LA City Council Moves Forward on Regulating RVs Used as Housing

In a move to address recreational vehicles being used as housing across Los Angeles, the City Council is moving forward Thursday with an effort aimed at identifying areas where RVs would be prohibited, while also exploring parking locations where the big vehicles might be allowed. The council voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of a motion […]

Apartment Complex for Formerly Homeless Seniors Opens in Pasadena

Heritage Square South, a 69-unit apartment complex providing one-bedroom apartments for seniors who previously experienced homelessness, is open Thursday in Pasadena. The complex is aimed at helping address the housing crisis affecting communities in Southern California, where extremely high costs and low availability have put stable housing increasingly out of reach, especially for seniors, according […]

Man with Dementia Reported Missing in Inglewood

A 71-year-old man who authorities say has dementia and requires medication was reported missing after he was last seen in Inglewood, authorities said Thursday. Valerii Fedotov was last seen on Wednesday at 10 p.m. on the 4000 block of W. 104th St., the Sheriff’s Information Bureau said. Fedotov is white, 5 feet, 10 inches tall, […]

Bruno Mars to Officially Open Intuit Dome in Inglewood Thursday evening

The $2 billion Intuit Dome, which will be the new home of the NBA’s Los Angeles Clippers, will officially open Thursday evening as Grammy winner Bruno Mars performs the first of two concerts to inaugurate the venue. Mars is set to take the stage at 8 p.m. Thursday, with another performance set for the same […]

LA City to Unveil Bike Lane on Hollywood Boulevard as Part of Ongoing Project

A new bike lane will officially open Thursday as part the first half of what is known as the “Access to Hollywood” plan, which are measures intended to improve pedestrian safety and mobility options for the area. Los Angeles City Council members Hugo Soto-Martinez and Nithya Raman, who represent the 13th and 4th Districts, respectively, […]

Average LA, Orange County Gas Prices Rise

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County rose one-tenth of a cent Thursday to $4.573, a day after rising seven-tenths of a cent. The average price is two-tenths of a cent less than one week ago, 16.6 cents less than one month ago and 68.1 cents less than […]

2 OC Supervisors Call for Probes of Nonprofits

Orange County Supervisors Katrina Foley and Vicente Sarmiento are calling Thursday for investigations into the public funding of two nonprofits to provide meals and other services during the pandemic. Officials with Viet America Society have been chasing down receipts to document its services for an audit. In January, the accounting firm of Buu D. Nguyen […]

Striking Video Game Actors to Resume Picket Line

Striking SAG-AFTRA video game performers plan to picket outside Disney Character Voices Thursday — the union’s second picketing event since it walked off the job on July 23 to highlight a dispute its says focuses on an unwillingness by top gaming companies to protect voice actors from the emergence of artificial intelligence. The pickets are […]

State Approves Audit of Failed Angels Stadium Deal

The Joint Legislative Audit Committee has approved a request to conduct an emergency audit of Anaheim’s leases with the Angels for the team’s stadium, said the two state lawmakers who made the request, and Thursday the mayor is welcoming the review. Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, and Assemblyman Avelino Valencia, D-Anaheim, called for the audit […]

Gena Rowlands, ‘Notebook’ Actress, Dies at 94

Funeral services are pending Thursday for actress Gena Rowlands, an Emmy and Golden Globe winner best known for her performance in the film “The Notebook.” TMZ reported that Rowlands, 94, died Wednesday at her home in Indian Wells, surrounded by family. Her death came nearly two months after her son revealed in an interview with […]

One Year Ago Today (August 15, 2023)…Former Chapman Law School Dean Eastman Criticizes Indictment of Him

One Year Ago Today (August 15, 2023)…Former Chapman University Law School dean John Eastman accused Georgia prosecutors of criminalizing lawful political speech” in the grand jury indictment that charges Eastman and his former client, former President Donald Trump, among others, with election fraud in the 2020 presidential race. “The indictment in Georgia vs. Donald Trump […]