Police Barrage LA Protestors with Rubber Bullets, Tear Gas

Protests resulting from immigration raids in Los Angeles are entering a fourth day Monday, with police reporting 29 arrests and looting at stores downtown, and the use of tear gas and rubber bullets by police on reporters and demonstrators. Monday dawned with a tense quiet as officers from police departments around Los Angeles County stood […]

LA Civil Rights Advocates Plan Rally Demanding Release of Union Leader David Huerta

A rally is planned at noon Monday at Grand Park, downtown, where civil rights and labor leaders will demand the release of union leader David Huerta from federal detention after he was arrested during an immigration enforcement action. Huerta is due in court at the Roybal Federal Building at 1:30 p.m. Federal agents took an […]

Gov. Newson Admonishes Trump for Deploying National Guard

Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening to sue President Donald Trump’s administration Monday for deploying the National Guard to Los Angeles because of protests sparked by immigration raids without coordinating the move before making the decision. “There’s a protocol; there’s a process,” Newsom told correspondent Jacob Soboroff Sunday in an interview on MSNBC. “He didn’t care […]

Kendrick Lamar Leads BET Award Nominees with 10 Nods

Rapper Kendrick Lamar leads all nominees with 10 nods heading into Monday evening’s presentation of the 2025 BET Awards, while Doechii, Drake, Future and GloRilla all have six. The awards honor individuals who contribute to Black culture as writers, musicians, filmmakers, philanthropists and more. Among the nods for Lamar are a nomination for best male […]

Feds Prosecutors Expected to Ask Max Sentence for for Andrew Do in Bribery Case

Federal prosecutors Monday are expected to push for maximum punishment of five years behind bars for former Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do, who resigned as part of his plea deal in a bribery scheme that also tainted his daughter. Do’s attorneys have requested just shy of three years in federal prison. Meanwhile, later Monday, a […]

Christian Slater to Receive Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is scheduled to be unveiled Monday honoring actor Christian Slater for a television career including a starring role on “Dexter: Original Sin.” Sarah Michelle Gellar and Michael Lehmann are set to join Slater in speaking at the 11:30 a.m. ceremony at 6201 Hollywood Blvd., in front of […]

Guilty Plea Hearing Due in Compton Sex Trafficking Case

A Compton woman is expected to plead guilty Monday to kidnapping two teenagers and forcing them to engage in sexual activity for money. Daisy Pollard-Gilliam, 42, has agreed to enter a plea in downtown Los Angeles to two counts of enticement of a minor to engage in criminal sexual activity and two counts of kidnapping, […]

RivCo to Begin New Fiscal Year with Deficit, Requiring Use of Reserves

Riverside County government’s budget for the coming fiscal year would increase 4% under a tentative appropriations plan that the Board of Supervisors is slated to review Monday, requiring a draw-down of savings to cover an anticipated budget gap, though department heads may ask for more. “We face immediate and formidable challenges,” county Chief Executive Officer […]

Riverside Gas Prices Drop for 20th Time in 21 Days

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Riverside County dropped Monday for the 20th time in 21 days, decreasing two-tenths of a cent to $4.511, a day after dropping six-tenths of a cent. The average price has dropped 17.4 cents over the past 21 days, including 1.4 cents Saturday, according to […]

Journalism Society Calls for Respect, Safety for Reporters at Protests

Describing video footage as “disturbing,” the Los Angeles chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists called Sunday for journalists to prioritize safety while reporting in the field about the immigration protests in the Los Angeles area, and for protesters and law enforcement to respect the role of the press. “Over the weekend, disturbing footage and […]

Mayor Bass Claims Trump is to Blame for Inciting Local Violence

As protests and sporadic violence continued for a third day following a series of federal immigration raids, Mayor Karen Bass Sunday labeled Los Angeles a city in “chaos” — and blamed the Trump administration for a “chaotic escalation.” “What we’re seeing in our city is chaos provoked by the Trump Administration,” the mayor said in […]