Unhoused Population Declines in LA Despite Uptick Nationwide

While homelessness across the United States increased by a dramatic 18% in 2024 compared to a year earlier, Los Angeles was among a handful of cities bucking the national trend — with a 5% drop in unsheltered homelessness over the same period, the first such drop in seven years, the U.S. Department of Housing and […]

OC Transit Offers Free NYE Bus Rides

Orange County revelers will be able to hop on a bus for free on New Year’s Eve and arrive safely at destinations and home again, the Orange County Transportation Authority announced Friday. The free rides will again be offered on all OC Bus fixed routes from 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, to 2:30 a.m. Wednesday, […]

Wood-Burning Ban in Effect Throughout Southern CA

A ban on indoor and outdoor wood burning was extended through Saturday in much of the Southland due to a forecast of high air pollution in the area. The residential wood-burning ban will be in effect until at least 11:59 p.m. Saturday for all those in the South Coast Air Basin, including the non-desert portions […]

Man Allegedly Stabbed Three Relatives to Death in Baldwin Park

A 23-year-old man was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbings of three of his relatives — a man and two women — in Baldwin Park, authorities said Friday. Baldwin Park Police Department officers responded at 6:48 p.m. Thursday to the 4700 block of Bogart Avenue, between Maine and Phelan avenues, where they found the […]

Panorama City Shooting Victim ID’d

A 33-year-old man was fatally shot during an argument with another a man on Christmas Day in Panorama City. Samuel Ramirez was a Panorama City resident, the Medical Examiner’s office said. The shooting occurred around 8:50 p.m. Wednesday in the 8700 block of Cedros Avenue, near the intersection of Parthenia Street and Van Nuys Boulevard, […]

Passenger Dies in Torrance Crash

A 31-year-old Inglewood man was killed Friday when the sedan he was riding in crashed into an electric support pole in Torrance. The crash occurred about 5:45 a.m Friday in the 18800 block of Hawthorne Boulevard near 190th Street, according to the Torrance Police Department. A 46-year-old Hawthorne man driving the gray 2024 Nissan Sentra […]

Fatal Rollover Near Whittier Narrows Recreation Area

One person was killed Friday when a Dodge Ram pickup truck went off a road in the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area of South El Monte, overturned and landed upright in a riverbed. The crash was reported to the California Highway Patrol at 9:10 a.m. Friday near the intersection of Rosemead and San Gabriel boulevards. The […]

Culver City Police Recovers Bikes, Scooters Stolen from Non-Profit

Culver City police recovered a stolen trailer of bikes, scooters and helmets stolen from a local nonprofit and arrested a suspect, authorities said Friday. A trailer belonging to the Walk ‘n Rollers organization was stolen from a home on Patom Drive on Nov. 22, according to Culver City Police Department spokeswoman Jennifer Atenza. Detectives recovered […]

South LA Crash Victim ID’d

A man killed in a three-vehicle crash in South Los Angeles was publicly identified Friday. Three other people were hospitalized as a result of the crash at 1:53 a.m. Wednesday at 250 W. 53rd St., LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said. Edwin Barrera, 26, died at the scene from multiple blunt traumatic injuries, the Medical Examiner’s […]

City of LA Files Indemnification Cross Complaint Against Metro

The city of Los Angeles has filed a cross-complaint against Metro stemming from the killing of a 23-year-old passenger who was stalked and stabbed without provocation aboard a Metro B (Red) Line train in downtown Los Angeles in 2023. The attack occurred at 5:20 p.m. Sept. 7, 2023, when Randy Lamale Nash allegedly approached Jesse […]

Driver Dies in Fiery Irvine Crash

An SUV driver was found dead inside a vehicle that burst into flames after crashing into a concrete support column under the 73 Toll Road in Irvine, authorities said Friday. The crash occurred about 10:20 p.m. Thursday on Bonita Canyon Drive under the 73 Toll Road, according to the Irvine Police Department. Arriving Irvine police […]