8-hour West Covina barricade situation ends peacefully
@RubyGonzales2 on TwitterWEST COVINA -- An armed man barricaded himself in an apartment for nearly eight hours before police flushed him out with tear gas Monday morning, authorities said.Officers took...
View ArticleESL teacher released as Orange County jail escapees are set to appear in court
SANTA ANA -- An English teacher who was arrested for allegedly helping three inmates escape from the Central Men's Jail in Santa Ana will be freed today, with District Attorney Tony Rackauckas saying...
View ArticleEl Monte shopping/automotive center sold to Merlone Geier for $84.5 M
By Kevin SmithDecron Properties has sold its El Monte Shopping and Automotive Center, a 473,347-square-foot auto and retail center located in the city of El Monte. The buyer was Merlone Geier Partners,...
View ArticleWhy guitar pedals remain popular even when electric guitar sales drop
When the economy took a dive the music industry saw a resurgence of interest in acoustic instruments and big losses for a number of electric guitar and amplifier manufacturers.But guitar pedal sales?...
View ArticleStranded Santa Barbara oil -- all 17 million gallons of it -- about to start...
LOS ANGELES -- Exxon Mobil Corp. won approval Monday for its plan to use trucks to move more than 17 million gallons of oil stranded in storage tanks after a California pipeline break in May, despite...
View ArticleIt's time: Strawberry doughnuts are back at The Donut Man in Glendora
Hooray! Strawberry doughnuts are back in season at Glendora's The Donut Man. The perennial favorite will only be available until about September when strawberries go out of season. Get yours fresh (and...
View ArticleEl Segundo hires Monrovia's Chris Donovan as new fire chief
Chris Donovan, the 10-year fire chief of Monrovia, will take the same position in the South Bay city of El Segundo later this month.Donovan, 49, was hired after a four-month search to replace Fire...
View ArticlePasadena police K-9 credited for apprehending burglary suspects
PASADENA >> A member of the police department's K-9 unit was responsible for the apprehension of two burglary suspects Monday, officials said.Officers responded to a call at 2:55 p.m. of a...
View ArticleDWP security chief fired as security vulnerabilities laid bare
The security chief at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was abruptly replaced last week as the agency's lingering power vulnerabilities are scrutinized by City Hall.Former Security Services...
View ArticleL.A. County supervisors to discuss oversight of Probation Department
Inspired by the newly formed Sheriff's Department oversight commission, Supervisor Sheila Kuehl will ask her fellow supervisors Tuesday to consider exploring a similar oversight body for the Probation...
View ArticleIf you're not drinking treated sewer water, you soon will be
In the wake of drought and environmental concerns, more water agencies in California and across the West are finding a new water source for human consumption in an unexpected place: the sewer.
View ArticlePasadena murder suspect mistakenly released by Los Angeles County Sheriff's...
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department mistakenly released a man suspected in a 2011 Pasadena gang-related homicide, officials said Monday.Steven Lawrence Wright, 37, was released at about 12:55...
View ArticleMan, 52, killed by vehicles while walking on 10 Freeway near downtown LA
LOS ANGELES -- A 52-year-old man was struck and fatally injured while walking on the eastbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway near downtown Los Angeles in an accident that involved at least two vehicles and...
View ArticleCabbie kidnapped for days by Orange County fugitives -- and 1 wanted to kill him
SANTA ANA -- A cab driver who was taken prisoner by the three inmates who recently escaped from Orange County's main jail and who one of the escapees wanted to kill is keeping mum about his ordeal and...
View ArticleThousands without power in Southern California
LOS ANGELES -- More than 6,800 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power customers remained without power today due to a weekend storm that brought high winds and at times heavy rain to the...
View ArticleHow Pasadena became ground zero in the new pizza wars
The pizza wars are heating up in Pasadena.Anyone living in or around the city has likely noticed all the new pizza places that have cropped up. It started in 2011 when Blaze Fast Fire'd Pizza opened...
View ArticleCalifornia Drought: Water conservation falls for 4th straight month
Water conservation from California households and businesses fell in December marking the fourth straight month of decline but cumulative water savings remained above the governor's mandate of 25...
View ArticlePorter Ranch gas leak: State attorney general sues SoCalGas, local...
California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris on Tuesday sued Southern California Gas Co. over its massive methane leak at its Aliso Canyon storage field and Rep. Brad Sherman called for federal...
View ArticlePasadena will raise the minimum wage as council approves plan
The Pasadena City Council voted Monday to boost the city's minimum wage in a tiered process that will top out at $13.25 an hour in 2018.The first hike will kick in on July 1 of this year, boosting the...
View ArticleToyota settles with feds over auto lending discrimination allegations
The U.S. Justice Department and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau today announced a settlement resolving allegations that Torrance-based Toyota Motor Credit Corp. discriminated against black and...
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