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Santa Anita Park has canceled Monday’s Presidents Day racing card due to the heavy rain in the forecast, track officials announced Saturday. The nine-race programs on Saturday and Sunday will go ahead as scheduled, with good weather predicted and first post time each day at 12:30 p.m., track officials said. Additionally, Santa Anita will be

Due to a sinkhole, the northbound 405 Skirball Center and Mulholland Drive off-ramp will be closed indefinitely. Caltrans announced the closure on Feb. 12 and has advised drivers to use alternate exits. For now, the project is listed as long term by Caltrans and there is no information on what caused the sinkhole. 🚧TRAFFIC ADVISORY🚧

Three California Highway Patrol officers were injured Friday in a crash while in pursuit of a driver near Sherman Oaks. The crash was reported sometime before 11:30 p.m. near an off-ramp of the northbound 405 Freeway. There, three CHP officers in two patrol vehicles were chasing a driver in a vehicle stolen from Cal Poly

After weeks of vandalism and trespassing at what has now been dubbed the “Graffiti Towers” in downtown Los Angeles, new court documents suggest the graffiti may be just the beginning of the problems at the Oceanwide Plaza Development. In July 2015, Oceanwide hired the construction company Lendlease as the general contractor to oversee the project.

Two Los Angeles firefighters remained hospitalized in critical condition Friday after they were injured in a compressed natural gas truck explosion in Wilmington. One of the firefighters, a 37-year-old, 9-year LAFD veteran, was airlifted to a burn center for specialty care, LAFD Capt. Erik Scott said Friday. The other hospitalized firefighter was in critical, but

City officials and the Los Angeles Police Department toured inside the failed Oceanwide Plaza development in downtown LA to determine the costs to secure the site and discourage any more vandalism on the property. One LAPD Sergeant’s first reaction was that ‘it’s destroyed’ and reminds him of Chernobyl. “There’s a lot of vandalism that is

For many teens who serve time behind bars, getting out and going on to college may seem unrealistic or impossible. But thanks to a program founded by formerly incarcerated students, recently released inmates have a pathway to pursue college degrees at the University of California, Irvine. Shawn Khalifa on campus is one of the few

Firefighters were injured when a compressed natural gas tank on a truck exploded Thursday morning on a street in Wilmington. The powerful explosion was reported at about 7 a.m. in the 1100 block of North Alameda Street. Details about the initial fire response that brought firefighters to the location near a truck yard next to

The California Highway Patrol initiated a pursuit in Riverside, the driver was allegedly wanted for domestic violence, carjacking, and a no-bail warrant. In the Encino area, the driver collided with a center divider on the northbound 101 Freeway, causing significant damage to the vehicle. The damaged vehicle slowed down, providing an opportunity for the CHP

A recent decline in arrests for illegal crossings on the U.S. border with Mexico may prove only temporary. The drop in January reflects how the numbers ebb and flow, and the reason usually goes beyond any single factor. After a record-breaking number of encounters at the southern border in December, crossings dropped by half last

Three people were arrested Tuesday in thefts of bronze plaques in the Harbor Area and other locations in Los Angeles. The arrests were made during a traffic stop in southwest Los Angeles. Details about the arrests were not immediately available. Plaques at the Port of Los Angeles were stolen from the American Merchant Marine Veterans

For many people, going on a romantic date is a cause of great stress. This year, Valentine’s Day is celebrated on the same day as Ash Wednesday. The last time that happened was in 2018, and it will happen again in 2029. For those who consider faith an important part of their lives, the coincidence

In his first time hosting “The Daily Show” since 2015, Jon Stewart didn’t hold back. In his opening monologue, which had become an iconic part of his original 16-year run on the show, Stewart took on the 2024 presidential election and its two leading candidates: Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden. Specifically, Stewart

Los Angeles City officials further sounded the alarm Monday after video circulated on social media, appearing to show someone paragliding from unfinished towers that attracted graffiti artists and taggers in Downtown LA. The buildings captured in the footage appear to be the same unfinished high risers that were tagged with nearly 30 floors of graffiti.

A man was found dead early Monday near a school following a shooting in Cudahy. The body was found around 12:30 a.m. in the 5000 block of Live Oak Street near the Ellen Ochoa Learning Center in the community south of downtown Los Angeles. The man died at the scene. No arrests were reported early

A security guard at a South Los Angeles home department store fatally shot a man who allegedly tried to leave the scene after authorities say he assaulted someone, according to police. The shooting was reported shortly after 1 p.m. Sunday at a Home Depot store on Slauson Avenue, the Los Angeles Police Department said. There,

A two-seater aircraft crashed today at John Wayne Airport, injuring a 20-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy inside, authorities said. The conditions of the occupants inside the Evektor Harmony were not immediately known and it was unclear who was piloting the airplane, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Larry Kurtz told City News Service. Firefighters and

Spencer Dinwiddie signed Saturday with his hometown Los Angeles Lakers, finding a new team quickly after getting traded by the Brooklyn Nets. The point guard was traded by the Nets to Toronto on Thursday and then was waived. He cleared waivers Saturday and by then had already made up his mind that he was going

Long Beach police on Saturday arrested a man suspected of talking his way into the home of an elderly woman and sexually assaulting her. The attack was reported at 10:47 a.m. Friday in the area of Third Street and Temple Avenue in Bluff Heights, according to a Long Beach Police Department bulletin. The man allegedly told the victim

Originally appeared on E! Online King Charles III is speaking out for the first time since it was revealed he is battling cancer. On Feb. 10, five days after Buckingham Palace announced the monarch’s diagnosis, the 75-year-old released a personal letter to the public. “I would like to express my most heartfelt thanks for the