Video: Ferris wheel malfunctions at Southern California school event
A Ferris wheel malfunctioned at a local school event on Friday night. The ride had been set up during the “Electric Illusion Nocturnal Jungle” event hosted by Bishop Conaty Our Lady of the Loretto High School, which is located in L.A.’s Harvard Heights neighborhood, and was operating around 9 p.m. when the incident...
Long Beach man tries to quash feds’ subpoena over his app that tracks ICE...
A Long Beach man who developed an app that tracks immigration agents’ activity said Friday that his information has been subpoenaed by federal officials. The subpoena centers around a social media post that Sherman Austin shared on Sept. 2. As Austin’s post showed a Border Patrol agent apparently conducting an...
Another California factory abruptly closes as layoffs slam the economy
The bad news just keeps piling up for California. With factory after factory closing across the state (thanks in no small part to the toxic combination of tariffs and ICE…
Gus Johnson loses his mind on broadcast
The Big Ten battle between No. 21 USC and No. 23 Illinois appropriately featured Gus Johnson on the play-by-play call for Fox during a wild, chaotic finish in Champaign. Johnson matched the game’s intensity and then some with crazy calls down the stretch. With 6:21 to go in the fourth quarter, Illinois had a 31-25...
California Man Awarded $25M After Spending 38 Years Wrongfully Imprisoned
An innocent man who spent nearly four decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit will finally see justice, though nothing can return the years he lost. Maurice Hastings, 72, has been awarded $25 million in what his lawyers describe as the largest wrongful conviction settlement in California’s history. The...
Pedestrian hospitalized in critical condition after crash on Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu
The crash happened at around 9:40 p.m. on PCH and Carbon Canyon Road, deputies said.
“These Are Abductions.” Newlywed Husband Says Wife Taken During Green Card Interview
LOS ANGELES — On September 16, newlyweds Tucker and Barbara May walked into the downtown Los Angeles federal building believing they were there for her green card interview. Married this spring, they had followed every rule, filed every form, and spent every dollar to prove their marriage was real.
Reputed Mexican Mafia figure accused of brokering drug cartel alliance strikes plea deal
LOS ANGELES - To hear prosecutors tell it, Jose Landa-Rodriguez was public enemy No. 1. A reputed Mexican Mafia member called "Fox," Landa-Rodriguez was charged in three cases between 2011 and 2018. The allegations included a murder plot, overseeing rackets in the Los Angeles County jails and pursuing an alliance...
Popular LA artist makes plea for a donor as he battles end-stage kidney disease
Popular L.A. artist Big Sleeps is reaching out to his community in hopes of going viral on social media, but it's not for recognition or profit -- he's asking for help.
Man beat to death with stick in Los Angeles County, suspect in custody
The incident was reported at the intersection of Colima Road and Jellick Avenue in Rowland Heights.
