Man sought after 10-year-old girl groped on way to school in El Monte
EL MONTE >> Police are seeking an unidentified man who grabbed and groped a 10-year-old girl as she was walking to school Friday morning.The girl was walking to school about 7:15 a.m. when she...
View ArticleProposal would give access to details of police abuse probes
SAN FRANCISCO >> California residents would have access to details of investigations involving wrongdoing by police officers and police shootings under a bill introduced Friday in the state...
View ArticleNeedle exchanges get funding boost to save lives
At precisely 8:30 on a Tuesday morning, the doors of the needle exchange on L.A.'s Skid Row open and the daily procession of injection drug users begins.Michael Poor, 47, is one of the first customers....
View ArticleSan Bernardino County tweets it reset terrorist's iCloud password with FBI
The iCloud account connected to Syed Rizwan Farook's Apple iPhone was reset in the hours after the Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, according to a motion filed Friday by federal prosecutors...
View Article'Coronageddon' begins as portion of 91 Freeway closes for weekend
CORONA >> "Coronageddon" has begun.The California Highway Patrol has closed the 91 Freeway in Corona in Riverside County for the weekend so crews can demolish a bridge as part of a freeway...
View ArticleCalifornia backs off easing standard for inmate firefighters
SACRAMENTO >> California's new corrections chief is backing off a plan to lower standards for inmate firefighters, focusing instead on persuading county sheriffs to send more jail prisoners to...
View ArticleProtests planned across US to back Apple in battle with FBI
SAN FRANCISCO >> Protesters are preparing to assemble in more than 30 cities to lash out at the FBI for obtaining a court order that requires Apple to make it easier to unlock an encrypted iPhone...
View ArticleParking fees may increase at 2 Los Angeles County museums
Parking fees may be on the rise at two Los Angeles County museums.The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is expected Tuesday to consider raising parking fees from $10 to $12 at the Page Museum at...
View ArticleLA Mayor Eric Garcetti quietly fundraising for 2024 Olympics bid
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is helping fundraise for the city's Olympic bid, in some cases turning to groups with a stake in City Hall decisions for donations to the committee seeking the games.The...
View ArticlePasadena man accused of carrying loaded gun for 2nd time
PASADENA >> Police jailed an 18-year-old Pasadena man who was already on felony probation for weapons violations Friday after again finding him with a loaded handgun, officials said.A complaint...
View ArticleTrains and bikes: The odd couple's getting hitched
"We better make sure we have the ability to take people out of cars and into bikes. And if we don't provide them bike lanes, how the heck are we going to do that?"That was Rosemead Councilman Steven Ly...
View ArticleAnother recession? Southern California's economy ready to fend off fears
Eight years after the Great Recession, weaknesses still plague the global economy. Wall Street is roiled in volatility, oil prices have plummeted and wages have been slow to rise.No one likes to utter...
View ArticleFormer Montebello Fire Chief Robert Metz dies
MONTEBELLO - A former fire chief, who served in the city Fire Department for 30 years, died Tuesday of myelodysplastic syndrome and congestive heart failure.Robert Metz was 90 years old and living in...
View ArticleState natural gas wells exempt from key leak-detection test
He listened for hissing or rumbling nearly 2 miles below the earth, easing his microphone down the natural gas well known as SS 25. Mitch Findlay heard something that caught his attention.Findlay, the...
View ArticleWoman who inspired black Peanuts character shares story in Monrovia
MONROVIA >> The former schoolteacher who persuaded world-famous cartoonist Charles Shulz to add an African-American character to his wildly successful "Peanuts" comic strip shared her unique...
View ArticlePomona Valley Hospital preparing for trauma designation
POMONA >> Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center is about halfway through the process of becoming a full-fledged trauma center for eastern Los Angeles County.
View ArticleHow a once-seedy North Hollywood motel has become a model for helping the...
NORTH HOLLYWOOD >> Three decades ago, a faith-based group bought a seedy truckers' motel and bar in North Hollywood and turned it into the San Fernando Valley's first emergency shelter for...
View ArticleCockroaches shut down karaoke bar, restaurant in La Puente
A karaoke bar and restaurant in La Puente was the only food facility in the San Gabriel Valley that was temporarily closed last week due to major public health hazards.MVP Lounge, 119 N. 2nd St., had...
View ArticleAir district law panel halts, for now, indoor air monitoring in Porter Ranch
CANOGA PARK >> An order by an air district law panel Saturday to force SoCalGas to fund indoor air quality monitoring as thousands return to Porter Ranch-area homes after a four-month natural gas...
View ArticleUS Air Force test-launches Minuteman missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE >> The U.S. Air Force says an unarmed Minuteman 3 missile has been launched from California's central coast in the latest test of the intercontinental system.The missile...
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