Los Angeles CA

In June 1951, a man really did jump into the La Brea Tar Pits in an attempt to rescue a dog. This alleged photo of him is miscaptioned.

Echo Park—One person was taken by masked agents from an alley this morning, prompting activists to warn residents of immigration enforcement officers in the neighborhood. Videos posted on NextDoor and supplied to The Eastsider showed three armed agents, some in olive green uniforms and hoods, struggling with a man in...

Federal agents rolling a luxury Range Rover out of a manicured Los Angeles driveway have become the defining image of a widening fraud scandal that reaches from South Los Angeles shelters to a Westwood mansion. Prosecutors say the man behind the wheel of that lifestyle, charity executive Alexander Soofer, diverted...

LOS ANGELES - At least $50 million in taxpayer funds meant for homelessness programs has now been allegedly stolen across a growing string of federal cases - with the latest arrest targeting another questionable city-funded nonprofit contractor. Abundant Blessings executive director Alexander Soofer was arrested on a...

Monica Quinn has been safely located, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Jan. 24

At least one child was transported by helicopter after reportedly getting hit by a dirt bike on Pettinger Canyon Road and Haskell Canyon Road on Sunday afternoon, according to radio dispatch traffic. PulsePoint confirmed that Los Angeles County Fire Department personnel received the call around 3:17 p.m. and...

A 27-year-old man accused of stabbing another man and then running him over in Orange County Sunday night was arrested after crashing a few miles away, police said. Fullerton police were called to Euclid Street and Baker Avenue shortly before 9 p.m. after witnesses reported the attack, a department spokesperson said....

A satisfying salad should feel like a real meal, not a compromise, and that expectation has reshaped how people approach healthy eating in Los Angeles. Demand has grown for places that treat greens, grains, and vegetables with the same care usually reserved for comfort food. Several salad bars across L.A.,...

Andrew Jimenez, a 45-year-old Glendale firefighter and paramedic, faces murder charges for bludgeoning his wife, Mayra Jimenez, 55, to death with an ax at their North Hollywood home on Satsuma Avenue. Incident Timeline. Early Wednesday, January 21, 2026, around 4 a.m., Jimenez walked into an LAPD station in Glassell...

Surveillance video shows masked suspects ramming a car into a California jewelry store, looting cases, stealing the owner’s gun and fleeing in cars that later crashed during police chases.