Former L.A. County sheriff’s deputy gets prison in extortion case
A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced for lying to federal investigators about an alleged extortion scheme involving a self-described cryptocurrency mogul who prosecutors say used off-duty law enforcement officers as part of his private security operation. Federal prosecutors said the case ste
Serious Concern Rises in California After Yet Another Earthquake
Southern California experienced a notable cluster of earthquakes over a short period, coinciding with scientific findings that certain segments of the San Andreas fault system are under the highest levels of tectonic stress seen in the past 1,000 years. While the quakes themselves caused no reported injuries or signifi
Mystery Buyer Shells Out $30 Million For Mosaic Shops In Downtown Long Beach
A deep-pocketed private investor has quietly dropped $30 million on a cluster of street-front retail buildings tied to the Mosaic shopping center in downtown Long Beach, locking up a key stretch of restaurants and small shops near Pine Avenue and The Promenade. The sellers were a joint venture of Waterford Property Co.
LBPD investigates after two wounded men show up at hospital, one dies
Police say a man died over the weekend after he and another man showed up at a Long Beach hospital with gunshot wounds. The two men arrived shortly after a shooting around 4:25 p.m. Saturday on Myrtle Avenue near East 10th Street, according to Long Beach police. Detectives are still trying to determine if that’s where
Pasadena’s ‘Friends of PUSD Trees’ movement takes root
Inspired by internationally renowned environmental advocates Julia Butterfly Hill and John Quigley, students, parents and...
Couple celebrates 25th wedding anniversary with second Route 66 trip
CLAREMORE, Okla. – Twenty-five years after driving the length of Route 66 in a 1959 Cadillac convertible on their honeymoon, Cherokee Nation citizen Ed Fogle and his wife Jackie repeated the trek in a car as old as the highway itself. The Fogles, residents of Claremore, completed the roughly...
Crowds Show Up to Celebrate LA Central Library’s 100th
Angelenos of all ages thronged to the LA Central Library on Saturday to celebrate its 100th birthday. The program lasted all day long and there were lots of free events and activities, including crafts for kids, readings, tours of the library and live music. The courtyard at the west entrance...
LAUSD, California school districts seek money, changes to social media apps in lawsuits
L.A. Unified and other school districts are suing social media giants like Meta, Google and TikTok to redesign features that are "addictive" for children.
One Hospitalized After Vehicle Goes Over 405 Guardrail
VALLEY CURRENT - Firefighters rescued a person trapped in a vehicle that went over a guardrail along the northbound 405 Freeway in Sherman Oaks on Saturday morning. Crews were called at 9:56 a.m. to the freeway near Mulholland Drive, where they found the vehicle over the side of the freeway and beyond the guardrail, a
Coyote spotted roaming Beverly Hills neighborhood
A coyote was spotted in an exclusive area Sunday night, roaming the streets of Beverly Hills. KTLA viewer Donald Barnat was driving home from a grocery store around 11 p.m. when he saw the animal near Gregory Way and South Camden Drive. The coyote stopped in the front yard of one of the neighborhood’s homes […]
