626 Night Market brings Asian flavor to Santa Anita Park
ARCADIA >> The popular 626 Night Market once again is transforming Santa Anita Park into a bustling commerce center this weekend as visitors arrived in droves in search of Asian inspired cuisine,...
View ArticleTeen hurt, injured man goes missing after Angeles Crest Highway crash
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST >> Two people were hurt, and one of them went missing for hours, after their car plummeted over the side of Angeles Crest Highway deep in the Angeles National Forest early...
View ArticlePastor recalls father's role in calming San Fernando Valley streets during...
The Rev. Zedar Broadous of Pacoima was 16 years old when the Watts riots exploded in South Los Angeles at the height of the civil rights movement five decades ago.His father, the late Rev. Hillery T....
View ArticlePasadena Social Calendar: August 10
FRIDAYAmerican Contemporary Ballet presents Music+Dance: LA II with the premiere of "Seasons." Farmers & Merchants Bank, 401 S. Main St., Los Angeles. 7 and 9 p.m., Aug. 15, at 7 and 9 p.m., Aug....
View ArticleL.A. County supervisors fund $1.2 million for victims restitution program
Less than half of victims of violent crimes or their families in Los Angeles County last year were paid restitution owed to them by defendants, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney Jackie...
View ArticleOn The Town: League of Women Voters 'inform, empower and advocate'
By Patt DirollSociety ColumnistFor the 2016 race for the White House The Federal Election Commission has more than 500 candidates registered -- not to mention an assortment of contenders already...
View ArticleHospitals seeking an edge turn to unlikely adviser: a car maker
The equipment closet for the operating rooms at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center was a mess. Nurses had to maneuver through a maze of wheelchairs, beds, boxes and lights to find the...
View ArticleSize of music festivals makes policing them 'impossible,' officials say
When L.A. County sheriff's Deputy Dan Whitten asked for more manpower, Live Nation didn't hesitate to give it. Whitten, who managed police logistics for the 2014 Hard Summer Festival, put 373 sets of...
View ArticleAfter settlements, CSU campuses review free speech zone policies
At least three CSU campuses -- Cal State Long Beach, Cal State Northridge and Cal State Stanislaus -- are in the process of changing their free speech policies. Cal State Stanislaus"Our policy...
View Article28 California colleges, universities have 'restrictive' protest,...
Two California colleges have settled for $145,000 in damages in eight months after being sued over restrictions on student protests and political speech. And as other campuses prepare to begin fall...
View ArticleThese are the candidates running for West Covina council, school board seats
Potential candidates for the West Covina City Council and Charter Oak Unified School District school board have until Wednesday evening to declare their candidacy due to incumbents not filing for the...
View ArticleBurlington to hold job fair for store opening in Rosemead
Burlington, a national off-price clothing retailer, is hosting a community job fair on Wednesday and Thursday at Grow Rosemead, 3505 Hart Ave., Rosemead.The company has about 100 openings for a variety...
View Article6 challenge 2 incumbents in Montebello City Council race
MONTEBELLO >> Six challengers, including the brother of a school board member, have filed to run against Montebello Council members Christina Cortez and Jack Hadjinian in the Nov. 3 election,...
View ArticleSouthern California gas prices down 17 cents since last week
Southland gas prices continue to fall in the wake of a spike that pushed Los Angeles County's average price up to $4.30 a gallon last month.Gregg Laskoski, a senior petroleum analyst with price tracker...
View ArticleCalifornia agrees to pay for sex-reassignment surgery for transgender inmate
California prison officials have agreed to pay for a transgender inmate's sex-reassignment surgery while another transgender inmate who won a federal court order to receive the surgery funded by the...
View ArticleDonald Sterling sues V. Stiviano, TMZ over loss of L.A. Clippers team
LOS ANGELES >> Billionaire Donald Sterling sued celebrity website TMZ and an ex-girlfriend over the recording of his off-color remarks that cost him ownership of the Los Angeles...
View ArticleDrones getting in the way, not just in Southern California
SAN DIEGO >> As Jason Thrasher lowered his helicopter to a park with seven firefighters aboard, he saw what he thought was another firefighting chopper battling a blaze that was threatening...
View ArticleAir pollution from China undermining gains in California, Western states
Aside from smartphones, toys and computers, China exports a different kind of product into the western United States -- air pollution.A study released Monday by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA...
View ArticleWhy Arcadia residents are 'irate' about a plan for a new 2,500 square foot home
ARCADIA >>Nearly two dozen residents are "irate" about a proposed residential development project that violates several provisions in the city's zoning code and is nearly three times the size of...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for Aug. 11, 2015
ARCADIAEnd of summer carnival set for WednesdayThe Recreation and Community Services Department will hold the annual End of Summer carnival from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Eisenhower Memorial Park,...
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