Long Beach Pride Parade Marches Sunday

The 42nd annual Long Beach Pride Parade, celebrating diversity and unity within the LGBTQ+ community, will step off Sunday at Ocean Boulevard and Lindero Avenue. The 10 a.m. procession will then travel along Ocean Boulevard to Alamitos Avenue in downtown Long Beach. The grand marshals will be City Councilwoman Cindy Allen, pastor Tony Carreras, actress […]

Rep. Barragán Joins Congressional Delegation to Papal Inauguration Mass

Rep. Nanette Barragán, D-Los Angeles, is in Rome Sunday as part of the official congressional delegation attending the inaugural Mass for Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City. The Mass is being celebrated at St. Peter’s Basilica. The pope was chosen May 8 on the second day of a conclave of cardinals assembled to select a […]

Metro Debuts Green Space Corridor Between South LA and Inglewood

Dignitaries and community members got on their bikes and feet Saturday to celebrate the opening of Metro’s new green space corridor connecting rail stations with paths that replaced blighted railroad tracks. The Rail to Rail Active Transportation Corridor is a 5.5-mile path to connect South Los Angeles and Inglewood communities served by Metro trains. Participants […]

FBI Continues Investigation into Palm Springs Fertility Bomber

The investigation is continuing Sunday to identify the deadly bomber and a possible motive for what law enforcement officials described as an “intentional act of terrorism” at a Palm Springs fertility clinic. CNN, citing a law enforcement source, said the bomber had preliminarily been identified “as a 25-year-old man from the nearby city of Twentynine […]

LACoFD Hosts Annual Valor Awards Ceremony Sunday

Two Los Angeles County Fire Department firefighters will receive medals of valor Sunday for rescuing a blind patient from a Whittier structure fire, while a third firefighter will receive the medal posthumously for rescuing colleagues from a fire truck that was involved in a head-on collision while responding to a call in Palmdale. The Medal […]

Police Fatally Shoot NoHo Stabbing Suspect

Police Saturday identified a man suspected of stabbing a woman to death in a domestic violence attack before being fatally shot by officers within earshot of children playing at a nearby North Hollywood elementary school. The Los Angeles Police Department stated that 23-year-old Jose Gonzalez Ramos had stabbed his wife multiple times and died after […]

No SuperLotto Winning Tickets Sold

No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Saturday evening’s drawing of the SuperLotto Plus game, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $9 million. A ticket with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, was sold at Three Brothers Market & Gas, in Blythe, in Riverside County, according to the California Lottery. […]

Questlove Delivers LMU Commencement Address

Acclaimed musical director of “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,” Questlove shared his secrets to success with graduates from Loyola Marymount University’s Class of 2025 Saturday at the Westchester campus. Academy and GRAMMY award winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson shared with graduates four things that helped him remain grounded through his life’s challenges: “Wake with gratitude. […]

Motorcyclist Killed in 405 Crash Near Gardena

A motorcyclist killed in a multi-vehicle crash on the San Diego (405) Freeway near Gardena was publicly identified Saturday. Leonard Montanez, 47, died from multiple blunt force injuries in an accident, according to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s office. His city of residence was not disclosed. California Highway Patrol officers were called to the […]

Four Trapped in Palm Desert After Electrical Vault Struck Above by Vehicle

Four people were stuck in a hotel elevator Saturday after a commercial vehicle struck an above-ground electrical vault and cut power in Palm Desert. The crash was reported at 6:17 p.m. Saturday in the 74000 block of Highway 111, at Portola Avenue, according to the Riverside County Fire Department. The crash resulted in a power […]

Thousands of Teachers Protest Trump/Musk Cuts Outside SpaceX

A sea of protesters gathered outside Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket manufacturing and testing facility in Hawthorne Saturday to show opposition to federal budget cuts threatening special education and meal programs and a move to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. Signs proclaimed the educators were “Ready to fight” the cuts ordered by President Donald Trump […]