Mothers’ Gather Outside Men’s Central Jail to Remember Sons Who Died in Custody

Mother’s Day in Los Angeles County Sunday will include a healing service outside the Men’s Central Jail for mothers of sons who died in custody and Archbishop José H. Gomez blessing all mothers in attendance during two Masses at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. “Stand With Mothers” began with a rally at […]

2,400 Long Beach Residents Regain Power While 2,900 Remain Without

Power was restored to about 2,400 Southern California Edison customers in the eastern Long Beach area but more than 2,900 were still without power due to an equipment problem that required repair. The outage was first reported about 9:10 a.m. Saturday in an area that included Bellflower Boulevard and Wardlow Road. At 2:27 p.m., the […]

Record High Temps Hit LA, Woodland Hills

Temperatures soared across the Southland Saturday, reaching record highs as the region experienced the peak of a spring heat wave. “Record highs reached so far today: Woodland Hills (currently 100, record 99 set in 1988) and downtown LA (currently 95, record 95 set in 1934). Temperatures still rising,” the National Weather Service’s Los Angeles office […]

Hacienda Heights Crash Leaves One Dead, Two in Critical Condition

One person was killed and two other people were critically injured Sunday when an SUV crashed into a bus, the center divider and caught fire on the Pomona (60) Freeway in Hacienda Heights, authorities said. The crash on the westbound freeway, at the Hacienda Boulevard off-ramp, occurred at 4:30 a.m., according to the California Highway […]

Palmdale Teen with Depression Missing

The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Sunday circulated photos of a 19-year-old girl suffering from depression who went missing in Palmdale, authorities said. Jaela Williams was last seen at 3:35 p.m. Saturday in the 1100 block of East Avenue R, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Williams was described as a 5-foot, 2-inch tall Black […]

Diabetic Woman with Memory Problems Missing in South LA

A 59-year-old woman diagnosed with diabetes and memory problems who was last being seen in South Los Angeles remains missing Sunday, authorities said. Maria Vanessa Ordenana Lopez was last seen Saturday morning near the 600 block of West 98th Street between Figueroa and Hoover streets, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A neighbor told […]

Riverside County Gas Price Rises

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County rose Sunday for the fourth consecutive day, increasing nine-tenths of a cent to $4.654. The average price has increased 7 cents over the past four days, including 1.9 cents Saturday, according to figures from the AAA and the Oil Price Information Service. […]

Van Nuys Apartment Fire Quickly Extinguished

An apartment in a two-story Van Nuys building caught fire Saturday. The fire was reported at 6:11 p.m. Saturday at 14612 W. Wyandotte St. in a first-floor unit of the garden-style building, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz said. There was moderate smoke inside the unit when firefighters arrived, Lantz said. The flames were […]

Pedestrian Killed at 10 Freeway Off-Ramp Near DTLA

A man walking on an off-ramp of the Santa Monica (10) Freeway near downtown Los Angeles was killed by a construction van Saturday. California Highway Patrol officers responded at 12:30 a.m. Saturday to the westbound freeway at the San Pedro Street off-ramp, where they learned the pedestrian was struck near the bottom of the freeway […]

Dockweiler Beach Shooting Leaves One Injured

A man was wounded Saturday in a shooting at Dockweiler State Beach in the Playa Del Rey area of Los Angeles. The shooting was reported at 7:08 p.m. Saturday in the 9200 block of East Vista Del Mar, Los Angeles Police Department Officer J. Chaves told City News Service. The victim was a 40-year-old man, […]

Valley Glen Home Catches Fire

Firefighters battled a house fire Saturday in which flames showed from a Valley Glen home. The fire was reported at 5:35 p.m. Saturday at 5937 N. Cantaloupe Ave., east of Woodman Avenue and south of Oxnard Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Lyndsey Lantz. First-arriving firefighters saw heavy fire at the single-story house, […]