Students Plan Rally at Cal State Los Angeles Tuesday

Students and faculty at Cal State Los Angeles are planning a rally Tuesday to protest the management of the California State University system. At 1 p.m., students will gather in front of the campus Golden Eagle Sculpture. It is part of a weeklong, statewide series of protests that started Monday at Cal State San Marcos. […]

California Lawmakers Request Nearly $2B to LA City Recover from Wildfires

Mayor Karen Bass and four City Council members are back in Los Angeles Tuesday after a one-day sojourn to Sacramento resulted in 22 California legislators requesting nearly $2 billion in wildfire recovery aid for Los Angeles. “Meetings were productive,” Bass told City News Service in a short phone interview Monday evening. “It is not as […]

Man, Woman Arrested After Pursuit in Downtown Los Angeles

A man and a woman led police on a high-speed chase that began in West Covina and ended in downtown Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department said Tuesday. The pursuit began before 11 p.m. Monday when California Highway Patrol officers observed a pickup speeding in West Covina and a chase began, into downtown Los […]

Man Convicted of Molesting Two Girls in Costa Mesa

Sentencing is scheduled for May 9 for a 47-year-old man convicted of sexually assaulting two girls while living with their family in Costa Mesa. Nelson Anibal Saavedra was convicted Monday of molesting the girls from 2015 through 2022, according to court records. The oldest girl told investigators she was assaulted starting when she was 6 […]

16-Year-Old Teen Girl Reported Missing in Lancaster

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department investigators Tuesday are seeking the public’s help in locating a 16-year-old girl who was last seen in Lancaster. Isis Abbey Leia Valenzuela was last seen at 11 p.m. Monday on the 1000 block West Holguin Street and 10th Street West, according to the Sheriff’s Information Bureau. Isis is Latina, is […]

One Wounded in Baldwin Park Shooting

Police in Baldwin Park are continuing their investigation Tuesday of what authorities say could be a gang-related shooting outside of a Target store that left a man wounded . Baldwin Park Police Department officers were called to the store at 8 p.m. Monday in the 3100 Baldwin Park Boulevard, north of the San Bernardino (10) […]

No Tickets Sold With All Six Powerball Lottery Numbers

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $484 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, were sold in Florida and New Jersey and are both worth $1 million, according to the […]

LA Council to Consider Call to Move Contract Power Away from LAHSA

The City Council Tuesday will explore whether the city can directly contract with homeless service providers rather than deliver such services through the Los Angeles Homeless Service Authority, the joint city-county agency that has been questioned for alleged misuse of funds and lack of transparency. Council members Monica Rodriguez and Bob Blumenfield introduced a motion […]

Average LA County Gas Price Increases

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped four-tenths of a cent Tuesday to $4.603, a day after rising three-tenths of a cent. The average price is two-tenths of a cents less than one week ago, 12.3 cents lower than a month ago and 38.3 cents below one […]

Suspect in Killing of Fire Captain Awaits Arraignment

An ex-con suspected of fatally stabbing her wife, a veteran Riverside County Fire Department captain, at the victim’s home last month and then escaping to Mexico is waiting arraignment Tuesday following her capture. Mexican authorities arrested Yolanda Marodi, 53, over the weekend in connection with the slaying of her spouse of two years, Capt. Rebecca […]

Man Convicted of Molesting Two Girls in Costa Mesa