Felony charges filed against unlicensed contractors working in Eaton Fire area
Five people have been charged with being unlicensed contractors under the California Business Professions Code, 7028.16.
LA County sues oil companies over unplugged wells in Inglewood Oil Field
Los Angeles County filed an environmental lawsuit against oil and gas well operators to compel them to address what lawyers called dangers to human health and the environment.
Crime is down and kids are back, but drugs still plague Los Angeles’ MacArthur...
A year ago, vendors had set up shop across the street from MacArthur Park in Los Angeles. They were dealing drugs and stolen goods from underneath makeshift tables at their stands. Langer’s, the neighborhood’s historic deli, was threatening to leave for good. And assaults in the area were on the...
2 men sentenced for murders of 19-year-old, 17-year-old
Two young men were sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the killings of a 19-year-old woman and a 17-year-old girl at a park in Montecito Heights just over a decade ago.
California Resident Spots A Hidden Figure Under A Foundation And Freezes At The Sight
A young puppy began her life hidden away under a partially constructed house, spending her earliest moments alone in the quiet space beneath the unfinished structure. With no neighbors nearby, she went unseen and untouched, receiving neither warmth nor human care. She longed for her mother’s presence. Growing up...
Geragos Says Celeste Rivas Hernandez Probe Has Entered “Unusually Secretive” Phase
Veteran criminal-defense attorney Mark Geragos believes the homicide investigation into the death of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez has entered an unusually secretive phase, revealing what he describes as major tension between the Los Angeles Police Department and the LA County Medical Examiner over the handling...
State confiscates $56.5M in black market cannabis
Editor's note: This story has been updated since its initial publication. (The Center Square) - California officials announced this week that state law enforcement seized $56.5 million of illegally-grown marijuana plants in November, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom's office. State agencies conducted three raids in...
Thieves tunnel into Woodland Hills sports memorabilia shop, steal nearly $30,000 of merchandise
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, after three to four suspects smashed the front glass door of the restaurant in the 23300 block of Mulholland Drive, they tunneled their way through the wall into the Cards & Coffee trading cards shop.
LA artist is devoted to Our Lady of Guadalupe
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles sacred artist Lalo García has spent more than four decades painting religious images, but none move him more deeply than Our Lady of Guadalupe. Even after creating her portrait more than a dozen times, García says every painting feels like the first — because each one brings a new emotion, a...
Homeless encampment near LAUSD school returns; superintendent calls for action
Parents - and even the LAUSD superintendent - want action after an encampment near a school in the Westlake District has popped up again.
