Powerball lottery ticket worth $771,194 sold at Commerce gas station
LOS ANGELES -- A ticket with five numbers in Wednesday's drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, but missing the Powerball number, was sold at a gasoline station in Commerce and is worth...
View ArticleCache of century-old Ty Cobb baseball cards found
LOS ANGELES -- From a crumpled paper bag in a dilapidated house came a baseball-card find of a lifetime. Seven of them actually.Card experts in Southern California said Wednesday that they have...
View Article'Duchamp to Pop' explores artists' influences
Marcel Duchamp changed the art world in many ways. His work -- like "Bottle Dryer (Bottlerack)," an actual drying rack for glass bottles placed on a pedestal for display -- encourages critics, artists...
View ArticleScotland's Old Blind Dogs in concert in Pasadena
It takes a combination of passion, fortitude and popularity to keep a band together over the long run. The Scottish folk band, Old Blind Dogs, formed in 1990, has survived and thrived, winning numerous...
View ArticleRonnie James Dio cancer fund street party in Glendale
Metal singer Ronnie James Dio (Dio, Heaven and Hell, Black Sabbath) died from stomach cancer in 2010, but his devotion to others in need lives on. The Ronnie James Dio Stand Up and Shout Cancer Fund...
View ArticleEl Nino leaves much of drought-stricken California in dust
LOS ANGELES -- Ed Heinlein surveys the steep mountainside that has repeatedly unleashed tons of mud into the backyard of his Azusa home since a 2014 wildfire and still hopes the drought-stricken state...
View ArticleThe Apple dilemma: We're at the crossroads of privacy and public safety
Privacy.It's something we all value. When we go home at night we assume that we're in our own space, a place where we can talk freely with family and friends about anything without worrying that...
View ArticleI got 'mat herpes,' says high-school wrestler
SUNNYVALE -- A high school wrestler who believes he contracted a highly contagious virus known as "mat herpes" during a recent tournament at San Jose's Independence High came forward Wednesday to plead...
View ArticleMemorial service slated for LAPD Officer Nicholas Lee, killed by truck in...
GLENDALE -- A memorial service will be held Monday on the second anniversary of the death of Los Angeles police Officer Nicholas Lee, who was killed when his patrol car was struck by a truck on a steep...
View ArticleEl Nino-fueled storm heading for Southern California
El Niño is finally whipping up another big, cold storm that's expected to wallop Los Angeles County and the region this weekend, bringing the threat of flooding, mud slides and big surf that will make...
View ArticlePasadena school roof fire sparked by air conditioner
PASADENA - A malfunctioning air conditioner started a roof fire at a local school early Thursday morning.Firefighters estimated damages at $15,000 to the structure and $4,000 to the contents.Lisa...
View ArticleFather of San Bernardino terror attack victim addresses Apple CEO
The father of a man killed in the Dec. 2 terrorist attack in San Bernardino said in a letter to Apple CEO Tim Cook that many of the victims and witnesses of the attack believe a third shooter may have...
View ArticleLA County GOP chair rips Romney over Trump speech
The chairman of the Los Angeles County Republican Party watched Mitt Romney's verbal assault on Donald Trump Thursday morning and said the former Massachusetts governor was "slapping Republicans in the...
View ArticleWeekend events: Saxophonist Grace Kelly in Altadena among top 10 things to do...
MUSICSmooth SoundsGrace Kelly: Jazz saxophonist and singer on tour in support of her new album, "Trying to Figure It Out." 7 p.m. March 5, Coffee Gallery Backstage, 2029 N. Lake Ave., Altadena, $25,...
View ArticlePorter Ranch air likely the most tested in America, experts say
It's been suctioned and grabbed at, feared and loathed.In the days after an estimated 100,000 tons of methane spewed from an aged natural gas well and into the skies above the hills of
View ArticleACLU threatens lawsuit against Azusa Unified for religious endorsement in...
AZUSA >>The ACLU has threatened legal action against the Azusa Unified School District over a high school science teacher's "regular endorsement of religion" in the classroom.In addition to...
View ArticlePomona College president to step down in 2017
CLAREMONT >> Pomona College President David Oxtoby has announced he plans to step down in June 2017. A chemist, Oxtoby has served as the college's ninth president since July 2003. He made the...
View ArticleHomeless man convicted, sentenced for sparking Lincoln Fire in Montebello
MONTEBELLO >> A homeless man who sparked a 384-acre wildfire in the Rio Hondo Riverbed in Montebello last year pleaded "no contest" Thursday to a charge of recklessly causing a fire, prosecutors...
View ArticleSpaceX to try again today to launch Falcon 9 rocket
HAWTHORNE -- Hawthorne-based SpaceX will make a fourth attempt today to launch a Falcon 9 rocket that will carry a communications satellite into orbit, with crews then expected to try again to recover...
View ArticleKnife found at OJ Simpson's former property raises questions about new charges
The discovery of an old buried knife supposedly found on the property of O.J. Simpson's former Brentwood home years ago raised new questions Friday about a two-decade-old murder investigation that...
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