A brutal beating of a man in Newport Beach that was caught on video could be part of a larger trend.
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The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after a retired detective was caught on camera using a racial slur during a confrontation with a Black man.
HOLLYWOOD — One person died and five were hospitalized after a shooting in Hollywood on Sunday night. Multiple people were shot and one person is dead tonight in #Hollywood after an incident near Gower and Afton Place (one block from Sunset Gower Studios). @LAFD says 3 people shot are in critical condition. 1 person was
Southern California theme parks, restaurants and other retail outlets are scrambling to fill openings as COVID-19 restrictions loosen and the summer season approaches. Many employers, struggling to find enough workers amid a reawakening economy, are offering higher wages and incentives to lure new hires. Raging Waters, one of the Southland’s most popular summer attractions, canceled
A donation of 8,000 books, toys and other on Friday, May 7, increased the number of gifts the local tourism bureau has received for the migrant children staying at the Long Beach Convention Center to more than 28,000 — with more than half of that coming within 48 hours. The Church of Jesus Christ of
First Presbyterian Church of Granada Hills on Zelzah Avenue in Northridge. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of indoor, outdoor and online religious services in the San Fernando Valley area. Encountering Christ in Harmony: The Office of Ethnic Ministry of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles presents an online talk by the Rev. Linh Hoang,
A man incarcerated at a county jail facility attacked a Sheriff’s Department employee this week in what authorities are investigating as a hate crime, authorities said Friday, May 7. The assault happened on May 5 at the Inmate Reception Center, inside the Twin Towers jail in downtown Los Angeles. In a video released by the
Los Angeles County public health officials reported 421 new cases of the coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases to 1,235,118 as of Friday, May 7. Officials reported 16 new deaths linked to the coronavirus, for a total 23,980 deaths since tracking began. There were 11 fewer hospitalizations reported since Thursday, reducing the official count
Los Angeles Council President Nury Martinez is giving “serious thought” to running for mayor in 2022, her political consultant said this week. Roy Behr, the council president’s consultant, said that Martinez “has received some encouragement, and given her commitment to helping the city recover, she’s given that (a run for mayor in 2022) serious thought.”
By MARGARET SHUTTLEWORTH | City News Service LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Budget and Finance Committee heard the last round of public comment Thursday on the mayor’s proposed budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, and many people called in to oppose a 3% increase to the police department’s budget and call for additional funding
A driver and her passenger ran from the scene of a two-vehicle crash that killed three men in Anaheim early Tuesday morning, but were later found in the emergency room of a local hospital. Michele Gile reports.
Dr. Lucy Jones fondly remembers the days when she would take her children to the Pasadena Central Library. “That’s the building where I taught my kids to read,” she said. “… It was an experience.” It was a moment of added poignancy for the renowned seismology expert, who like many in a city with a
In California, 2,956 new cases of the coronavirus were reported, bringing the total number of cases so far to 3,723,330, according to Tuesday’s end-of-day totals on public health websites. The 14-day average of new cases is at 1,829. There were 86 new deaths reported statewide Tuesday, for a total of 61,675 people who have died
Jane Boeckmann, the first lady of Galpin Motors and matriarch of the Southern California auto-dealership family, has died at age 90, according to family members. Her life story — which included piloting planes and driving race cars, as well as myriad honors for both business and humanitarian endeavors — was surely worthy of a movie.
As of Tuesday, May 4, the California Department of Public Health’s vaccine dashboard showed about 39.4 million doses have been shipped throughout the state and of those, 30.7 million have been administered (about 4 million in the last two weeks). According to Bloomberg’s dashboard tracking vaccine distribution, 44.4% of California’s population has received at least
Tattooed Chef, a plant-based food company based in Paramount, is looking to expand its offerings with the acquisition of two Albuquerque businesses that specialize in Mexican food. The company has entered into agreements to acquire New Mexico Food Distributors Inc. and Karsten Tortilla Factory LLC — collectively known as Foods of New Mexico — for
LOS ANGELES — A citywide emergency alert will be sent to cell phones in Los Angeles Monday to remind people to get a free COVID-19 vaccine. “We’re using every tool at our disposal to encourage Angelenos to get vaccinated,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Twitter Monday morning. The Wireless Emergency Alert will be sent to
A man who died in a police shootout in Fullerton after allegedly carrying out a killing spree in Los Angeles hours earlier was identified Wednesday as 49-year-old Carlos Lopez.
It took 41 Los Angeles firefighters 24 minutes to extinguish a blaze late Friday at a single-story home in Tarzana. A knockdown was declared at 9:45 p.m. for the fire on the 6200 block of Tampa Avenue, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. Los Angeles firefighters attack a blaze late Friday, April 30,
Inglewood faces three lawsuits stemming from an April 2019 crash involving Mayor James T. Butts Jr. that “severely injured” an LAPD officer, with one of the suits asking for more than $300,000 and the other two pushing for undisclosed amounts. Butts, whose driving is described as negligent in all three lawsuits, allegedly ran a red