Man sentenced for videotaped attack on Chihuahua at South Pasadena police...
SOUTH PASADENA >> A man who kicked and violently swung his Chihuahua in the lobby of the South Pasadena Police Department two months ago while department cameras recorded pleaded "no contest" to...
View ArticleCentral Basin water district reforms pass early test as 2 bills gain...
SACRAMENTO >> Authors of differing versions of bills to reform the Central Basin Municipal Water District pledged to work together as both pieces of legislation took their first step toward...
View ArticleMerle Haggard: Remembering California's greatest country songwriter
Merle Haggard: Hated the guy. Loved the guy.I'm talking decades and decades of love for the man responsible for creating the favorite music of my life. It took some doing for me to get there,...
View ArticleArcadia approves new housing standards, but could Tuesday's election reverse...
ARCADIA >> The City Council on Tuesday approved new standards for residential development, but a divided vote on the item has some concerned the work could be undone after two new officials are...
View ArticleNew Frontier customers complain of internet outages after Verizon transition
A number of Frontier Communications customers throughout Southern California say their Internet service has been spotty or nonexistent since the company took over Verizon's landline-related assets last...
View ArticlePaul Tanaka is found guilty of corruption charges
Paul Tanaka, the former second-in-command of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, was found guilty of conspiracy and obstruction of justice in a jail abuse and corruption scandal Wednesday by a...
View ArticleMissing Arroyo High School class ring returned to owner 29 years later
EL MONTE >> Police and school officials in El Monte teamed up to return a lost class ring Wednesday to a 1985 Arroyo High School graduate who lost it 29 years ago, authorities said.Custodian Beto...
View ArticleWith President Obama in Los Angeles, here are streets to avoid
LOS ANGELES -- President Barack Obama's approximately 17-hour visit to Los Angeles beginning today to raise money for Democratic House and Senate campaigns will prompt street closures, particularly in...
View ArticleSchwarzenegger voters are Trump voters, California poll says
SACRAMENTO -- A new Field Poll finds businessman Donald Trump has a slight lead over Texas Sen. Ted Cruz among Republican voters ahead of California's June primary.The poll released Thursday found 39...
View ArticleWizarding World of Harry Potter opens to huge crowds at Universal Studios
LOS ANGELES -- A big crowd has turned out at Universal Studios Hollywood for the opening of its new Harry Potter-themed attraction.The Wizarding World of Harry Potter opened before dawn Thursday.It...
View ArticleDo you recognize East LA hammer attacker?
LOS ANGELES -- Sheriff's investigators released a composite drawing of a suspect today in hopes that someone will recognize the man who used a hammer-like weapon to seriously injure two people in...
View ArticleFederal judge rejects restoring cross to Los Angeles County seal
Efforts to restore a depiction of a Latin cross on the Los Angeles County seal were rejected Thursday by a federal judge who declared the move would be unconstitutional.U.S. District Judge Christina...
View ArticleDespite conviction, Gardena embraces Mayor Paul Tanaka until the bitter end
Gardena Councilman Dan Medina thought everyone in the usually sleepy suburb had seen the disappointing news -- the talk of the town -- that their popular mayor, Paul Tanaka, had been convicted of two...
View ArticleFamily of 8-year-old Palmdale boy vindicated after charges filed against...
Child abuse charges filed against four Los Angeles County social workers on Thursday brought a sense of justice to the family of Gabriel Fernandez, an 8-year-old boy whose mother and her boyfriend are...
View ArticleCal State University, faculty union reach tentative agreement
A planned strike at California State University's 23 campuses next week has been averted, at least for now.A statement released by the California Faculty Association on Thursday said the union is...
View ArticleTanaka faces maximum sentence for going to trial, former prosecutor says
Paul Tanaka's position as former undersheriff of Los Angeles County could work against him when it comes to determining his prison sentence, according to a former federal prosecutor. "Federal...
View ArticleJane Elliott, creator of blue eyes/brown eyes experiment, speaks at Cal State...
SAN BERNARDINO >> Third grade teacher Jane Elliott was badly shaken by the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., on April 4, 1968."I thought he could change things,"...
View ArticleSoCalGas plans to resume injecting gas at Aliso Canyon this summer
Southern California Gas Co. officials announced Thursday that they plan to resume injecting natural gas at Aliso Canyon by late summer. As they perform a battery of tests, gas company officials expect...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for April 8, 2016
PASADENAMove-A-Thon welcomes all abilities, agesProfessional Child Development Associates (PCDA) is hosting its second annual Move-A-Thon from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Brookside Park next to the...
View ArticleZika virus discussed at World Health Day talk at Loma Linda
A second traveler has returned to San Bernardino County with the Zika virus, yet even as the number of confirmed cases slowly climbs in California, an infectious disease specialist said Thursday the...
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