Pasadena mayor pursues repeal of 2001 measure supporting 710 extension
PASADENA >> Hoping to bolster opposition to the 710 Freeway tunnel project, Mayor Terry Tornek is proposing a November ballot measure that would ask voters to repeal a 2001 vote supporting the...
View ArticleLAUSD vows to keep kids safe after $88-million teacher sex abuse settlement
A day after it was announced that the Los Angeles Unified School District would pay $88 million to settle sex abuse cases involving a dozen students at Telfair Avenue Elementary in Pacoima and 18 at...
View ArticleMonterey Park officer pleads not guilty to assaulting 3 women while on duty
A Monterey Park Police officer on Tuesday denied sexually assaulting or detaining three women in 2014 while he was on duty.Israel Sanchez of Whittier appeared for an arraignment at the Clara Shortridge...
View ArticleSouthern California Edison wants to expand Montebello substation, irking...
Southern California Edison's efforts to triple the size of its Mesa substation in Monterey Park in order to make up for power lost from retired coastal plants and the decommissioned San Onofre Nuclear...
View Article'The Walking Dead' attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood has opening date
UNIVERSAL CITY >> Universal Studios Hollywood's walk-through attraction based on "The Walking Dead," putting visitors into a zombie-filled environment inspired by the hit series, will open to the...
View ArticleWhy Monrovia wants this Calabasas company to run its Friday night street fair
MONROVIA >> The largest operator of street fairs and farmers markets in Southern California will soon be running Monrovia's weekly street fair in Old Town. Raw Inspiration, a Calabasas company...
View ArticlePilot killed in Angeles National Forest airplane crash identified as San...
ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST >> Coroner's officials have released the identity of the 57-year-old San Diego doctor killed over the weekend when the single-engine airplane he was piloting crashed into...
View ArticleBear found in tree near Rancho Cucamonga school roams through neighborhood
RANCHO CUCAMONGA >> A furry suspect led San Bernardino sheriff's deputies in Rancho Cucamonga on an unusual pursuit Wednesday morning, prompting a modified lockdown at a nearby junior high and...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for May 19, 2016
SAN GABRIELOpen house at Public Works facilityThe San Gabriel Public Works Department will host its annual Public Works Day open house from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the new Public Works Facility,...
View ArticleHillary Clinton taps Latino labor leaders to fire up California campaign
The Hillary Clinton campaign named long-time supporter and United Farm Workers co-founder Dolores Huerta as a senior adviser Wednesday to help with Latino voter outreach. Huerta joins Eliseo Medina,...
View ArticleHeat wave could leave millions in dark after Aliso Canyon blowout
California generally has enough electricity on tap to keep air conditioners humming this summer, but a heat wave could leave millions of Southern Californians without power in the aftermath of a huge...
View ArticleLandlords eye financial incentives to help house LA County's homeless
Faced with rising homelessness across the region, Los Angeles city and county officials turned to landlords and property managers Wednesday, calling on them to help house those living on the streets as...
View ArticleFrightening fire season forecast for state, inland area
Despite a relatively wet winter, California could face a dangerous and difficult wildfire season in 2016, including much of the San Bernardino and San Jacinto Mountains, federal officials and two local...
View ArticleWorld's last space shuttle fuel tank gets a Hollywood welcome in Marina del Rey
After sitting idle in a New Orleans lot for decades, the world's last flight-ready space shuttle fuel tank arrived to a Hollywood welcome in Marina del Rey's harbor at daybreak Wednesday.• VIDEO:...
View ArticleCalifornia water board adopts regulations easing up on hard conservation targets
The State Water Resources Control Board approved an eight-month drought emergency plan on Wednesday that scraps previous targets and allows urban water suppliers to set their own water conservation...
View ArticleSan Gabriel man pleads not guilty in deaths of nephews, attack on wife
A businessman on Wednesday denied charges he attacked his estranged wife in La Canada Flintridge then beat to death his two nephews in Arcadia.
View ArticleBicyclists honor fallen fellow riders in Pasadena, North Hollywood, worldwide
PASADENA >> Bicyclists from Pasadena and the San Fernando Valley to the Inland Empire and the world took to the streets Wednesday in a silent tribute to those killed or injured on two wheels.The...
View Article72-year-old woman with dementia goes missing in Pasadena
PASADENA >> Police asked the public's help in finding a 72-year-old woman with dementia who went missing in Pasadena late Wednesday.Darlene Ann Tave was last seen about 7:30 p.m. in the
View ArticlePedestrian fatally struck by car in Pasadena
PASADENA >> A pedestrian died after being struck by a car on Washington Boulevard in Pasadena late Wednesday.Few details were initially available regarding the fatal collision, which took place...
View ArticleSan Francisco's police chief resigns amid racial issues
SAN FRANCISCO >> San Francisco's police chief resigned Thursday at the request of the mayor hours after an officer fatally shot a young black woman driving a stolen car -- the culmination of...
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