A single-engine Cessna 172 went down Sunday onto train tracks adjacent to Whiteman Airport in Pacoima, sending the pilot to the hospital.
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special has yet to start filming, despite its release this December. While out and about promoting HBO Max’s Peacemaker, Guardians of the Galaxy helmer James Gunn revealed the rising cases of the COVID-19 Omicron variant in and around Los Angeles has pushed the production of the Disney+ special back
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s $286 billion spending plan proposes allocating $21.8 billion for higher education, including the University of California, Cal State University and California Community Colleges. The CSU, composed of 23 campuses, and the 10-campus UC systems would both get five years of 5% annual funding increases under Newsom’s proposed budget, which the governor introduced
A teenage mother in New Mexico has been arrested and charged with attempted murder and child abuse, after she was captured on CCTV throwing her new-born baby in a dumpster. Alexis Avila, 18, has confessed to giving birth to the child at another location and placing him in the waste container. The baby boy was
Scottish Conservative leader Douglas Ross has demanded Boris Johnson “just answer the question” about whether he attended a “bring your own booze” event in Downing Street during the first COVID lockdown. Speaking to Sky News, a “furious” Mr Ross called on the prime minister to “settle this right now” as to whether he was present
With the last month of 2021 dominated by the log4J vulnerabilities discovery, publication, and patches popping up in rapid succession, odds are you have patched your system against Log4J exploitation attempts. At least some systems, if not all. You might even have installed the latest patch – at the time of writing, that is 2.17.1,
New York resident Ryan Huegerich is suing the company behind the EthereumMax (EMAX) cryptocurrency, as well as the celebrities who backed it, for pushing a “pump-and-dump scam,” according to a new class-action lawsuit in California Federal Court. In that, he says he’s acting on behalf of everyone who bought the EMAX coins — also known
The United States Mint has announced that Maya Angelou will be the first Black woman to be featured on the U.S. quarter. The quarter will be the first issued as part of a program called “American Women Quarters (AWQ) Program” that will honor American women’s contributions to American history. Other women to be honored in
The World Bank has warned of a “pronounced slowdown” in global growth as threats from new COVID-19 variants and cost of living pressures bite. It also pointed to the risks of debt and income inequality as it stressed in particular the risk to emerging and developing economies. The warning came as separate figures showed inflation
In the first official trailer for their upcoming horror-comedy film Studio 666, the Foo Fighters gain a seventh member — that is, if the paranormal demon possessing Dave Grohl’s body and trying to kill his fellow bandmates counts toward the lineup. Directed by BJ McDonnell, Studio 666 takes some creative liberties in the retelling of
Waylon Jennings was a masterful storyteller, there’s no doubt about that. He wrote a fascinating book about his life, Waylon: An Autobiography, and there are some great tales about his time in the music industry and some of the crazy stuff he experienced in it. At the time of the books release, Waylon did several TV appearances
The recent release of Mass Effect Legendary Edition on Xbox Game Pass has inspired many people to pick up the trilogy for the first time and try to answer that question that has haunted Mass Effect players for years: “Paragon or Renegade?” Well, at the risk of negating the rest of this article, the fact
WhatsApp is testing a global voice message feature on Android that would let users continue to listen to voice messages even when they switch from one chat to another. The instant messaging app at present stops playing a voice message when a user leaves the chat in which that particular message is available. The update
Someone’s about to have trouble falling asleep — the infamous home from the OG “A Nightmare on Elm Street” has a new owner, who’s dropping $2,980,000 to toss and turn … TMZ has learned. Aside from being a kickass location for a Halloween party … the 3 bedroom, 4.5 bath L.A. home has some impressive
With infections still surging, Los Angeles County’s cumulative number of Covid cases throughout the pandemic surpassed the 2 million mark today, with 43,582 new cases confirmed. Those new cases lifted the county’s cumulative case total to 2,010,964 since the pandemic began. Daily cases in the county set an all-time high on Sunday at 45,584. Another
The day started and ended with a fiery sky ablaze with color – and when darkness fell, a bright white halo illuminated around the moon, watching down as candlelight flickered in honor of Los Angeles County firefighter Jonathan Flagler. “For a day like today, nothing more fitting,” said Los Angeles County Fire Department Chaplin Vince
A terminally ill man has been given the chance of life after his own diseased heart was replaced by a genetically-modified pig’s heart. In a medical first, doctors in Maryland transplanted the animal’s organ into 57-year-old David Bennett and said on Monday that he is doing well three days after the experimental surgery. It is
Boris Johnson has said the UK is making “great progress” in tackling Omicron – but warned the variant remains “incredibly contagious”. Speaking following a pharmacy visit, the prime minister said 36 million people have now received the booster jab and are more protected from Omicron, but acknowledged that the number of people in hospital with
Moxie Marlinspike, the founder of the popular encrypted instant messaging service Signal, has announced that he is stepping down as the chief executive of the non-profit in a move that has been underway over the last few months. “In other words, after a decade or more, it’s difficult to overstate how important Signal is to
The Los Angeles prosecutor who spent eight years pursuing Robert Durst before convincing a jury the eccentric millionaire murdered his best friend Susan Berman says it’s “absurd” to suggest the technicality that will posthumously void Durst’s conviction is a victory. Durst died Monday at age 78, four months after he was convicted of killing Berman