El Nino prompts Los Angeles County to open 7 more winter homeless shelters
Seven additional winter shelters for the homeless will open beginning today as the first El Niño rain events are set to begin this week. Los Angeles County identified facilities such as gymnasiums at...
View ArticleNo charges filed in fatal Alhambra fight
@RubyGonzales2 on TwitterProsecutors on Monday didn't charge an Alhambra man who was accused of killing another man during a fight at an apartment complex.
View ArticleCalifornians cut water use by 20.3 percent in November, still within overall...
Despite a slight drop in November, Californians reduced their water use by 26 percent overall during a six-month period of emergency drought regulations and reached a new low in water used per person,...
View Article'Affluenza' mom, being held in L.A., waives extradition
LOS ANGELES -- The mother of "affluenza" teen Ethan Couch today waived extradition to Texas, where she is facing a felony charge for allegedly helping her 18-year-old son flee to Mexico while on...
View ArticleHow well-paid City of Industry politicians, employees get tax free,...
City of Industry officials, employees and their families have been benefiting for years from a subsidized city-housing program that rents 3-bedroom homes for $700 or less, but tax experts are...
View Article210 Freeway lanes closed by Pasadena big-rig crash
PASADENA -- A multi-vehicle crash this afternoon involving a jackknifed big rig has prompted closure of several lanes of the westbound Foothill (210) Freeway at Sierra Madre Boulevard in Pasadena,...
View ArticleFBI asks public for help with San Bernardino mass shooting
SAN BERNARDINO >> The FBI asked the public Tuesday morning for help filling in a "missing 18 minutes" in what San Bernardino shooters Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik did on Dec. 2.FBI Assistant...
View ArticleWestboro Baptist Church targets Redondo Union High School, students organize...
Westboro Baptist Church, the anti-gay Kansas church known for its inflammatory protests across the country -- particularly at military funerals -- plans to picket Redondo Union High School on...
View ArticleSecond of four storms pounds Southern California
LOS ANGELES -- The second of four El Nino storms expected this week brought sometimes-intense rainfall to the Southland today, flooding intersections in the San Fernando Valley and sending muddy water...
View ArticleFBI: Dec. 2 San Bernardino attack not 'foreign-directed'
The Dec. 2 attack by two Redlands residents that killed 14 people and wounded 22 others at the Inland Regional Center last month was "inspired" by global terrorism networks but not "foreign-directed,"...
View ArticleArmy Corps of Engineers doesn't have money to prepare for storms in LA County
LOS ANGELES -- The Board of Supervisors learned today that the Army Corps of Engineers said it cannot fund $4.5 million of emergency maintenance needed to combat the effects of local storms.County...
View ArticleVideo: Streets in Glendora, Arcadia closed due to mud flows, flooding
GLENDORA - Officials have closed various foothill streets and issued a countywide flood advisory as a result of mud flows and flooding from the day's storms. The Glendora Police Department closed...
View ArticleLA County prepares for El Nino storms
As the rain continued to fall during the region's first major El Nino storm Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to request $4.5 million from the U.S. Army Corps of...
View Article5 Pasadena students hospitalized after ingesting unknown substance
PASADENA - Four Blair High School students and a Washington Middle School student were hospitalized after they ingested an unknown substance and fell ill Tuesday afternoon.Pasadena firefighters don't...
View ArticleLA County supervisors push for reforms to oil, gas regulatory agencies
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously agreed Tuesday to send a letter to the governor and state legislative leaders requesting they investigate and impose immediate reforms to the...
View ArticleGabrielino High School refunds students after multiple interruptions during...
SAN GABRIEL >>Gabrielino High School students experienced several disruptions while taking the October PSAT, including having to work through a fire alarm and being moved to an alternate location...
View ArticleVideo: Dashcam footage shows car drive off Angeles Crest Highway, tumble down...
Here's a friendly reminder to drive with caution on Angeles Crest Highway, courtesy of someone who found out the hard way. YouTube user TurboFoz uploaded this dashcam footage Monday of a crash he...
View ArticleNo illegal food vendors cited at Rose Parade due to lack of resources
No street vendors were cited for selling food illegally at the Rose Parade this year because Pasadena health inspectors were unavailable to patrol the parade, city officials said.In previous years, the...
View ArticleNation's first Israeli-American community center to open in Woodland Hills
The San Fernando Valley has for decades drawn Jewish expatriates from Israel who have established neighborhoods, set up synagogues, opened restaurants and delved into civic life.Now an estimated...
View ArticlePasadena police, city address concerns after six shootings in three weeks
Following six shootings in three weeks, concerned community members in Pasadena filled a tri-district meeting Wednesday night to try to make sense of the violence.The shootings beginning in December...
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