walking” over the walls has been caught after a nearly two-week-long manhunt. Danelo Cavalcante broke out of Chester County Prison in Pennsylvania on 31 August. CCTV showed the 34-year-old stretching himself between a pair of parallel walls from the prison’s recreation yard in order to climb
Angela Rayner declared the battle to win over voters at the next general election is “getting started” as she revealed Labour’s vision to boost workers’ rights. In a speech at the TUC conference in Liverpool, Labour’s deputy leader gave a “cast iron commitment” to push through an employment rights bill in the party’s first 100
A lack of cyber security experts in Whitehall should “send a chill down the government’s spine”, according to a new report. The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said there was a “digital skills shortage” across departments, with just 4.5% of the civil service made up of tech professionals – compared to between 8% and 12% in
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and Health Secretary Steve Barclay will today meet health experts as they seek to “mitigate winter pressures” hitting the NHS this year. The pair will hold a roundtable with clinical leaders in Downing Street, aiming to “improve performance and drive forward planning” to ease the impact on the health service in
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