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Los Angeles County public health officials reported 2,000 new cases of the coronavirus since Wednesday, bringing the total number of cases to 1,524,294, as of Friday, Nov. 26. The total number of cases represents 15% of Los Angeles County’s population. Officials reported 29 more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Wednesday, for a total of

Get ready to wade through crowds of shoppers on Black Friday, over Thanksgiving weekend and through the rest of the holiday season. Retailers in Southern California and across the country say people are eager to flock to shopping centers, downtowns and small businesses in the coming six weeks. After spending last year in pandemic lockdown,

Customers who showed up at Boston Market on Foothill Boulevard in Rancho Cucamonga to pick up their prepaid meals on a blustery Thanksgiving morning were in for a shock. The doors to the restaurant were closed. A sign outside read: “No employees showing up today… we are unable to fulfill the orders! We are sorry!”

The Hollywood Christmas Parade supporting Marine Toys for Tots is back for its 89th running after taking a year off in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s on tap for Sunday beginning at 6 p.m. on the streets of Hollywood, and with that comes street closures and parking restrictions. See the lists below: Parking

To mark the 51st anniversary of Dinner in the Park, Union Station Homeless Services volunteers  serve prepared Thanksgiving meals to Pasadena residents in need on Wednesday, Nov. 24. In normal years, the organization would host a traditional Thanksgiving dinner served by volunteers in the park, but the ongoing pandemic forced organizers to once again adapt

Police have released new body camera footage showing 17-year-old Jordan Turpin shortly after escaping from her abusive parents and the “House of Horrors.”

By MARGARET SHUTTLEWORTH | City News Service LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday, Nov. 23, opted to send its Homelessness and Poverty Committee a motion from Councilman Joe Buscaino to begin the process for a ballot measure that would ban encampments across the city while prioritizing the production of emergency temporary

A Perris couple were sentenced to life in prison Friday for abusing and imprisoning 12 of their 13 children. Kara Finnstrom reports.

LOS ANGELES — Despite calls from Black Lives Matter and other organizations for Los Angeles Police Department funds to be reinvested into communities, the city’s Police Commission today unanimously signed off on a proposed budget increase of $213 million — or 12.11% — for the 2022-23 fiscal year. The City Council and mayor have final

Nearly four out of five students 12 and older in Los Angeles Unified appear to be on track to comply with the school district’s COVID-19 vaccination mandate, a spokesperson for LAUSD said Monday, Nov. 22. Although students have until Jan. 10 to provide proof of full vaccination or a qualified exemption, and officials said they

The cargo dwell fees the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have threatened for week were postponed for a third time Monday, Nov. 22, with the twin seaports reporting continued cooperation from ocean carriers in clearing out containers that have been sitting on terminal docks too long. The country’s two busiest ports, which are

One of the personal student-made cards to be delivered with a Thanksgiving meal to seniors at the Alicia Broadous-Duncan Multipurpose Senior Center in Pacoima on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Photo by Dean Musgrove, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Government offices – Los Angeles city and county, national and state – and courts, libraries and schools are

Ontario-Montclair School District’s superintendent took out a line of credit against a town house the district helped him buy and racked up nearly $100,000 in new debt against the property before he persuaded the school board to pay off not only his mortgage but the credit as well, the Southern California News Group has learned.

The city of Baldwin Park held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the opening Esperanza Villa, a small community of 25 tiny homes to provide shelter for unhoused individuals in the San Gabriel Valley, on Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. Photo by Trevor Stamp, Contributing Photographer) Baldwin Park Mayor, Emmanuel J. Estrada, speaks during a ribbon cutting

First Christian Church of North Hollywood, Disciples of Christ, on Colfax Avenue, Studio City. (Google Street View) Here is a sampling of religion events in the San Fernando Valley area. Nov. 20 Giving Thanks: Pastor Jim Bell discusses the message, 5 p.m. West Valley Christian Church, 22450 Sherman Way, West Hills. 818-884-6480. www.wvcch.org Our Lady

LOS ANGELES — The City Attorney’s Office is asking a judge to declare a North Hills motel a public nuisance, saying in a new lawsuit that the business for decades has been “an epicenter of serious crime, including murders,” and is located across the street from two schools. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit was

The newest Los Angeles City Fire Department firefighters marched in straight lines as command staff and family looked on. The 54 recruits completed the training academy and graduated Friday, Nov. 19, at Valley Recruit Training Academy 81 in Panorama City. It took 20-weeks of rigorous training to earn the coveted badge and the honor of

Another stellar October has put the Port of Los Angeles on track for its second consecutive record-breaking calendar year – and has it on pace to combine with its neighbor, the Port of Long Beach, for 20 million twenty-foot equivalent units moved in 2021. The Port of Los Angeles on Thursday, Nov. 18, reported more

LOS ANGELES — A suspected serial burglar was in custody Thursday following his arrest in a hillside area of Shadow Hills near Hansen Dam. Benjamin Renteria, 25, was booked on suspicion of felony burglary and was held on $240,000 bail, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Renteria was taken into custody just before 11

California Gov. Gavin Newsom and White House appointee John D. Porcari toured Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach terminals on Wednesday, Nov. 17, as attention shifts to a new phase in fixing the supply chain logjam — identifying the funding and projects that will be needed quickly. California will have to fight for its