LA County Sheriff's Dept. psychologist pleads not guilty to child molestation...
A psychologist with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department pleaded not guilty in Superior Court Monday to multiple felony counts of child molestation that occurred over the course of two-year...
View ArticleEarly voting turnout in LA County shatters previous first-day numbers
The first day of early voting in this year's presidential primary at the Los Angeles County Registrar's office obliterated the total number of ballots cast at the start of the California primary four...
View ArticleSuicide among children in LA County on the rise, report finds
The number of children who died in accidents or who were killed in Los Angeles County fell slightly in 2014, but youth suicides are on the rise, according to three reports released Monday.Of the 196...
View ArticleMercury in transit draws crowds to Griffith Observatory for rare event
From Earth, the planet Mercury seemingly trudged along Monday as it passed between us and the sun.But the solar system's small, innermost planet actually was zooming past at 106,000 mph in a rare...
View ArticleDrought prompts Gov. Brown to ban hosing of sidewalks, driveways
Saying the drought is far from over, Gov. Jerry Brown issued an executive order Monday that permanently bans water-wasting practices such as hosing off sidewalks and sprinkler runoff, setting in motion...
View ArticleCovina city manager resigns, former Arcadia official chosen as interim
Covina City Manager Andrea Miller resigned suddenly last week after a little over a year with the city, officials said Monday.Miller, who was hired last February, said she decided it was time to leave...
View ArticleNestle objects to Forest Service plan to renew water permit in San Bernardino...
Nestlé Waters North America has alleged the U.S. Forest Service's proposed action for renewing the company's permit to pipe water out of a remote canyon in the San Bernardino Mountains treads on the...
View ArticleWoman raped in Lincoln Park public restroom
LINCOLN HEIGHTS -- A woman was attacked and raped in a public restroom in a park in Lincoln Heights, and a search has been launched for the man who assaulted her, police said.The sexual assault took...
View ArticlePasadena backs citywide ban of polystyrene for food
Pasadena will ban polystyrene food containers after a yearslong grassroots effort to get rid of the foam packaging.The restrictions affect restaurants, grocers and caterers who use the nonbiodegradable...
View ArticleVictim, suspect in South El Monte fatal shooting identified
SOUTH EL MONTE >> Authorities have released the name of the suspect in the fatal shooting of a man in front of a South El Monte business on Monday.Police say Leonel Xotoy, 31, of South El Monte,...
View ArticleMan found guilty of beating up mother over Gardena parking space
A 70-year-old man was found guilty Tuesday in Torrance Superior Court of beating up a young mother who blocked his path into a Gardena parking space as she placed her 6-month-old son in his car seat.
View ArticleTorrance ExxonMobil refinery restarts without problems
ExxonMobil successfully restarted its Torrance refinery and went without pollution-control devices for fewer than three hours before its electrostatic precipitator resumed operation, the region's air...
View ArticleSober living home surprises Sierra Madre residents
SIERRA MADRE >> Residents expressed surprise over a sober living home that was recently found operating in a neighborhood in the city.The Dedicato Treatment Center, which offers live-in treatment...
View ArticleMetallic balloons face potential state ban after causing hundreds of power...
In March, a sudden power outage caused the ExxonMobil refinery in Torrance to kick into emergency mode, causing two spectacular plumes of fire to light up the sky for 13 hours.
View ArticleIndustry squabbles with fire agencies over Tonner Canyon training session
A simulated wildfire in Tonner Canyon next week, expected to draw more than 600 firefighters from Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside counties, may soon be snuffed out if the fire...
View ArticleBernie Sanders campaign brings out star power as California primary nears
The Bernie Sanders campaign went all-out Hollywood on Tuesday, dispatching a half-dozen movie and television stars to college campuses for rallies and voter registration drives ahead of the June 7...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for May 11, 2016
SOUTH PASADENAEvening hike of the Arroyo SecoThe Sierra Club will host another Evening in the Arroyo hike today.This will be an easy 3-mile hike on level trails along Pasadena's Arroyo Seco, while...
View ArticleHonor your cafeteria workers. They feed your kids, after all.
We called her "Aling Ada" and she loved us all.The "Aling" is a title of respect from the Philippines, appended to the name of anyone not in the family but deserving of respect nonetheless. To us,...
View ArticleSan Bernardino terrorist attack victim to receive posthumous degree
A California college will award a posthumous degree to one of its students who died in the San Bernardino terror attack.Los Angeles Harbor College plans to honor the memory of
View Article$15,000 reward offered in death of one of world's rarest fish
DEATH VALLEY >> It's one of the world's rarest fishes.It only lives in one spot -- the 93-degree waters of Devil's Hole, part of a detached unit of Death Valley National Park in Nye County,...
View Article