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Good morning, California. More than a decade in the making, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles is slated to open later in September, and USA TODAY reporter Paris Barraza was treated to a sneak-peek this week. She reports it has something for everyone, even if you aren't a "Star Wars" fan (and plenty for

A woman was killed and a man was injured after police say two joggers attempted to cross railroad tracks in Santa Fe Springs while the crossing gates were already down. The woman was later identified as 34-year-old Graciela Vargas. She was pronounced dead at the scene Thursday morning. The man who was with her suffered

A Southern California man was sentenced to prison for the yearslong molestation of a young child. Timothy Wade Hensley, 51, of Ventura, had access to the victim through a familial relationship, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said. From 2016 to 2021, Hensley committed sexual abuse against the girl on mult

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (WAKA) – Tuskegee native and music superstar Lionel Richie has been released from a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, according to a magazine report. People magazine says Richie is back home in Los Angeles and “doing great.”. As Action 8 News has reported, Richie had...

Surveillance video captured the moment a four-month pregnant hardware store employee confronted a man who allegedly tried to run out of a Palmdale store with a 46-pound air-conditioning unit without paying. The confrontation began inside the Ace Hardware store at Rancho Vista Plaza and spilled into the parking lot and

One person was killed and multiple others injured after an elderly driver crashed her car into a parking attendant stand in the parking lot of a Trader Joe’s in the Beverly Grove area of Los Angeles Thursday afternoon. Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to the crash at Third Street and Fairfax Avenue around 1:

For decades, the sprawling industrial complex at 511 N. Grand Avenue served as the physical pulse of Orange County journalism. The roaring printing presses of the Orange County Register churned out millions of print newspapers here, anchoring a localized economy built around manufacturing, mechanical press operations,

A 23-year-old South Los Angeles man pleaded guilty this week to a violent robbery spree that spanned Gardena, Carson and Newport Beach, admitting he shot two victims and beat a woman so badly during a casino parking lot robbery that some of her teeth broke. Oshae Pollard now faces at least 10 years in federal prison, w

DOWNEY — Longtime Downey civic leader and former Downey Unified School District board member Martha Sodetani died unexpectedly Thursday, Sept. 3. Details surrounding her death were not immediately available. Sodetani was a prominent figure in Downey for decades, serving more than 17 years on the Downey Unified Board of

An adult man was found dead early Tuesday morning at a massive fuel storage terminal in Carson, and Los Angeles County Sheriff's homicide detectives are now investigating what happened to him. The man was pronounced deceased at the scene in the 2000 block of East Sepulveda Boulevard, and as of Tuesday afternoon, no sus