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Newly appointed members to the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, Michael Muñoz, left, and Lee Williams, in San Pedro on Thursday, May 11, 2023. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG) Gene Seroka, Executive Director of the Port of Los Angeles addresses the Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners, including the three newly appointed members, in

About 200 Marines from Camp Pendleton’s 1st Marine Division will be among 1,500 troops sent to the U.S.-Mexico border to work with Customs and Border Protection as pandemic restrictions expire and a surge of migrants arrive. The Camp Pendleton Marines will join about 350 Marines from the 2nd Division at Camp Lejeune, N.C., and will

The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a plane that crashed in the ocean near San Clemente Island on Wednesday, May 10 with three people on board, authorities said. A Phoenix Learjet contracted by the United States Navy crashed around a mile southwest of the island at 7:53 a.m. after taking off from

“Cosmogony,” a dance projected from a dance studio in Geneva, Switzerland, in real-time on LED screens, 7 p.m. May 12, at the Jerry Moss Plaza at the Music Center in Los Angeles. (Photo courtesy of the Music Center) Here is a sampling of things to do in the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles area,

As part of a public hearing Wednesday, May 10, on Los Angeles County’s proposed $43 billion budget, Sheriff Robert Luna asked for enough funding to recruit 1,100 deputies, double up on captains at problem Sheriff’s Stations, purchase a jail management system and supply new Tasers to deputies on patrol. The requests appear to be over

Sen. Dianne Feinstein headed back to Washington on Tuesday, after being sidelined for months by a bout of shingles and facing mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to get back to work soon or resign. Feinstein’s press secretary, Adam Russell, confirmed Tuesday she was traveling back to Washington to resume her Senate duties but had no

The state of California has agreed to pay $24 million to settle a lawsuit over the death of a man in the California Highway Patrol’s custody in an Altadena parking lot after a DUI stop, his family’s lawyer said Tuesday. The man died just months before the death of George Floyd ignited national anguish and

Car enthusiasts view vehicles of all types displayed during the 40th Annual Classic Car Show at the Rancho San Antonio Boys Home Sunday, May 7, 2023. The event, which was presented by Classic Chevys of Southern California, benefits the Chatsworth facility.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) Model kits were available for purchase during the the

Carson opera-lovers, and those in the South Bay generally, will have an alternative way to enjoy the music and drama later this week — without needing to travel to a concert venue far from their homes. Rather, LA Opera will present a free live transmission of its opening night production of Giuseppe Verdi’s “Otello” at

A former West Covina fire chief who sued the city for wrongful termination was awarded $4.1 million Friday, May 5, by a Los Angeles County jury. Larry Whithorn, a nearly 30-year veteran of the West Covina Fire Department, argued he was fired in April 2019 due to age discrimination and retaliation for reporting a hostile

Musicians perform during the 2nd Annual Valley Asian Cultural Festival Saturday at Pierce College. The event included art, dance, food, music, performances, shopping and children’s activities.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) A youngster learns origami during the 2nd Annual Valley Asian Cultural Festival Saturday at Pierce College. The event included art, dance, food, music, performances,

A labyrinth in Grace Cathedral, in the Episcopal Diocese of California, in San Francisco. World Labyrinth Day, May 6, has a focus on meditating for world peace as one walks and also as an introduction to walking a labyrinth for beginners. (Photo by Marlith/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported) Here is a sampling of upcoming

It was the day he took Muhammad Ali to lunch at his parent’s Canoga Park home in 1992 that he saw the look he had been waiting for in his father’s eyes. He had dropped out of school years earlier to sell baseball cards for a living, and his parents were disappointed. Like all parents,

Air quality in California has improved a lot since the 1960s, but the fight against smog continues. Last week, the California Air Resources Board announced new regulations of fully transitioning semitrucks to zero-emissions technology by 2045. The new rule cannot be implemented without approval by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, but it is highly expected

LA Metro has crafted a proposed $9 billion budget with a two-pronged goal: increasing ridership to fit a post-pandemic workforce and adding resources that will shift the perception that its transit system is unsafe to ride. A look at the numbers in a 2024 fiscal year spending blueprint that runs from July 1 through June

By Michael Smith | Bloomberg Billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel said he’s reluctant to move his operations to Florida from Silicon Valley because housing prices have soared. “If you buy a house in Miami today versus just three years ago, you’re paying four times as much for a monthly mortgage payment,” Thiel said on the

Gene Seroka, executive director, Port of Los Angeles, speaks at event marking the arrival of a zero-emissions locomotive and marking the graduations of new locomotive engineers in Wilmington on May 4, 2023. as the Federal Railroad Administrator, celebrates the newest class of Southern California Locomotive Engineers in Wilmington on Thursday, May 4, 2023. (Photo by

La Cañada Flintridge Sister Cities Association and city officials on Thursday, April 27, hosted Spanish artist Javier Montesol for the culmination of their inaugural “Artist-in-Residence” program. Montesol, best known for his iconic paintings of Spanish dancers and depictions of Spanish culture, collaborated with 14 La Cañada High School art students to create a mural on

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously confirmed Mayor Karen Bass’s three appointees to the harbor commission on Tuesday, May 2. The new commissioners, who will be seated at the board’s May 11 meeting, are former U.S. Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, Michael Muñoz and Lee Williams. They will replace Commissioners Jaime Lee, Lucia Moreno-Linares and Anthony Pirozzi. The

Karen Fletcher, Los Angeles County’s interim chief probation officer, is stepping down after less than two months leading the county’s troubled Probation Department. The Board of Supervisors promoted Fletcher to the department’s top spot in March after firing her predecessor, Chief Adolfo Gonzales. Her resignation letter to the board on Monday, May 1, states her