St. Baldrick's still shaving heads for a good cause
On a hectic weeknight, with three kids with after-school events and just one mom to do all the schlepping, driving and feeding in between, I almost gave one of my children an out.Wonder Boy, my middle...
View ArticleLA County cities have a $20 billion storm water cleanup bill but they want help
WEST COVINA >> For nearly four years, cities in Los Angeles County have voiced complaints that permits required to rid toxic chemicals and bacteria from storm water imposed staggering costs that...
View ArticleBody found in car in Monterey Park
MONTEREY PARK >> Residents calling about a smell led to the discovery of a decomposing body in a car trunk Monday, authorities said.Coroner's spokesman Ed Winter described the still unidentified...
View ArticleL.A. County will pay interim coroner $163 an hour
Interim coroner Dr. Lakshmanan Sathyavagiswaran will be paid $163 an hour on top of the annual $242,800 pension he receives as a retiree, Los Angeles County supervisors decided Tuesday.
View ArticleFormer 'Bachelor' contestant Erin Storm identified as pilot killed in...
Erin Storm, who competed for the love of Matt Grant on Season 12 of "The Bachelor," was identified Tuesday as the pilot killed in the crash of an ultralight after takeoff from Hawthorne airport.
View ArticlePartnership joins with PCC in job-shadowing program
The San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership has partnered with Pasadena City College to place 25 PCC students in job-shadowing opportunities as part of the Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Technology...
View ArticleHere's the cybercrime scenario that has many business owners worried
It's a business owner's worst nightmare.You arrive for work, sit down at your computer and find that you can't access any of your files because cyber criminals have encrypted them, locking them from...
View ArticleApple, FBI debate 'not going to go away'
The debate about digital security and privacy is far from over, lawmakers and activists say.This week's announcement that the FBI may have found a way to unlock the encrypted iPhone used by the gunman...
View ArticleLA County settles lawsuit with Vivid Entertainment over condom law challenge
The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to settle a lawsuit brought by Vivid Entertainment challenging the constitutionality of a requirement for porn actors to wear condoms.The agreement to...
View Article$15 minimum wage qualifies for California's November ballot
SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> A proposal to raise California's minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021 qualified Tuesday to appear on the statewide November ballot.California's current minimum wage is among...
View ArticleBrussels bombings prompt increased security across Southern California
Not here, not now. That was the vow of sworn officers across Southern California who swarmed to protect airports, transit hubs, critical infrastructure and tourist destinations Tuesday in the wake of...
View ArticleCSULB student killed in Paris terrorist attacks to be memorialized by design...
Nohemi Gonzalez, the 23-year-old Cal State Long Beach student who was killed during a terrorist attack in Paris, will be memorialized on campus in one of her favorite places.The
View ArticleCockroaches, no health permit shut down these 3 Pasadena restaurants
Three restaurants in Pasadena were temporarily closed last week due to major public health hazards.Between March 14 and 20, those facilities had their health permits suspended for cockroach...
View ArticleDriver in custody for fatal Whittier hit-and-run
WHITTIER >> A man wanted for a weekend hit-and-run that killed a Whittier pedestrian turned himself in to Glendora police Tuesday night, officials said.
View ArticleFlight attendant who abandoned cocaine at LAX arrested in New York
A flight attendant who literally kicked off her Gucci heels and ran from a Los Angeles International Airport security screening area, leaving behind more than 68 pounds of cocaine in her carry-on bags,...
View ArticleAdult film company, Los Angeles County agree to terms on condom law
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously late Tuesday to authorize an agreement between AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Vivid Entertainment and health officials over how to implement
View ArticleGroup gets the word out: Undocumented children now eligible for health care
RIALTO >> Area health providers are starting to spread the word about California's pioneering decision to expand medical insurance to cover children 19 and under regardless of their immigration...
View ArticleProspective jurors asked about police bias at Tanaka trial
The men and women who could decide the fate of former Undersheriff Paul Tanaka were asked Wednesday about police bias during jury selection.Tanaka, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles...
View ArticleWhittier Christian group lands in Brussels during terrorist attack but that...
LA HABRA >> Just as a group of volunteers from Whittier Christian High School were arriving at the Brussels international airport Tuesday, they heard the bombs go off and took cover.About 12...
View ArticleBus driver arrested in connection with death of autistic teen left alone on...
WHITTIER >> Police arrested a bus driver Wednesday in connection with the death of a 19-year-old autistic student who died after being left alone on a school bus for up to seven hours on a...
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