South LA Parks Scorching, County Leaders Meet at Magic Johnson Park
County leaders met at Earvin 'Magic' Johnson Park earlier this week with a stark message on the table: not all green space in Los Angeles County is actually cool. A new University of California, Irvine study has found striking temperature gaps between parks, with some South L.A. playground surfaces so hot they can cause pain, pushing officials to talk shade, trees and field redesigns...
Push to limit traffic stops passes City Council — but LAPD policy not changing...
The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted in favor of new restrictions on so-called "pretextual" traffic stops, signaling a growing impatience with the Police Commission's failure to rein in a controversial LAPD tactic that critics say enables racial discrimination. The vote requests that the department's all-civilian watchdog adopt new...
Feds seize $10M worth of fentanyl, arrest 18 in MacArthur Park drug raid
LOS ANGELES - Two people suspected of being the main suppliers of the fentanyl and methamphetamine plaguing MacArthur Park landed behind bars Wednesday as federal officials rounded up more than a dozen individuals linked to an open-air drug market there. Eighteen of the 25 people facing a federal drug trafficking...
Good Samaritan who helped lost woman honored
Hatzolah of Los Angeles presented a $25,000 reward on May 5 to a good Samaritan who helped locate missing woman. Representatives of Hatzolah were joined at the ceremony by Los Angeles City Councilwoman Katy Yaroslavsky, 5th District. Jeanne Rus Litvin, 78, went missing on April 15. She was last seen...
Pair accused of stealing $600K worth of tools from Home Depot, selling them at...
LOS ANGELES (Gray News) — Officials in California said two people were arrested for allegedly stealing tools worth hundreds of thousands of dollars from Home Depot and reselling them at a swap meet for profit. California Highway Patrol said the arrests came after an extensive investigation. Officials said the...
Arellano: Two winners, one loser in L.A. mayor’s debate
Karen Bass, Spencer Pratt and Nithya Raman each came into tonight's mayoral debate with goals for what may be their only time together on stage. As the incumbent mayor, Bass had to weather blows from her challengers while trying to sell voters on her fitness for another term, despite a disastrous 2025.
A look inside the Selena exhibit at Grammy Museum
There isn't much time left to take in the Selena exhibit at the Grammy Museum. The pop-up, celebrating the Tejano star's legacy, ends on Monday.
Video – Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Drops F-Bomb in Bizarre Freudian Slip During...
Karen Bass, the current Mayor of Los Angeles, dropped an F-bomb in a bizarre Freudian slip during Wednesday night’s debate against reality television star Spencer Pratt and councilmember Nithya Raman. The slip occurred when the debate segued into the destructive Palisades Fire of 2025 and reports that dozens of...
Ventura County Sheriff’s Office Busts Organized Car Theft Operation, Arrests Two Suspects
Two people were arrested in Ventura County for their involvement in a coordinated vehicle theft crew operating across county lines. On May 5, 2026, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office announced that two suspects were arrested for their ties to the vehicle theft operation that specifically targeted pickup trucks in the city of Thousand Oaks.
3 believed to be part of international crime ring arrested for Santa Clarita burglary
Three people suspected of being part of an international crime ring were arrested in connection with a burglary in Santa Clarita, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department announced Wednesday. LASD said at least three people burglarized a home on the 24000 block of Matthew Place in Santa Clarita on...
