Newborn boy, with umbilical cord attached, found abandoned in stroller
LOS ANGELES >> A newborn boy, with the umbilical cord still attached, was found Tuesday abandoned in a stroller near a church.Police were sent to Vermont Avenue and Dana Street shortly before 1...
View ArticleCoroner: Man found dead near Arcadia died of heart disease
ARCADIA - A 63-year-old man whose body was discovered on a street near Arcadia died of heart disease, authorities said Wednesday.Craig Harvey, chief of investigations and operations for the Los Angeles...
View ArticleMariah Carey gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star in the works since 2007
HOLLYWOOD -- Mariah Carey, who has sold more than 200 million albums to become the best-selling female artist of all time, received the 2,556th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame today in front of...
View ArticleDonald Sterling, former L.A. Clippers owner, files for divorce from wife
LOS ANGELES >> Former Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has filed for divorce from his wife of nearly 60 years on Wednesday as he continues to battle her over ownership of the...
View ArticlePasadena man sentenced for 2008 gang hit targeting 20-year-old woman
PASADENA >> A judge sentenced a Pasadena gang member to prison Wednesday for his role in luring a 20-year-old woman to a Pasadena market, where she was ambushed and fatally shot in 2008,...
View ArticleLos Angeles agrees to turn over Ontario airport
Los Angeles is poised to give up control of L.A./Ontario International Airport for the first time in nearly five decades, culminating a five-year legal battle between L.A. and Ontario.Los Angeles will...
View ArticleMonrovia officials hold off terminating contract with new Old Town street...
MONROVIA >> A new Friday Night Family Street Fair operator has six weeks to make improvements to the event before city officials revisit a controversial recommendation to terminate the existing...
View ArticleA kitchen remodel can up the value of your home
A kitchen remodel can greatly upgrade the look of a home. We asked Guy Hazan, owner of Construction Owl in Encino, to explain why.Q: Kitchen remodeling seems to be popular among homeowners who are...
View ArticleGov. Brown's Drought Task Force holds fact-finding meeting in Hemet
HEMET >> Gov. Jerry Brown's interagency Drought Task force paid a visit to Riverside County municipal and water officials in Hemet on Wednesday for a closed-door information gathering session...
View ArticleEl Monte attempts to shed reputation of delinquency in drought
EL MONTE>> The city may finally be able to shed its reputation as a delinquent, water-wasting city.While the rest of the state has been letting lawns turn brown, shopping for cacti and sweeping...
View ArticleCamera found hidden in restroom at Del Taco in La Habra
LA HABRA >> Police are seeking whoever is responsible for hiding a small camera inside a women's restroom of a Beach Boulevard fast-food restaurant.The camera -- described as about the size of a...
View Article$10,000 reward offered in deadly Montebello hit-and-run
MONTEBELLO >> City officials announced a $10,000 reward Wednesday for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a driver who fatally struck a 24-year-old Montebello man along Whittier...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do in the Pasadena area for Aug. 6, 2015
MONROVIA Mt. Sierra College to host blood drive for children's hospitalThe first Thursday of every month, Mt. Sierra College presents an opportunity for the public to participate in various community...
View ArticleThree years of Curiosity inspires virtual Mars experience
LA CAÑADA FLINTRIDGE >> NASA unveiled two interactive online tools Wednesday in celebration of the Curiosity rover's three-year anniversary for landing on Mars.
View ArticleReport highlights overly high gas prices in California
Southland motorists are used to getting gouged at the pump.But a new report from Consumer Watchdog reveals that since the state's record gasoline price spike began in February, Californians have paid $4.
View ArticleTimeline of events in L.A./Ontario International Airport lawsuit case
AUGUST 2012Ontario City Council approves a joint powers agreement to form the Ontario International Airport Authority. The multi-jurisdictional commission is set up should the city of Los Angeles agree...
View ArticleRedlands man recollects atomic bomb dropping 70 years later
REDLANDS>> Bill Vander Lugt could see hundreds of bombers take off daily from where his B-29 Superfortress was parked on Tinian Island during World War II.And on Aug. 6, 1945, he watched the...
View ArticleReport highlights overly high gas prices in California
Southland motorists are used to getting gouged at the pump.But a new report from Consumer Watchdog reveals that since the state's record gasoline price spike began in February, Californians have paid $4.
View ArticleLos Angeles' Gwen Green recalls role in historic voting rights campaign 50...
Civil rights activist Gwen Green of Los Angeles had been to the South only once when she was tapped by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. to help his trusted aide the
View ArticleTarzana man helped Southern blacks register to vote ahead of landmark Voting...
Neil Reichline was a sophomore at UCLA in April 1965 when he watched Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on his campus issue a national call to college students to take part in a grassroots voter registration...
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