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Chef Joshua Gil, a pioneer of Los Angeles’ Alta California dining movement, died Monday after a four-year battle with colorectal cancer. He was 50. Gil was raised between Riverside and Baja California’s Rosarito Beach, an upbringing that shaped the Mexican-American influences behind his pioneering technique and twist o

LOS ANGELES - County health officials are again warning beachgoers to avoid ocean waters at several beaches after recent testing found elevated bacteria levels. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Tuesday issued ocean water quality warnings for multiple locations, including an area extending 100 yards

NEARLY a dozen cities in one major US state will soon bump up their workers’ wages when a string of ordinances take effect on July 1. As the new minimum...

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is suing Mayor Karen Bass personally, alleging that, while campaigning for reelection, Bass defamed her, damaging Crowley’s reputation by blaming her for the city’s response during the catastrophic Palisades fire. Crowley sued the city in February, alleging Bass “orchestrat

A pre-dawn single-vehicle crash on the southbound San Gabriel (605) Freeway near the Alondra Boulevard offramp in Gardena left a young Long Beach man dead early Tuesday and briefly turned the morning commute into a mess as emergency crews worked the scene. Crash details and response. California Highway Patrol officers.

A man struck and killed by a train in South Los Angeles on Monday evening has been identified as Omar Gonzalez, according to authorities. Fire crews reached the 4100 block of South Long Beach Avenue at about 6:15 p.m., but life-saving efforts at the scene were not successful. The Los Angeles County medical examiner rel

The Orange County Board of Supervisors is facing a wave of fury from Santa Ana residents and local business owners. The source of this outrage is a unilateral push to convert a youth guidance center at 3030 Hesperian Way into a massive adult reentry facility. Without transparency, local input, or...

After four years of battling in court, part-time faculty members reached an $18 million settlement with the Long Beach Community College District earlier this year over what they called a failure to compensate them for work done outside the classroom. They spend hours preparing for lectures, grading student work and co

A federal jury will soon decide the fate of 30-year-old former Pacific Palisades resident charged with “maliciously” setting a fire in a clearing on a Topanga State Park trailhead in the first minutes of the New Year in 2025, a crime that prosecutors say was motivated by a simmering rage at the wealthy.

Postal worker union leaders are urging communities to help save 25 California post office locations that have suspended operations and could close permanently. One of several threatened SoCal locations is at 2510 Monterey Street in Torrance. More than 414 locations nationwide are currently on the U.S. Postal Service su