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What to Know USC will not have its usual main stage ceremony. The university will hold more than 100 smaller commencement events. Graduates will be eligible to receive up to eight tickets for the event. USC’s commencement ceremonies kick off Wednesday, May 8 through May 11, with over 100 events for the class of 2024.

A federal judge indefinitely postponed the criminal classified documents trial of former President Donald Trump. The trial on charges that Trump willfully retained classified national security records after leaving the White House and then hid them from federal authorities was scheduled to start May 20. But the new ruling from U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon

Donald Trump returns to his hush money trial Tuesday facing a threat of jail time for additional gag order violations as prosecutors gear up to summon big-name witnesses including porn actor Stormy Daniels. An attorney for Daniels, Clark Brewster, told The Associated Press that the porn actor, whose real name is Stephanie Clifford, is “likely” to

If Donald Trump keeps trying the patience of the judge presiding over his hush money trial, the former president could wind up back in his home New York City borough of Queens — specifically the prison on Rikers Island, experts said Monday. Judge Juan Merchan, who on Monday found that Trump once again had violated a

After historic winter storms flooded California’s rivers and packed mountains with snow, the state reported Monday the first increase in groundwater supplies in four years. The state saw 4.1 million acre-feet of managed groundwater recharge in the water year ending in September, and an 8.7 million acre-feet increase in groundwater storage, California’s Department of Water Resources

After years of delays and stumbles, Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA. It’s the first flight of Boeing’s Starliner capsule with a crew on board, a pair of NASA pilots who will check out the spacecraft during the test drive and a weeklong stay at the space

Prosecutors in Donald Trump‘s hush money trial are moving deeper into his orbit following an inside-the-room account about the former president’s reaction to a politically damaging recording that surfaced in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign. Hope Hicks, a former White House official and for years a top aide, is by far the closest

UCLA Chancellor Gene Block announced a newly created Office of Campus Safety Sunday to administer policing and emergency management in the aftermath of campus unrest over pro-Palestinian demonstrations. The school had came under heavy criticism for its response to violence that broke out at a protest encampment last week, with Gov. Gavin Newsom and other

What to Know Unrest began last month after USC announced it canceled the graduation speech from its pro-Palestinian valedictorian. After the LAPD clashed with pro-Palestinian protesters on campus on April 24, more than 90 demonstrators were arrested. USC has restricted the public’s access to its main campus, allowing only students, faculty and staff with valid

A reward of up to $50,000 is being offered in exchange for information that would lead to the arrest of a hit-and-run driver who killed a bicyclist Friday night in the Lake Balboa area, the Los Angeles Police Department said. The LAPD is seeking the public’s help in locating the driver of a silver SUV

Firefighters from a severely damaged fire station in Huntington Park are being relocated to a station in Vernon, CountySupervisor Janice Hahn said Saturday. The fire broke out early Wednesday at LA County Fire Station 164 at 6301 Santa Fe Ave. No injuries were reported, and the flames were extinguished in about an hour and 20

In the wake of canceling its annual commencement ceremony amid ongoing pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campus, USC has announced a plan to host a new last-minute celebration event for graduates. The event is being called the Trojan Family Graduate Celebration and will be held at the LA Memorial Coliseum on Thursday, May 9. “We know many

Leaders with the Jewish and American Muslim communities both believe safety should be the top concern at UCLA after the Pro-Palestinian encampment caused unrest and chaos on campus this past week. They are demanding UCLA provide security for everyone — something they said did not happen during the protests. With five weeks left in the

The Los Angeles Police Department’s review of officers’ use of force in 2023 showed there were three more police shootings, 17 more significant uses of force, four more in-custody deaths, and three more accidental shootings by officers in comparison with 2022. The LAPD said nine officers were injured in the 2023 shootings. Of those struck

Metro warned of possible delays on several bus lines Friday as operators threatened to miss work in a protest. Metro issued a statement Friday morning, responding to the planned work sickout. “We appeal to our operators to reconsider the impact their plan to call in sick will have on some of the most vulnerable people

A tuberculosis outbreak among residents of a single-room occupancy hotel in Long Beach has left one person dead and led to the hospitalizations of nine others, prompting the declaration of a public health emergency, city officials said Thursday. The city Department of Health and Human Services insists the risk of exposure to the general public

The U.S. Department of Education was asked to investigate Thursday whether civil rights were violated at UCLA where hundreds were arrested following several days of protest by pro-Palestinian and counter demonstrators.  Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur, a Democrat, sought an “immediate” probe to examine whether Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was violated

A man was killed early Wednesday in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting in the Granada Hills area. The shooting occurred at about 1 a.m. near Rinaldi Street and Shoshone Avenue, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the victim, who died at a hospital. The man was a passenger in

The wife of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy is recounting the moment her husband was shot while he was on his patrol motorcycle at a red light last week. Sheriff’s deputy Samuel Aispuro, 43, is recovering from the wounds he sustained while on duty in West Covina. The incident occurred on April 22 while

The United States Geological Survey reported a preliminary magnitude-4.1 earthquake shook the area of Corona Wednesday afternoon. The Los Angeles Fire Department said the quake was recorded to be magnitude 4.3, 48 miles from downtown Los Angeles. “Firefighters from all 106 fire stations provide a complete survey of 407 sq miles in greater LA to