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A yearlong investigation into a San Bernardino street gang’s criminal activity has netted 180 arrests, shuttered 30 illegal gambling operations and resulted in the seizure of more than 100 assault weapons and handguns, authorities announced Thursday. San Bernardino police last year began investigating illegal firearms sales involving Westside Verdugo, a Latino street gang rooted in

Police said the victim, longtime Orange County Register editor Eugene Harbrecht, was turning onto Santa Clara Avenue from Bristol Street when two racing cars came toward him at about 11:45 a.m.

“Holidays in the Village, A European Marketplace,” takes place on Dec. 12 in Westlake Village. (Photo courtesy of Holidays in the Village) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area, Dec. 9-16. EVENTS Gem Faire in Santa Barbara: International gem and jewelry dealers show

Donald R. Gerth, a former president of Cal State Dominguez Hills and an influential figure in the CSU system for five decades, has died. He was 93. Gerth died Monday evening, Dec. 6, at his home in Carmichael, according to an obituary released by Cal State Dominguez Hills. No cause of death was given. Gerth,

SUN VALLEY — For over two hours, 87 firefighters battled flames late Tuesday into early Wednesday at a commercial building in Sun Valley before taking control of the fire. Fire crews responded about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday to the corner of Sunland Boulevard and San Fernando Road, where they found a two-story structure with heavy flames

Police have made an arrest in the murder of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, the wife of music executive Clarence Avant, who was shot to death during a home invasion at the couple’s Beverly Hills home.

Nearly 500 Los Angeles Unified school employees were fired Tuesday, Dec. 7, for refusing to comply with a district mandate that they get their COVID-19 vaccine shots. The school board voted 7-0 in separate motions to terminate the workers, of whom most, if not all, presumably had been on leave since mid-October when LAUSD staffers

A new report out Tuesday, Dec. 7, suggests that most Los Angeles families want school leaders to reimagine public education and to not simply return to the old ways of doing things post-pandemic. The report, which lays out the results of a survey conducted this fall as the majority of students and families were readjusting

Jurors began hearing closing arguments Monday in San Bernardino Superior Court in a trial pitting a Yucaipa woman against biotech giant Monsanto, but it had been months since they had stepped foot inside the courtroom. About six months after the county resumed in-person jury trials following the pandemic-inspired hiatus, several attorneys representing the defunct Monsanto

USS Nevada model with John Stewart in 2016. Stewart has restored the film prop that has appeared in several local parades. Eighty years after the USS Nevada was bombed at Pearl Harbor, a nearly 40-foot-long replica scale model of the ship used in the 1970 film “Tora! Tora! Tora” sits in a Wilmington warehouse on

The 38th annual Granada Hills Holiday Parade returned live on Sunday, Dec. 5, after being a virtual presentation in 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The crowd at this year’s “A Charles Dickens Christmas”-themed event enjoyed the musical performances, drill teams, equestrian units, vintage cars, community groups and a special appearance by Santa and Mrs. Claus.

Jeff Norton brings out characters for his ‘Griswold Christmas House Display” that is based on the movie, ‘National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” in La Mirada on Friday December 3, 2021. Turner drew the attention and possible fine from the city for his fake second story to match the real Griswold house. (Photo by Keith Durflinger, Contributing

A display of America’s military strength is growing at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum with an M-1 Abrams tank, known as the fiercest of the U.S. ground combat vehicles, joining the collection. “The tank is a powerful symbol of American might,” Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth said Saturday, Dec. 4, during an

A wreath with symbolic colored candles is used for Advent. The second Sunday in Advent is Dec. 5, 2021. Traditionally, one candle is lit for each of the four Sundays in Advent. The first candle, violet colored, is said to represent hope. The rose colored candle is lit on the third Sunday and represents joy.

A sign that read “Stop Asian Hate” was posted on a lectern in the middle of Smith Park on Friday in San Gabriel. It was a frightening reminder that hate crimes against Asians have risen in recent years. Officials from Asian Americans Advancing Justice Los Angeles, Asian Youth Center and Chinatown Service Center were on

VALLEY VILLAGE — Two suspects are on the loose Friday morning after committing what police believe is a follow-home robbery in Valley Village. The victims were returning home from a club in Hollywood about 2:45 a.m. Friday and on their way to drop off someone on the 12000 block of Albers Street when a vehicle

Southern California has its first confirmed case of the new Omicron coronavirus variant, Los Angeles County public health officials confirmed Thursday evening, Dec. 2, a day after the country’s first case was confirmed in San Francisco. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health said in a Thursday statement that the individual returned to the

Stained glass houses, created from recycled materials by artist Tom Fruin, are lit up at the “Enchanted Forest of Light” attraction at Descanso Gardens in La Canada Flintridge, CA, on Monday, November 22, 2021. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Here is a sampling of things to do in-person and online in the

Los Angeles County public health officials reported 1,473 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,528,586, as of Wednesday, Dec. 1. The total number of cases represents 15% of Los Angeles County’s population. Officials reported 18 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since, for a total of 27,184 deaths since