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Baldwin Park’s former city attorney “knowingly and intentionally” assisted in a bribery and wire fraud scheme that funneled $70,000 in illicit payoffs to former Councilman Ricardo Pacheco to secure his vote on a cannabis permit, according to federal authorities. The new allegations against Robert Tafoya became public last week following the federal grand jury indictment

A giant UPS airplane waits at the end of the runway for the Plane Pull to Benefit Special Olympics Athletes to begin at Long Beach Airport on September 23, 2023. (Photo by Stephanie E’amato, Contributing Photographer) Aubrey Hernandez (age 4) helps her dad, Robert Hernandez, and their team, KP Spirit, pull the rope of that

There is a small plaque along the overgrown pathway outside the house where Candy Cane Lane’s Ebenezer Scrooge lives — designating it as a Backyard Wildlife Habitat. It sits on the corner of Lubao Avenue and Oxnard Street where, every Christmas season, neighbors residing on half-acre lots here display elaborate holiday decorations for thousands of

They’ve been walking on air for weeks. But less than a month after bringing home the Little League World Series championship, the young All-Stars from El Segundo embarked on a journey that would take them 1,000 feet above their hometown. “You’ve done many things before, but this is probably better than a few of them,

The Destruction of Pharaoh’s Host; 1836; John Martin, (British, 1789-1854); Watercolor and oil paint, with pen and brown ink and scraping out over black chalk; 58.4 x 85.7 cm (23 x 33 3/4 in.); Getty Museum; 2018.45, is part of the “Finding an Audience: Nineteenth-Century Drawings,” Sept. 26 to Jan. 7, 2024. (Photo from The

Looking ahead, the numbers are startling. In the next 15 to 20 years, the San Pedro Community Plan envisions adding 4,500 housing units and 5,000 new jobs. Those statistics were shared Thursday, Sept. 21, by Los Angeles Councilmember Tim McOsker at his first State of the District speech since being elected in November. “Because we

The Los Angeles harbor commission declined to approve buying a natural gas compressor for the Port of LA on Thursday, Sept. 21, even though a zero-emissions model is not yet available for that equipment — underscoring the challenges transitioning to ZE equipment. With only three of the five commission members present, the proposal failed when

Shaw Industries Group is shifting its residential carpet manufacturing operations in Santa Fe Springs to northwest Georgia in a move that will eliminate 291 local jobs. The company also is closing a plant in Yuma, Arizona, affecting 249 jobs there, the company said. Shaw said it already is scaling back work at the two facilities and

A bear roaming in a residential area of Sierra Madre on Tuesday has been safely caught after a week that included two bear sightings in residential and business areas amid rising numbers of such encounters, authorities said. The female young adult bear was spotted in a front yard on Montecito Avenue, according to California Department

Khloe Williams sat in a child-sized pink chair arranging the letters in an A-B-C puzzle, before feasting her eyes on the bookshelves. “I want to read this one,” she said, pointing to the book she called her favorite, called “The Planets,” and then to a bigger book, “8 Little Planets.” The curious 9-year-old, who enjoys

By Amelia Pollard and Dave Liedtka | Bloomberg The managers of bankrupt crypto exchange FTX sued the parents of co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer Sam Bankman-Fried to “recover millions of dollars in fraudulently transferred and misappropriated funds.” Allan Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried allegedly exploited their access and influence within FTX to “enrich themselves,

Every track is different, and this one will go up the stairs at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for Saturday’s SuperMotocross World Championship finals — but not before 40 million pounds of dirt, brought in 750 truckloads, is used to cover USC football’s grass field. The truckloads of dirt have been used over and over

A view from the San Fernando Valley: In the file photo, LA Metro cameras at the Metro G Line, also known as the Orange Busway, on De Soto Avenue and Victory Boulevard are meant to keep people safe. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Community meetings bring people together for exchange of ideas

Reseda Church of Christ on Reseda Boulevard at Ingomar Street. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of upcoming faith gatherings in the San Fernando Valley area. Sept. 16 Sherman Oaks Lutheran Church: The Rev. Titus Utecht delivers the message at the “Real Presence” service, 5 p.m. Also, a traditional/blended service, 10 a.m. Sept. 17.

A bill heading to Gov. Gavin Newsom’s desk could direct hundreds of millions of state dollars to Los Angeles County’s troubled juvenile halls, but youth justice advocates and two county supervisors are pushing for a veto, arguing it would waste money on a “very broken system.” AB 695, introduced by Assemblymember Blanca Pacheco, would give

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department confirmed Saturday night that a deputy was “found in medical distress in front of the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station” about 6 p.m. and was transported to a nearby hospital. The department later said the deputy was shot in his patrol car, and despite the best efforts of medical personnel he

Exactly 10 years ago this week, I wrote a column on a remarkable woman named Hilda Lassalette. She had just published her first romance novel, and was four chapters into her second, in what she envisioned would be a trilogy. She had high aspirations for a woman who was about to celebrate her 97th birthday.

When most hear about an organized cleanup day in Southern California, they usually flock to the beaches or the banks of the L.A. River and fill up garbage bags with trash they’ve collected. But on Sept. 23, the mountains will get a little love during National Public Lands Day. Hikers take in a picturesque view

Nearly 60,000 Kaiser Permanente workers say they’re ready to launch a strike if they can’t reach a labor agreement with the healthcare giant by Sept. 30 when their contract expires. The California employees, represented by SEIU-United Healthcare Workers West, claim they’re understaffed, underpaid and facing a host of other challenges while negotiations drag on. The

In an eight-mile swath of a damaged creek in unincorporated Santa Clarita, the connections between humans, nature, water supplies and survival of a rare fish are frayed by climate change. “This is a story about climate resiliency,” summed up Kerjon Lee, spokesperson for Los Angeles County Public Works, the lead agency in a multi-faceted project