Pico Rivera teen dies after family says she was kidnapped and dropped off at...
A heartbroken Pico Rivera family is mourning the death of their teenage daughter after they say she was kidnapped and later dropped off at a hospital. The Los Angeles Police Department is not calling the death of 15-year-old Mercedes Vasquez a homicide. "I know things are not...
Southern Utah, California men indicted for defrauding $25M in alleged Ponzi scheme
An indictment was unsealed today after a fraudster was arrested following a federal grand jury’s return of an indictment earlier this week charging a Southern Utah man and his California business partner with multiple financial crimes. The United States Department of Justice...
Long Beach is considering a major hike in waste collection fees. Expect a higher...
A consultant’s report released Friday shows the city could raise some trash bills up to 144% by 2026. The fees would help pay for the city’s transition into a new, state-mandated collection system that diverts more waste from landfills. The post Long Beach is considering a...
Billie Eilish Performs ‘Birds of a Feather’ & Pays Tribute to Her ‘Only Home’...
After joining Green Day for their FireAid-opening set at the Kia Forum earlier Thursday night (Jan. 30), Billie Eilish took the stage again at the neighboring Intuit Dome for the benefit concert, this time with her brother Finneas . Jelly Roll Delivers an Emotional ‘I Am Not...
Briefing Room: Yosa, four-legged ambassador for Seal Beach and SBPD
Do you know that famous clip of the Beatles landing in New York in 1964 for their first U.S. visit? The 3,000 screaming fans?. That’s exactly how it feels every time Facility Dog Yosa and I walk onto McGaugh Elementary School’s campus. Children’s eyes light up, their faces...
Santa Ana Unified School District training staff in case ICE agents show up on...
The Santa Ana Unified School District put together a tutorial to prepare staff for the possibility of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Officers showing up on campus. The step-by-step, six-minute recording shows SAUSD staff how to handle a visit from an ICE officer. In...
Huntington Beach landmark concession catches fire
A popular beach concession for more than 90 years was the victim of fire on Monday, January 13. Huntington Beach fire crews responded to a two-alarm fire at Dwight’s Beach Concession near the Huntington Beach Pier at 6:20 p.m. Located at 201 Pacific Coast Highway, the business...
Occupant found dead following second alarm fire in Orange County
Firefighters found one person dead inside an apartment building after dousing a blaze in Orange County late Thursday night. Multiple 911 calls reporting the fire in the 21000 block of Camelia in Lake Forest were received just after 11 p.m., the Orange County Fire Authority...
Surf’s up and so is the curtain
The seventy-year-old Bay Theatre officially received its second lease on life Saturday as surfers and surfer families from throughout Southern California braved a light drizzle to fill the more than 300 seats to see the film “The Harbour Chronicles.”. Theatre owners Paul and...
After more than a decade, Envy salon closes up shop in Downtown Long Beach
Everyone who attended Envy Beauty Studio’s going away party in late January left with a stem cut from a Pothos plant whose leaves once stretched wall-to-wall at the Downtown Long Beach salon. A Pothos plant can regrow a sister plant from just one stem kept in water or dirt.
