LA to Host County-Wide Flag Raising Ceremonies in Honor of Pride Month

Los Angeles County will mark the start of Pride Month with a couple of flag-raising ceremonies Tuesday. The county LGBTQ+ Commission, joined by the Board of Supervisors and District Attorney Nathan Hochman, will host a ceremonial raising of the Progress Pride Flag at the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration in downtown Los Angeles at 8:30 […]

Three Men Return to Attack Trans Woman

Los Angeles Police Chief Jim McDonnell is planning to take questions of topics of interest Tuesday following what police have described as a series of hate crimes in the Westlake District of Los Angeles. Police are requesting the public’s help in locating three young males suspected of assaulting a 61-year-old transgender woman multiple times at […]

Average LACo Gas Price Drops Again

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Tuesday for the seventh consecutive day, decreasing 1.1 cents to $4.738. The average price has dropped 6.8 cents over the past seven days, including one-tenth of a cent Monday, according to figures from AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. […]

City Council Waits on Mayor Bass to Review Revised Budget

The Los Angeles City Council is waiting a response from Mayor Karen Bass Tuesday on its revised $14 billion spending plan for fiscal year 2025-26, with the mayor facing a Friday deadline to make a decision. Facing a roughly $1 billion deficit in the upcoming fiscal year, elected officials are on the verge of finalizing […]

Three Alleged Burglars At-Large in Del Rey

Three burglars who ransacked a residence in Del Rey and zip-tied two victims are still at large and an investigation of the robbery is underway Tuesday. Officers responded to the 11300 of Culver Boulevard, near Sawtelle Boulevard and the Culver City border, at around 6:10 p.m. Monday after reports of an armed suspect entering a […]

Girardi Sentencing Hearing Due

Sylmar Opens New Hollywood Bowl Park & Ride Location

The L.A. Philharmonic has expanded Tuesday its network of county Park & Ride locations where people can drop their vehicles and take a bus to the Hollywood Bowl. The newest location, at the Sylmar Metrolink Station in the northeast San Fernando Valley, begins in time for the start of the Bowl’s 2025 summer season. The […]

Baldwin Park Mourns Officer Killed in Shooting

A memorial of flowers, pictures and other mementos is growing outside the Baldwin Park Police Department and Los Angeles County flags will be lowered to half-staff Tuesday in honor of an officer fatally shot during a gun battle that left a second officer wounded and another man dead. The shooting suspect, who was also struck […]

LA Hospitality Workers Launch ‘Olympic Wage’ Campaign

Hotel and airport workers are expected to rally at Los Angeles City Hall Tuesday to announce a campaign in defense of a recently approved minimum-wage increase, and also to oppose a referendum petition that aims to overturn those regulations. Members of the Tourism Workers Rising Coalition, which lobbied for the minimum wage increase, will also […]

Fire Knocked Down by Firefighters in Westlake Area

A fire at a vacant building where a previous fire had burned was extinguished Tuesday in the Westlake District by Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters. Fire crews were called at 2:24 a.m. to 1350 W. Shatto St. and Sixth Street where they began defensive operations at the boarded-up building that was consumed by flames, LAFD […]

No Winning Powerball Tickets Sold

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $30 million. A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Maryland and is worth $1 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts […]