One crash, 3 trucking firms found liable in California nuclear verdict
A nuclear verdict handed down by a California jury this week is not just another big payout to a plaintiff from a trucking company defendant, or in this case, multiple defendants. It also is a reminder to trucking companies that subcontract work to another firm or hire an independent owner...
Hour-long police chase across LA County
A driver, initially feared to be armed and dangerous, led an hour-plus car chase from Pomona to the Lancaster area.
Five Guys California Closures Reveal the $25 Burger Pressure Point Reshaping American Fast Food.
A Familiar Burger Chain Faces an Unfamiliar Economic Reality The Five Guys California closures mark...
City Hall Shells Out $19.8 Million For Downtown Long Beach Crime Lab
Long Beach City Council has signed off on a major move for the city’s forensics operation, voting this week to shift the police crime lab into a downtown office tower and out of a cramped, leased warehouse in West Long Beach. City leaders say the plan will expand evidence processing, open up room for future forensic se
Police chase involving possibly armed suspect on 5 Freeway in Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Calif. - A police chase is underway along the 5 Freeway in Los Angeles County. SkyFOX was over the scene as the suspect led the California Highway Patrol on a chase on Thursday, June 18. Officials fear the suspect may be armed and dangerous. This is a...
Empty Apartments, Full Paychecks: HUD Exposes LAHSA’s $10 Million Homeless Housing Scandal
THE BOTTOM LINE - While Thousands Sleep on Los Angeles Streets, Taxpayers Are Paying for Hundreds of Vacant Apartments. Los Angeles taxpayers have spent years being told that homelessness is the city's greatest humanitarian crisis. They have been asked to support new taxes, larger budgets, and an ever-growing network o
ICE detains South LA teen day after high school graduation
Wilber Urbina Garcia, an aspiring doctor, had just graduated from Jordan High. A routine ICE check-in the next day ended with him in detention.
Inglewood City Council approves contract with LA County Sheriff’s Department to aid city police...
The two-year, $16.6 million contract provides Inglewood police with security help for part of this summer’s World Cup and the 2027 Super Bowl. The post Inglewood City Council approves contract with LA County Sheriff’s Department to aid city police during mega-events appeared first on LA Local .
Long Beach Food Trucks Get New City Permit Rules and a Park Parking Pilot
Long Beach adopted a new food truck ordinance in June and will pilot designated park parking next month at several city parks.
Judge Sentences Five in Lookout Killings
Four reputed gang members — some of whom were convicted in the killing of a man during a robbery at a lookout along Angeles Crest Highway and others for the shooting deaths of two people inside a parked car during an attempted hold-up at a Rancho Palos Verdes lookout two days later — were sentenced Thursday to life in
