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Tomatomania! returns on March 24-26 to Tapia Bros. in Encino. In the file photo, people shop for tomato and pepper plants during opening day of Tomatomania! at Tapia Bros. Farm stand in Encino on Friday, March 13, 2020. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Pasadena Star-News/SCNG) Here is a sampling of things to do in the San

The Federal Aviation Administration is cracking down on safety protocols, citing “six serious runway incursions” that occurred since January. These incidents were discussed at a safety summit on March 15, a meeting that followed a “call to action” issued by the acting FAA administrator, “to ensure focus and attention on risks to the aviation system.”

Marcin Ingot installs a section of electric fence from Auschwitz at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Tuesday, March 21, 2023. The fence is part of the exhibit “Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.” Which opens March 24.(Photo by Andy Holzman, Contributing Photographer) Photos of Auschwitz prisoners are display at the Ronald Reagan

Referring to state housing laws as the “governor’s mandate,” Huntington Beach Mayor Tony Strickland and two other city council members blocked approval of the city’s massive housing plan for the rest of the 2020s. But rather than kill the city’s 1,164-page “housing element” outright, the sharply divided city council united behind a motion to postpone

The ongoing labor talks between West Coast longshore union and the association that represents cargo shippers and operators appeared to hit another snag this week, with the two parties apparently at odds over a provision that requires LA and Long Beach port workers to stagger their lunch breaks to ensure cargo can be received 24

Southern California is in for more wet weather this week as yet another atmospheric river — the latest of several to soak the region with rain and snow since December — was headed south and poised to strike Tuesday. The unseasonably cold weather front was expected to arrive late Monday — the first day of

The entrance to the Los Angeles Zoo on Feb. 16, 2021. (Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Parents get an admission break at the Los Angeles Zoo if a strike by Service Employees International Union Local 99 workers in the Los Angeles Unified School District goes into effect this week. The zoo will

Future marathoners participate in the kids races at the LA Big 5K at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Future marathoners participate in the kids races at the LA Big 5K at Dodger Stadium on Saturday, March 18, 2023. (Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) Future marathoners participate

Amelia Hernandez isn’t sure there will be any room left for her in the Inglewood of the future. Her Selwyn Jewelers store, which was handed down from her father, has operated in the city since 1962. But now her business and dozens of others could be forced to relocate to make way for Inglewood’s nearly

In the heart of San Pedro’s Little Italy, people celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at Gaelic & Garlic Saturday evening. The event brought together St Patricks Day and San Pedro’s Italian American community. (Photo by contributing photographer Chuck Bennett) In the heart of San Pedro’s Little Italy, people celebrated St. Patrick’s Day at Gaelic & Garlic

Beyond her curriculum vitae, Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina’s role in the history of Latinos in Southern California came into sharper focus last week, when the 74-year-old politician announced she is battling terminal cancer. “I enter this transition in life feeling so fortunate,” Molina wrote on Facebook. “Throughout my life I’ve had the support

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has appointed L.A. City Council member Katy Yaroslavsky to a seat on the board of the county’s regional transit agency, bringing the board to full strength for the first time this year. Yaroslavsky, who was elected to City Council District 5 in November, is the fourth member of the Los

The U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, best known as the Blue Angels, and the U.S. Air Force Demonstration Squadron, famously known as the Thunderbirds, are headliners on March 18-19 at the Point Mugu Air Show. This will be the first time the two topnotch demonstration squadrons will appear together at the Point Mugu Air Show.

A Sunday, March 19 performance by dance students at The Ebell Club Los Angeles will celebrate and pay tribute to a pioneer in the ballet world. Raven Wilkinson was the first African American woman to dance full-time for a major classical ballet company, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, in New York. She danced with

It’s the 38th Los Angeles Marathon on March 19, and you want to experience, in person, the spectacle when more than 20,000 runners from around the world take on the 26.2-mile course. Maybe you promised to catch a glimpse or snatch photos of family or friends running? Or you wish to see the elite runners

The city of Torrance has paid $750,000 to the owner of an impounded car that allegedly was spray-painted by police with a swastika in 2020. The payment settles a $6 million federal lawsuit by car owner Kiley Swaine, who did not learn of the alleged involvement of two former Torrance police officers until nearly two

Runners line up for the LA Big 5K at Elysian Park near Dodger Stadium on Saturday, March 19, 2022.(Photo by Axel Koester, Contributing Photographer) The 2023 Los Angeles Marathon, the “Stadium to the Stars” on March 19, is presented by Asics, a Japanese multinational corporation that sells athletic footwear, clothing and accessories. Asics — an

There was a time when Loren Lieb wasn’t all too familiar with gun laws, how they can vary state-by-state or how they could lead to a country where civilian gun ownership outnumbers the people. But that was before Aug. 10, 1999, when a white supremacist opened fire on the North Valley Jewish Community Center in

The “Looking Glass” ponders economic and real estate trends through two distinct lenses: the optimist’s “glass half-full” and the pessimist’s “glass half-empty.” Buzz: Yes, Southern California inflation rate has cooled in the past half year. But it’s still a pain in the wallet. Source: My trusty spreadsheet created a Southern California inflation rate composite, using

Thirteen women received “Women of the Year” awards from the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and the Commission for Women at their 38th annual Women of the Year Awards and commemorative celebration on Monday, March 13. Under the heading “Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories,” they honored 13 women including Karen Bass, the 43rd