City of LA Extends Operation of Cooling Center Amid Scorching Heat Wave

Cooling centers across the city of Los Angeles will remain open through Monday as the Southland continues experiencing scorching heat and high temperatures. L.A.’s Emergency Management Department activated six cooling centers on Tuesday prompted by a late-summer heat wave. Nearly 400 people have made use of the centers, according to Joseph Riser, a spokesman for […]

Los Angeles to Kick Off Inaugural Climate Week

More than 100 organizations and over 5,000 people are expected to attend Los Angeles’ inaugural Climate Week beginning Sunday, with events taking place at over 85 venues across the city where activists, researchers and business leaders will exchange ideas on how to tackle the challenge of climate change. The event’s website promises “diverse events for […]

No Tickets Sold With All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Monday’s drawing to $121 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The numbers drawn […]

Pat Sajak Wins Emmy For Final Season of Hosting `Wheel of Fortune’

Pat Sajak, Alan Cumming and Angela Bassett were among the individual winners and “Jeopardy!” was among the program winners as the two-night 2023-24 Creative Arts Emmy Awards began Saturday evening at the Peacock Theater at L.A. Live. Sajak, who announced on June 12, 2023, that he would retire as the host of “Wheel of Fortune” […]

LAFD Puts out Fire at Vacant North Hollywood Structure

Firefighters put out flames that fully engulfed a single-story house in North Hollywood Saturday and kept them from spreading to an adjacent automotive repair firm. The fire was reported at 7:03 p.m. Saturday in a vacant and boarded-up house at 6743 Irvine Ave., east of Lankershim Boulevard and south of West Vanowen Street, said Los […]

City Attorney Disputes Protester’s Claim He Was On Ground When Hit by Beanbag

As trial nears of a lawsuit filed by a man who alleges he was wrongfully shot in one leg with a projectile by a Los Angeles police officer during the 2021 displacement of homeless people at Echo Park Lake, defense attorneys state in new court papers that video evidence disputes the plaintiff’s claim he was […]

Thousands of Southland Residents Lose Power During Heat Wave

Excessive heat was causing dozens of power outages throughout the Southland this weekend, affecting thousands of customers, according to utility officials. As of noon Saturday, Southern California Edison was reporting 53 outages in Los Angeles County affecting over 6,400 customers, and three in Orange County affecting 170 customers. The Los Angeles Department of Water and […]

Girl, 3, Locked in Car in 104 Degree Anaheim Heat Dies

A 3-year-old girl died in Anaheim after being found locked in a car with her mother in sweltering heat, according to a report Saturday. NBC4 reported that the child died of heat-related complications. Family members told the station the mother had locked herself and the girl in the car and it was two hours before […]

Flames Destroy Blythe House

A fully involved single family house in Blythe was consumed by flames Saturday. The fire was reported at 6 p.m. Saturday at 20th Avenue at Rannells Boulevard, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. Firefighters expected to be on the scene until about 11 p.m., putting out the last of the fire and its hot […]

One Year Ago Today (September 8, 2023)…Man Gets 22 to Life for Attack in Santa Ana Park

One Year Ago Today (September 8, 2023)…A 28-year-old man was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for robbing a man on his way to work and forcing him to commit a sex act on the defendant in a Santa Ana park. Alec Sean Blake was convicted in May of kidnapping, kidnapping to commit […]

Girl, 3, Locked in Car in 104 Degree Anaheim Heat Dies