| | The news for Thursday, May 15, 2025 |
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Chargers to Face AFC Champs KC Chiefs in Season Opener in Brazil The Chargers will open their 2025 season by facing the three-time defending AFC champion Kansas City Chiefs in San Paulo, Brazil Sept. 5, the first of their five games in prime time. The 5 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time Friday game at Corinthians Arena will be streamed free to most of the world on YouTube. It […]
LA Council Likely to Vote to Raise Hotel, Airport Worker Minimum Wage An ordinance to increase the minimum wage for Los Angeles hotel and airport workers — reaching $30 an hour by 2028 — a plan hoteliers and some business owners warned will threaten an already unstable industry, is headed back to the City Council Thursday for a second vote later this month. In a 12-3 vote […]
Investigation Launches into Potential Double-Murder at Homeless Encampment An investigation was underway Thursday after two people were found dead at a homelessness encampment in the Westlake District, including a woman whose body had been partially mauled by dogs. The Los Angeles County Office of Medical Examiner identified the woman as 46-year-old Lucrecia Macias Barajas, who died Monday. Barajas’ body was found inside a […]
Medical Examiner Identifies Woman Stabbed in Florence A 20-year-old woman who police found stabbed to death in the Florence area of Los Angeles was identified Thursday. The victim of the stabbing was identified as Ty’iana Pierce, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. The stabbing was reported at about 3:30 p.m. Sunday inside 338 E. 82nd St., near San Pedro Street, […]
Metro Calls for Water Taxi Between San Pedro, Long Beach for 2028 Olympics A Metro committee is calling for a study Thursday to explore the feasibility of a water taxi service to connect San Pedro and Long Beach for the 2028 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games. In a unanimous vote Wednesday, the Ad Hoc 2028 Olympic & Paralympic Games Committee approved the motion. If approved by Metro’s Board […]
12-Year-Old Boy Killed in Compton Shooting County authorities Thursday identified a 12-year-old boy who as fatally shot in a Compton park Deputies found the victim, Rodrigo Martinez Macias, in the park and began first-aid measures. Paramedics from the Compton Fire Department took Rodrigo to a hospital, where he was later pronounced dead. The shooting took place around 4 p.m. Friday in […]
Three Hospitalized After Broadway-Manchester Shooting Two men and a woman are in the hospital Thursday after they were shot in the Broadway-Manchester neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The first shooting was reported at 11:43 p.m. Wednesday near 101st and Main streets. Los Angeles Police Department officers arrived at the scene, where witnesses told them a man was standing outside a […]
Pedestrian Killed on 5 Freeway Near Anaheim A pedestrian walking on the Santa Ana (5) Freeway was struck and killed by a vehicle near Anaheim, the California Highway Patrol reported Thursday. CHP officers responded at 2:33 a.m. Thursday to the southbound freeway and Gene Autry Way where they found the pedestrian near the right lane of the freeway, authorities said. The victim, […]
Compton Woman to Plead Guilty to Sex Trafficking Teens A Compton woman is expected to plead guilty Thursday to federal charges that she kidnapped two teenagers and forced them to engage in sexual activity for money. Daisy Pollard-Gilliam, 42, has agreed to enter her plea in downtown Los Angeles to two counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and […]
Two Injured After Crashing Into South LA Hydrant Two armed suspects allegedly involved in a shooting in South Los Angeles were on the loose Wednesday evening, police said. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s 77th Division responded to a shots fired call at 10:05 p.m. Wednesday in the 6500 block of Figueroa Street, just west of the Harbor (110) Freeway. They pursued […]
Fountain Valley Police Release Video of January’s Fatal Shooting Police released graphic body-cam video Wednesday of an officer’s fatal shooting of a man who attacked another officer in Fountain Valley and took her gun. The incident began shortly before 11 a.m. on Jan. 24 near Kazuo Masuda Middle School at 17415 Los Jardines W, where the suspect unsuccessfully attempted to get into the car […]
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