Fire Engulfs Baseball Park Seen in `Eight Men Out’ and `A League of Their Own’

A baseball park in Ontario which has been a popular Hollywood filming location for movies, including “A League of Their Own,” was engulfed in a fire overnight. The fire was reported around 11:30 p.m. Thursday at Jay Littleton Ball Park in the 1000 block of North Grove Avenue. A Fire Investigation Supervisor from the Ontario […]

OC Man Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Buyers of Gloves During Pandemic

An Orange County man was sentenced Friday to seven years and three months in federal prison for defrauding victims who paid more than $3 million for COVID-related medical protective equipment that was never delivered. Christopher Badsey, 63, of Lake Forest, pleaded guilty in downtown Los Angeles in April 2023 to four counts of wire fraud. […]

Baseball Great Rod Carew Becomes US Citizen in Santa Ana Ceremony

Baseball Hall-of-Famer Rod Carew, a Panama native and one of Major League Baseball’s greatest hitters, became a U.S. citizen Friday in Santa Ana. Carew, 78, took the Oath of Allegiance at the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Santa Ana, receiving the oath from USCIS San Diego District Director Alanna Ow. According to USCIS, […]

Dodgers To Begin Three-Game Series Against Tampa Bay Rays Friday evening

The Dodgers will face the Tampa Bay Rays Friday evening to begin a three-game series, two days after they completed a three-game sweep of the Seattle Mariners to give them the best record in baseball. Right-hander Bobby Miller will make his second start for the Dodgers following his recall from their Triple-A Oklahoma City affiliate […]

6 Passengers Taken to Hospitals After Metro Bus Strikes Pole

A Metro bus with passengers aboard struck a pole early Friday in Studio City, injuring at least seven people. The crash occurred around 4:30 a.m. Friday in the 3900 block of Lankershim Boulevard. Six passengers were taken to hospitals with non-life threatening injuries, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. According to Metro, the bus […]

Woman Sues Hawthorne Over Alleged Police Dog Bites at Metro Station

A woman sued the city of Hawthorne Friday, alleging she suffered serious injuries when a police dog was unjustifiably unleashed upon her at a Metro station in 2023. Tyler Wilson’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit also names as a defendant HPD Officer Sarah Lewis, identified in the complaint as the K-9 handler. Wilson’s complaint alleges […]

Circus Coming To Town For First Time Since 2016

The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will perform at Crypto.com Arena Friday evening for the first time since 2016 and without animals. The circus had ended its 147-year run in 2017 due to declining ticket sales which followed the end of the use of elephants in its shows a year earlier, a decision […]

Man Barricaded in Littlerock

Authorities say an armed barricaded suspect in Littlerock is in custody Friday. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department’s Palmdale Station responded at 2:30 a.m. to the 36400 block of 103rd Street East where they learned the suspect accused of assault with a deadly weapon had barricaded himself, the sheriff’s department said. Deputies contacted […]

Ex-Teacher Convicted Murder, Sex Assault Dies in LA Jail

A former Inglewood middle school teacher convicted of murdering a 21-year-old woman in Gardena in 2005 and sexually assaulting another woman in Los Angeles just under 1 1/2 years later died in jail while awaiting sentencing. Charles A. Wright, 59, died in jail on Aug. 13, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner. His […]

2 Men Sentenced for Triple-Murder in Porter Ranch

Two East Coast men were sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the drug-related killings of three men who were gunned down inside a home in an upscale Porter Ranch gated community in 2019. Travis Reid, a 45-year-old Maryland resident, and Kenneth Peterson, a 46-year-old North Carolina resident, professed their […]

Metro Reports Ridership Growth in July Continuing Upward Trend

Ridership on the Metro transit system grew 8.2% in July compared to the same month last year, with a combined 25,466,384 bus and rail boardings, marking a 20th straight month of year-over-year progress, the agency announced Friday. The transit agency reported 19,873,436 weekday boardings, reaching 78.8% of its pre-pandemic July 2019 level. Meanwhile there were […]