Council Approves Revised LA City Budget; Passes to Mayor Bass

The Los Angeles City Council Friday finalized a revised budget for fiscal year 2025-26, which now heads to Mayor Karen Bass’ desk for her consideration. More than a week after the council preliminary approved the revised $14 billion spending plan, members took a second and final vote on the matter Friday. Elected officials voted 11-2 […]

OC Celebrates Beach Health and Safety Report

For the 13th consecutive year, Orange County beach closures due to sewage spills continued a trend below a 38-year average, according to the latest OC Health Care Agency report. There were 71 sewage spills reported last year, which was below the 38-year average of 178 annually, according to the report. Of those, 4% led to […]

Loretta Swit, Emmy Winning `M*A*S*H’ Actor, Dies at 87

Loretta Swit, who won a pair of Emmy Awards for her portrayal of tough-talking yet big-hearted Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the long-running “M*A*S*H” television series, died Friday in New York at age 87. Her publicist, B. Harlan Boll, said the actress died just after midnight Friday at her home in New York of […]

Deadly Collision on 5 Freeway Under Investigation

The California Highway Patrol Friday continued its investigation into a fiery crash that killed two people on the Golden State (5) Freeway in Sylmar. Officers responded to the northbound freeway just south of Roxford Street at 10:41 p.m. Thursday, according to CHP Officer Carlos Lopez. They found that a gray Jeep Grand Cherokee had rear-ended […]

High-Speed Chase Ends in Fatal Crash Near Boyle Heights

A driver who led California Highway Patrol officers on a high-speed chase in a silver Aston Martin on surface streets crashed into a utility pole and then died Friday morning after he was captured by police, authorities said. The pursuit began at 3:15 a.m. Friday at Indiana Street and Gleason Avenue after CHP officers in […]

Feds Charge Two Foreign Nationals Allegedly Threatening Xi Jinping Critics

Federal prosecutors have accused two foreign nationals of hiring people to harass and threaten a Los Angeles-based artist who publicly criticized Chinese President Xi Jinping, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. Cui Guanghai, 43, of China, and John Miller, 63, of the United Kingdom, were indicted by federal grand juries in Los Angeles and […]

Ricky Gervais Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame was unveiled Friday honoring comedian Ricky Gervais for a television career best known to Americans for hosting the Golden Globe Awards. In his native England, he is best known as a co-creator and star of the BBC Two comedy, “The Office,” which was adapted into the American […]

Nursing Home Employee Tentatively Tentatively Settles Discrimination Suit

A Filipino former employee of a Van Nuys nursing home has reached a tentative settlement of her lawsuit alleging that she experienced harassment, discrimination and retaliation from a supervisor who considered her “too old” and “too ethnic.” The plaintiff, 47-year-old Cynthia Batac, also contended that her boss ignored her complaints about alleged patient care issues. […]

Glendale PD Investigates Death at Home Depot Lot

Glendale police Friday were investigating a man’s death at a Home Depot store in the city. Officers were sent to investigate a report of a man having a medical emergency in the store’s parking lot at 5040 San Fernando Road at about 8:10 a.m. Thursday, according to Sgt. Jose Barajas of the Glendale Police Department. […]

Santa Monica Big Blue Bus Strikes, Kills Woman

A pedestrian was critically injured Friday when she was struck by a Big Blue Bus in Santa Monica. Officers responded at about 8:15 a.m. to the 2900 block of Pico Boulevard to investigate the reported crash. “Preliminary investigation indicates the bus was … eastbound on Pico Boulevard when it struck an elderly female pedestrian in […]

Detectives Asks for Witnesses of South LA Fatal Hit-and-Run to Come Forward

Detectives sought the public’s help Friday in finding a driver who left the scene after striking and fatally injuring a pedestrian in South Los Angeles. A woman in her 30s was struck at about 9:20 p.m. Thursday near the intersection of Figueroa and 115th Streets, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The vehicle that […]