Riverside National Cemetery to Host Flag Walk Saturday

Hundreds of volunteers will fan out Saturday across Riverside National Cemetery to place miniature American flags alongside more than 250,000 grave sites as part of Memorial Day weekend tribute. The “Flag for Every Hero” event is slated for 8 a.m. to noon, beginning with a brief ceremony at the Veterans Memorial Amphitheater in the middle […]

LACo Nurse Tentatively Settles Religious Exemption COVID Vax Suit

A Los Angeles General Medical Center nurse who alleged she was wrongfully suspended in 2022 and suffered lost wages because she sought and was denied a religious exemption to the mandatory coronavirus vaccination has reached a tentative settlement in her lawsuit against Los Angeles County. An attorney for Elena Delaney Gonzales filed court papers Wednesday […]

Palm Springs Fertility Clinic Bombing Declared `Intentional Act of Terrorism’

The 25-year-old man whom authorities believe detonated the car bomb that caused massive damage to a Palm Springs fertility clinic, killing himself and injuring several other people, was motivated by disdain for families and child birth in general, the FBI announced Friday. “The Joint Terrorism Task Force investigation indicates that Guy Edward Bartkus had ideations […]

SoCal Edison Agrees to Pay $82.5M to Settle Bobcat Fire Claims

Southern California Edison has reached a record $82.5 million settlement with the United States to resolve claims stemming from the 2020 Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Friday. The U.S. government sued SoCal Edison in September 2023, alleging in Los Angeles federal court that the Bobcat Fire — […]

Desert X Extends Popular Installations

Four installations from this year’s Desert X exhibition in the Coachella Valley have been extended and will remain on view into the coming months, organizers announced Friday. The fifth edition of Desert X, curated by artistic director Neville Wakefield and co-curator Kaitlin Garcia-Maestas, originally ran from March 8 through May 11 and featured works by […]

One Wounded During Freeway Shooting in Long Beach

One person was wounded in a shooting on the Long Beach (710) Freeway and an investigation is underway Saturday. California Highway Patrol officers responded to the southbound freeway, just south of Del Amo Boulevard, shortly before 10 p.m. Friday. When the officers arrived at the scene, they found the victim in the driver’s seat of […]

Authorities ID Victim in Pico Rivera Homicide

A 68-year-old man who was found dead by sheriff’s deputies in Pico Rivera was identified by county authorities Saturday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies responded shortly after 6 a.m. Wednesday to the 8300 block of Telegraph Road, near the Santa Ana (5) Freeway, to reports regarding an unresponsive man, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau […]

East LA Shooting Victim Identified

A 34-year-old man who sheriff’s homicide detectives found fatally shot in East Los Angeles was identified Saturday. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were called at 10:20 p.m. Thursday to the 1500 block of S. Sunol Drive and Dunham Street where they found Alejandro Guzman, who was pronounced dead at the scene, said homicide Lt. Michel […]

Newport Beach Police Search for 78-Year-Old Woman

A Silver Alert is in effect in Orange County Saturday for a 78-year-old woman last seen in Newport Beach. Terri Fitzsimons was last seen at approximately 9:21 a.m. on May 16 near Canyon Crest and Pacific View drives, according to the California Highway Patrol, which activated the alert Friday on behalf of the Newport Beach […]

No Mega Millions Tickets Sold With All Six Winning Numbers

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $173 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, lottery officials announced. The numbers drawn Friday were 7, 18, 40, 55, […]

Fatal Shooting in Gramercy Park

Los Angeles Police Department officers Saturday are investigating a shooting in the Gramercy Park neighborhood that left one man dead. Officers from the department’s 77th Division responded to reports of a shooting at 9820 South Van Ness Avenue between West 96th Street and West Century Boulevard at 10:50 p.m. Friday. When they arrived, the officers […]