Man fatally shot by deputies in Lakewood
A man was shot and killed by Los Angeles Sheriff’s deputies, authorities announced Thursday. Homicide investigators responded to reports of a “deputy-involved” shooting last Thursday.
The Lost Treasures of California’s Devastating Wildfires
It's been more than three weeks since the beginning of the Los Angeles area wildfires and the level of devastation is overwhelming. The numbers are stark: The fires killed 28 people and incinerated more than 16,000 structures. Officials peg the economic damage at $150 billion or more, with insurance companies...
Alonzo Davis (1942–2025)
Artist and academic Alonzo Davis, who with his brother Dale Brockman Davis cofounded Brockman Gallery, the beating heart of Los Angeles’s Black art scene in the 1960s and ’70s, died on January 27 in Largo, Maryland, at the age of eighty-two. Beginning his career in a time when largely only white artists were able to...
Map Shows Where California Homes Are Sliding Into the Ocean
Parts of the Southern California coastal community of Rancho Palos Verdes were shifting 4 inches closer to the ocean each week in mid-to-late 2024, NASA found.
All eastbound lanes of 91 Freeway shut down in Buena Park after 3 killed...
A crash involving a big rig and a pickup truck left three people dead and lanes closed on the eastbound 91 Freeway in the Buena Park area Friday morning. The crash happened just before 4 a.m. at Valley View Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. The deceased victims were reportedly all in the pickup...
3 dead after crash on 91 Freeway in Orange County
A collision on the 91 Freeway in Buena Park left at least three people dead on Friday morning, according to authorities. The crash was reported at 3:53 a.m. on the eastbound lanes of the 91 near Valley View Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. A pickup truck with three occupants was disabled on the […]
California gets a short respite from rain, but a powerful storm looms
The reprieve from stormy weather will be short-lived as an active weather pattern returns next week.
The ‘most ambitious restaurant ever’ in the Crenshaw District to close permanently
South L.A. will lose a treasured Black-owned restaurant with the closure of Post & Beam, but husband-and-wife owners John and Roni Cleveland say it will continue in a new form.
Legal Battle Erupts Over Planned California Casino on Alleged Massacre Ground
Two Native American tribes and a community group are suing to stop a tribal casino project in Northern California. They have taken their case to a federal court in Washington, D.C. The lawsuit argues that the chosen casino site called Strawberry Fields is historically and culturally important as it is allegedly...
4 Southern California teens arrested in violent carjacking spree
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) – Four juveniles were arrested after reportedly going on a violent crime spree that left one person with serious injuries, authorities announced Thursday. In a news release, officials with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said that in a three-day stretch, from Jan. 16-19, three...