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Superintendent Alberto M. Carvalho speaks during commencement ceremonies for John H. Francis Polytechnic High class of 2022 at the Sun Valley high school Friday, June 3, 2022. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Graduates during commencement ceremonies for John H. Francis Polytechnic High class of 2022 at the Sun Valley high school Friday,

High School students across Pasadena rallied on campus this week to pay homage to the victims of recent mass shootings and press legislators to introduce new laws that will protect students from such attacks. Freshman, sophomores and juniors from all high schools in the Pasadena Unified School District united for a walk-out on the final

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón cannot prohibit prosecutors from seeking sentencing enhancements for defendants under the state’s “three-strikes” law, the California Second District Court of Appeal ruled Thursday, June 2. The court’s opinion affirms a 2021 preliminary injunction issued by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge James C. Chalfant, who ruled that Gascón’s

A giant shark passes by a visitor at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles, Thursday, April 28, 2022. The exhibit is part of a new show called “LA Underwater: The Prehistoric Sea Beneath Us,” which features creatures which once swam through what is now Los Angeles. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

Los Angeles County public health officials reported 4,454 new cases of the coronavirus since Tuesday, bringing the total number of cases to 2,980,708 as of Wednesday, June1. Officials reported five more deaths linked to the coronavirus since Tuesday, for a total of 32,136 deaths since tracking began. There were 23 more hospitalizations reported since Tuesday,

The weather was near-perfect. Traffic? Surprisingly, not too bad. But if you arrived late in the day during the four-day LA Fleet Week, you may have missed out on landing a ship tour — or even getting inside the expo venue at all. As Fleet Week returned from the pandemic over Memorial Day weekend in

More than 1,300 resident physicians and fellows at three of L.A. County’s largest hospitals have voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike, claiming they work long hours and often earn below minimum wage. Failing a resolution in the coming days, the workers – represented by the Committee of Interns and Residents/Service Employees International Union

NORTHRIDGE — A Metrolink train struck and killed a pedestrian early Tuesday morning in the Northridge-Van Nuys area. The crash occurred about 5:40 a.m. between the Northridge and Van Nuys stations, and involved Metrolink train 100 on the Ventura County Line, which was en route from Moorpark to Los Angeles, according to Scott Johnson of

LA Fleet Week may be coming to a close this Memorial Day, with the holiday drawing large crowds, but some organizations are hoping their outreach over the course of the long weekend will last. The event — the first in-person Fleet Week since 2019 — featured four days of Armed Forces celebrations centered on sea

A Tijuana woman who sued the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office over the cremation of her slain son’s remains, in violation of her religious faith, is poised to receive a $445,000 settlement. A recommendation from the Office of County Counsel, aimed at resolving a federal lawsuit filed by Maria Elvira Quintanilla Cebreros, was presented earlier

LA Fleet Week service men and women gather with homeowners Elizabeth and Otis Randle, far right, as work launches to paint and make other repairs to the couple’s home in South Los Angeles. Otis Randle served with the Navy in Vietnam. (Patrick Strattner Photography) Alyssa Cordova, logistic specialist 2nd class, paints eaves at the home

A few highlights from the 2022 L.A. County Fair, which in recent years began in time for Labor Day but this year, after the move to May, is ending on Memorial Day: • Pink’s Hot Dogs is, as you may know, a Hollywood stand dating to 1939 that typically has a very long line. (For

NORTH HOLLYWOOD — Two men in their 20s were wounded Saturday when they engaged in a shootout at a North Hollywood swap meet. The shooting was reported at 3:17 p.m. on the 7300 block of Lankershim Boulevard, according to a police service representative at the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. The two men first

For 35 years, they were a hidden footnote in World War II history, when they should have been in a Memorial Day parade. The wartime files of the Women Airforce Service Pilots — WASPs — and the 38 women pilots who died during their  service, were classified and sealed, hidden for no other reason than

After waging the hospital’s first strike in 40 years, more than 2,000 healthcare workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and hospital management have ratified a new three-year labor agreement that includes higher wages and increased safety protocols. The agreement was announced late Friday, May 27. The employees — including clinical partners, transporters, foodservice technicians, environmental services

When the Anaheim Angels opted out of their stadium lease in October 2018, Long Beach officials reached out immediately to offer the option of building a waterfront baseball stadium downtown, in an area next to and possibly including the Long Beach Arena. When the Anaheim City Council on Tuesday night, May 24, voided a deal

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Council President Nury Martinez and four other council members introduced a motion Wednesday aimed at streamlining the implementation of the city’s Mobility Plan, which was approved in 2015 to make Los Angeles more pedestrian-friendly by 2035 but has barely been implemented. The motion — co-introduced with council members Monica Rodriguez,

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to activate the new streamlined permitting process for restaurants to serve alcohol in areas of three City Council districts, with four more districts scheduled for a vote on Friday. The council approved an ordinance on Feb. 9 to streamline the process for some restaurants to

A woman who alleges she suffered “foreign accent syndrome” after she was struck by a Hilton hotel shuttle bus in 2014 near Los Angeles International Airport can’t back out of the $85,000 settlement she accepted, according to the California Second District Court of Appeal. Laura Fettig alleges her attorney, Jared Gross, pressured her during a

In this file photo, visitors pose for photos on May 26, 2021. Glendale Sunrise Rotary, in collaboration with Forest Lawn-Glendale, presented a “Glendale Field of Honor” display of 1,000 American flags. The display of flags, on top of 8-foot poles and arrayed at the entrance to Forest Lawn-Glendale, honored the memory of deceased veterans. (Photo