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An Orange County nonprofit returns for its biggest fundraiser auctioning custom playhouses to raise money to build homeless shelters. “Project Playhouse” auctions the one-of-a-kind playhouses that are built with the craftsmanship of a regular home but on a smaller scale. The miniature homes feature running water and electricity. The playhouses go for anywhere from $20,000

A U.S. military operation Thursday in Iraq killed at least 15 Islamic State militant group fighters, and several U.S. soldiers suffered injuries, three U.S. defense officials said, according to NBC News. None of the injures to the half-dozen U.S. soldiers were described as life threatening. Several were possible traumatic brain injuries, and at least one

Former Los Angeles City Councilmember José Huizar has another month before he has to begin his 13-year prison sentence as the result of convictions for accepting bribes and cheating on taxes, new court filings revealed Friday. Huizar, who pleaded guilty in January 2023 to felony charges of conspiracy to violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt

As Matt Simpson strolls off the goalball court, balls echo throughout the gymnasium. Simpson is sporting a black eye while his teammates continue practicing. The room is chaotic and the energy is high, but the most notable part of this room is that nobody is in it but Team USA Goalball. For the first time,

A missing 14-year-old girl, her newborn daughter and her 15-year-old sister-in-law who had been the subject of an Ebony Alert after last being seen in El Sereno have been found, the California Highway Patrol reported Thursday evening. Amoria Brown, 14, her newborn daughter Omoria Brown, who has been diagnosed with a heart condition and requires

A trial began Thursday in the 2022 killing of a UCLA student who was fatally stabbed while working inside a furniture store in Hancock Park. Brianna Kupfer, who was a 24-year-old at the time of her death, was stabbed nearly a dozen times on Jan. 13, 2022 during her shift inside the Croft House furniture

The Israeli military said it has killed five more militants in a large-scale operation in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, including a well-known local commander. There was no immediate Palestinian confirmation of the death of Mohammed Jaber, known as Abu Shujaa, a commander in the Islamic Jihad militant group in the Nur Shams refugee

Half a dozen Shake Shack locations will soon be closed for good in California, the restaurant chain confirmed. Citing “various factors” that include underperformance, the chain said the following locations will soon shut down: Silverlake Koreatown Westfield Topanga Downtown Culver City Bunker Hill Oakland “We remain focused on supporting our team members through this transition

Originally appeared on E! Online Simone Biles is still celebrating going for the gold. The 27-year-old has cemented herself as the most decorated gymnast in history, and the athlete decided to show off her bling in a new photoshoot. Posing with all 11 of her Olympic medals, Biles celebrated her many victories in an Aug.

Israel launched raids across the occupied West Bank on Wednesday, where its forces killed at least nine Palestinians and sealed off the volatile city of Jenin, according to Palestinian officials. Israel has carried out near-daily raids across the West Bank since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack out of Gaza triggered the ongoing war there. Palestinian militant

A man was arrested after he stole a cart full of merchandise from a Target store in Chino and took off in a getaway U-Haul truck, police said Tuesday. The Chino Police Department said an officer who was patrolling the Target parking lot was alerted by the store about a grand theft. Police bodycam footage

A group of Jewish organizations that are suing the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD) filed a motion to add more alleged evidence to bolster their claims that the district violated California’s opening meetings laws to exclude the Jewish community’s input in approving the ethnic studies courses.  The Anti-Defamation League, the Louis D. Brandeis Center

Dozens of families in East Los Angeles have been ordered to vacate and stay away from their homes Monday as SWAT officers work to persuade a man barricaded in a residence to come out. The hours-long incident began around 3:45 p.m. on the 4700 block of Dozier Street after sheriff’s deputies responded to a call

A Woodland Hills doctor who was fatally shot outside the urgent care where he worked may have been targeted, police say. Patients of Dr. Hamid Mirshojae are still grappling with the medical professional’s violent death after a gunman opened fire on him before the weekend. Police said the shooting happened at about 5:30 p.m. Friday

Family members and police asked for help Monday to find a newborn baby with a heart condition and two girls who disappeared Sunday in the East Los Angeles area. Fourteen-year-old Amoria Brown, her 3-week-old daughter Omoria, and 15-year-old sister-in-law Sanaii Brown were last seen about 10 p.m. Sunday in the 5200 block of East Huntington

Multiple southbound lanes of the 405 Freeway were blocked off following a collision with multiple vehicles on Sunday night. A witness told the California Highway Patrol that around 9:30 p.m. a crash on the southbound side of the freeway just north of Mulholland Drive was blocking middle lanes with one vehicle on fire. Four vehicles

Lily Allen is setting the record straight after she received a negative reaction to returning her adopted puppy. The British singer wrote in a series of Instagram stories shared Aug. 25 that she has been receiving “abhorrent messages, including death threats.” The messages come after Allen revealed that she and her husband, “Stranger Things” star David

Authorities are investigating after two men were shot to death in the same general area in Carson late Saturday. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department was informed of the shootings around 11:30 p.m. and responded to the 100 block of 234th Street. In that general area, two men were found shot just blocks from each

The city of Redondo Beach is warning the public about fraudulent QR codes placed on parking meters to scam people. About 150 parking meters were discovered to have fake QR code stickers along the Esplanade and Riviera Village area. The stickers were strategically placed near legitimate ParkMobile and PayByPhone labels. When scanning the fake QR

The two astronauts who will spend extra time at the International Space Station are Navy test pilots who have ridden out long missions before. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have been holed up at the space station with seven others since the beginning of June, awaiting a verdict on how — and when —