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Though many restaurants remain closed during the pandemic, dining and dashing still remains a problem, and even forced one restaurant owner to close up shop. Sara Donchey reports.

A former employee of a Panda Express in Santa Clarita alleges she was required to strip down to her underwear and hug a partially clad co-worker during a “cult-like ritual” at a 2019 training seminar sponsored by the company as a prerequisite to promotion. The 23-year-old woman is suing Panda Restaurant Group, headquartered in Rosemead,

LOS ANGELES — A judge granted a temporary restraining order Monday allowing the city of Burbank to enforce its closure order of a local restaurant that had continued offering outdoor dining service during the coronavirus pandemic despite the revocation of its health and conditional-use permits. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mitchell L. Beckloff issued the

A family cat perished in a house fire this week in Reseda. On Wednesday, March 3, 26 firefighters extinguished the blaze at the single-story home on the 7700 block of Geyser Avenue in 18 minutes, said Nicholas Prange, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department. LAFD firefighters attacked the one-room fire from both inside

MONTEREY – Proposed legislation co-sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Panetta, D-Carmel Valley, would open up eligibility for inoculation to all veterans regardless of their status in health care with the Veterans Administration. “Currently, the (Veterans Administration) only has the authority to administer COVID vaccines to those enrolled in its health care system, leaving out millions of

When you park your car at lots near LAX, employees know it’ll be there a while. David Goldstein reports.

PORTER RANCH — Two vehicles collided Saturday afternoon in Porter Ranch, killing a driver who ran a red light. The collision was reported at 2:39 p.m. in the 10800 block of North Tampa Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Brian Humphrey. One vehicle ran a red light and was broadsided by another vehicle,

Los Angeles Fire Department crews attempted to pull the innocent driver, identified as 37-year-old Jeeves Tangonan, from his vehicle following the crash, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Temple Beth Emet in Burbank. (Google Earth) Here is a sampling of upcoming services and events that are online, and some in-person, in the San Fernando Valley area. Temple Beth Hillel services: Havdalah online, 7 p.m. March 6 (click on the Facebook link from here: (bit.ly/3c1VE6v). A Shabbat service, 7 p.m. March 12 (bit.ly/3qhREnm). The

Los Angeles Unified teachers and other school employees represented by the local teachers union drew a line in the sand this week by voting overwhelmingly to refuse to return for in-person work if officials make it mandatory before all three conditions the union has asked for to ensure schools reopen safely are met, the union

The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has concluded Inglewood did not break the law by paying the mayor’s former assistant and ex-girlfriend more than $400,000 annually in salary and benefits, according to a newly released closing memorandum. Deputy District Attorney Michele Gilmer found the city increased Melanie McDade-Dickens’ salary through simultaneous “acting” and “assignment”

Residents of a Granada Hills neighborhood fear for their safety and property values after what looks to be a junkyard has taken over one home’s front yard.

A pitch to build a solar and wind project in Jawbone Canyon in the Mojave Desert could cost two Vernon City Council members their seats. The tiny manufacturing city’s three other council members, two former mayors and the Vernon Chamber of Commerce are backing a recall effort against Diana Gonzales and Carol Menke over their

LOS ANGELES — In the first two months of this year, Los Angeles Police Department officers fielded 570 reports of shots fired, up 88% from the 303 incidents during same time frame in 2020 — and 267 people were hit by gunfire, a 141% increase from the 111 people wounded in the time frame in

LOS ANGELES — One person was killed Wednesday night in a hit-and-run crash near a neighborhood in the unincorporated Topanga area. All lanes closed at 4201 Topanga Cyn Blvd due to a fatal traffic collision. Incident being handled by @CHPWestValley. @thelocalmalibu @malibudailynews @acornnewspaper @TheMalibuTimes @991KBU pic.twitter.com/jLJYTjcp4F — LASD Lost Hills Stn. (@LHSLASD) March 4, 2021

Plans are underway to bring most junior lifeguard programs back at Southern California beaches, with registration and tryouts already starting or kicking off in coming weeks. San Clemente, which nixed its junior lifeguard program last year because of coronavirus concerns, announced recently it will run its program this summer. Other agencies that had scaled-down their

A Moreno Valley man was behind bars Friday, accused of trying to bury his wife alive.

As of Tuesday, March 2, the California Department of Public Health’s Vaccine Dashboard shows about 12 million doses have been shipped throughout the state (1.7 million more than last week) and of those, 9.3 million have been administered (up 1.8 million from last week). According to Bloomberg’s COVID vaccine dashboard, 16.5% of California’s population (up

Two brothers have been arrested in the beating death of a groom at his own wedding reception in the early morning hours Sunday in Chino.