Drivers in 3 Southern California cities can get speeding tickets from a...
Drivers who speed on streets in three Southern California cities soon may find a ticket waiting for them in their mailbox generated by a roadside speed camera. Over the weekend Gov. Gavin Newsom signed...
View ArticleLA County courts tout early data as sign of zero bail’s success
Less than 3% of the 5,113 people booked for a crime in the first three weeks of October committed were arrested for a second offense after their release under Los Angeles County’s controversial...
View ArticleDia de los Muertos at Gloria Molina Grand Park honors souls lost, hope for...
The message is announced with rows of yellow marigolds, flapping crepe-paper banners, smiling photographs and personal artifacts enjoyed by the deceased in the best of times. Not with prayer cards,...
View ArticleTop Biden official will hear from public on expanding San Gabriel Mountains...
The White House is sending a top-level cabinet member who oversees the U.S. Forest Service to the San Gabriel Valley next week to hear from the public as to whether President Joe Biden should expand...
View ArticleMetrolink will shut down all trains for four days, Dec. 26 – Dec. 29
All Metrolink trains will be shut down for four days after Christmas for maintenance and repairs, the passenger-rail agency announced on its website on Friday, Nov. 3. Metrolink trains will not operate...
View ArticleCal State Long Beach’s Demo Day brings CSU startups, investors together
Graduating from college represents both an end and a beginning — with the start of careers, sometimes in far off places, a significant part of the latter. And while embarking on a career is exciting,...
View ArticleCSU faculty hold rally at chancellor’s office to demand higher wages
About 1,000 faculty and staffers from the 23 California State University campuses, as well as their supporters, rallied outside the CSU chancellor’s office on Tuesday, Nov. 7, demanding a fair contract...
View ArticleSecond youth escapes from Los Padrinos in four months, prompting call for...
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn plans to call for an investigation and a security overhaul at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall following a weekend escape, the second in just four months since the...
View ArticleBiden official hears from packed audience on expanding San Gabriel Mountains...
Inside a packed meeting hall in Azusa, a top Biden Administration official heard from dozens of speakers the night of Tuesday, Nov. 7, mostly in support of expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National...
View ArticleHow LA County is fighting drug smuggling into juvenile halls
Six months after the fentanyl-related death of an 18-year-old detainee, the Los Angeles County Probation Department plans to create an investigative team to trace the flow of drugs into the county’s...
View ArticleIs 10 Freeway closure an opportunity to boost mass transit ridership?
Most are calling the mile-long closure of the 10 Freeway between Alameda Street and the East Los Angeles Interchange a nightmare, with names like “Carmegeddon 2” popping up on social media. But on...
View ArticleCompany leasing site of 10 Freeway fire hadn’t paid rent in more than a year,...
The company leasing the site where the fire started beneath the 10 Freeway hadn’t paid rent for a year, was illegally subletting the property to a dozen businesses and appears to have been in violation...
View ArticleCaltrans inspected 10 Freeway fire site annually, never raised concerns,...
Caltrans conducted annual safety inspections at the site of the 10 Freeway fire over the last 15 years and had not issued any warnings about the flammable materials stacked throughout the property,...
View ArticleInspectors flagged hazards at site of 10 Freeway fire over and over, while...
State inspectors flagged fire hazards and other lease violations year after year at the site where the 10 Freeway fire began, yet Caltrans did not initiate the eviction process against the tenant until...
View ArticleFodor’s puts San Gabriel Mountains National Monument on its 2024 ‘No List’
Fodor’s Travel magazine has some advice for Southern California nature lovers: Don’t go to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. That’s right, the national travel publication placed the...
View ArticleAfrican Children’s Choir tours Southern California
The harmonious voices of the African Children’s Choir, a group composed of talented youngsters from underprivileged backgrounds, are set to resonate through the Southland in the coming days. The choir...
View Article15 more potentially dangerous properties beneath 10 Freeway, Caltrans says
A preliminary review of a program that rents space around and beneath California’s freeways has identified 38 sites that could threaten public infrastructure, including 15 below the 10 Freeway in Los...
View ArticleLocal officials, nonprofits toss virtual questions at Biden, coming to LA on...
On his visit to Southern California this weekend, President Joe Biden may prefer mixing with the Hollywood glitterati in an appeal for campaign cash, with access to ordinary people cut out of the...
View ArticleJudge denies bid by LA County cities to stop zero bail
An Orange County judge has rejected a lawsuit from 29 cities seeking to end the controversial zero-bail policy in the neighboring Los Angeles County court system. In his ruling, Superior Court Judge...
View ArticleInglewood’s winning streak: Taylor Swift, Beyonce and now a second Super Bowl
For the second time in just five years, Inglewood and the Los Angeles Rams will host the Super Bowl at SoFi Stadium. The NFL announced Wednesday, Dec. 13, that Super Bowl LXI would return to Inglewood...
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