Future of El Monte's Bannister Avenue pits residents vs. housing developer
EL MONTE >> When Blanca Revelles bought her house on Bannister Avenue two decades ago, she thought the stretch of rural property behind the home belonged to her. For the first few years, she kept...
View ArticleSecond tarantula sighting reported in Rancho Palos Verdes in less than one week
Days after an 11-year-old spotted a rare tarantula in the Island View neighborhood of Rancho Palos Verdes, another encounter on a popular hiking trail was captured on video.
View ArticleJim Mora praises UCLA backup quarterback Jerry Neuheisel
Jerry Neuheisel is "the epitome of a UCLA Bruin," and "everything that's good about college football." He just isn't a starting quarterback.Jim Mora announced on Wednesday that UCLA will start true...
View ArticleKhloe Kardashian wakes up South Bay with loud fireworks show for boyfriend...
Blame it on the Kardashians.A fireworks show from a barge off Marina del Rey startled South Bay residents with about 10 minutes of loud booms early Wednesday, keeping thousands of people awake and...
View ArticleLA reaches 21 percent water conservation for July
Los Angeles reduced its water consumption by 21 percent in July, as compared to July 2013, surpassing the previous month's water conservation efforts, the city announced Wednesday.When June and July...
View ArticleObamacare: Poll shows rising support throughout California
Less than two years after the nation's new health care law kicked into gear, more than six in 10 California voters are embracing its reforms, and an overwhelming majority are also tipping their hats to...
View ArticleWoman fights health insurer in months-long wait for birth control
Frustrated by a potentially six-month wait to obtain birth control, a Tarzana woman has launched a social media campaign against her health insurer, saying the company's list of physicians is...
View ArticleAmber alert update: 2-year-old found, father arrested after armed Chatsworth...
CHATSWORTH >> The father of a 2-year-old girl who was the subject of an Amber Alert after she was abducted at gunpoint in Chatsworth was questioned and booked for kidnapping early today.Louai...
View ArticleWilliam Lyon Homes to unveil model homes Saturday in Glendora, Upland
William Lyon Homes will hold model grand openings for two housing communities on Saturday.The grand opening for La Colina Estates in Glendora will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at 1203 Iris Lane,...
View ArticleWeekend events: Landscape paintings exhibit in San Marino among top 10 things...
ARTGolden Glimpses"A Toast to California - Regional and Seasonal:" Landscape paintings by members of the California Art Club. 1-4 p.m. Tuesday-Sunday, Sept . 1 through Jan. 10, opening reception...
View ArticleManson follower Bruce Davis granted parole, not likely to be released from...
LOS ANGELES >> For the fourth time, a state parole board granted parole Thursday for former Charles Manson follower Bruce Davis, who was convicted of the murders of two men in the summer of 1969,...
View ArticleArcadia's Longley school gets $10.4 million makeover
ARCADIA >>Students at Longley Way Elementary School are now eating in an air-conditioned cafeteria and learning in "classrooms of the future." The upgraded classrooms, which students returned to...
View ArticleFriday's forecast: Temperatures will be hot and humid
LOS ANGELES >> The region's heat wave intensified Thursday, with temperatures reaching or surpassing the century mark in several communities, and the area will have to deal with one more day of...
View ArticleACLU poll: California voters support more access to police records
California voters want increased access to police records, including misconduct investigations and body camera footage, according to a statewide poll commissioned by the American Civil Liberties...
View ArticleSuspect jailed in June slaying of Monrovia woman
MONROVIA >> Detectives arrested a suspect Thursday in the slaying of a 31-year-old Monrovia woman found dead inside her car in June, officials said.Investigators arrested Jose Roberto Turner, 47,...
View ArticleHundreds to follow footsteps of Los Angeles' first settlers
SAN GABRIEL >>Hundreds will retrace the footsteps of Los Angeles' first settlers Saturday as they walk or bike the nine-mile path from San Gabriel Mission to El Pueblo Historic Monument in...
View ArticleLive Nation agrees to cancel Fairplex concert, limit others to avoid LA...
Live Nation voluntarily agreed to cancel its next electronic dance music concert and will drastically limit a follow-up festival in October, following pressure from Los Angeles County's Board of...
View ArticleDennis McCarthy: 'Gunsmoke' cast, family to celebrate 60-year anniversary
When he was a little kid growing up in Collins, Mississippi in the early 1950s, Gerald McRaney and his dad would sit by the radio every week to listen to William Conrad as Sheriff Matt Dillon in the...
View ArticleCalifornia keeps on saving water, reduces use by 31% in July
California residents reduced water consumption by 31 percent in July, the largest savings in one month since the state began tracking urban water use more than a year ago, state officials announced...
View ArticleOlympics likely to make money, not cost money, L.A. Mayor Garcetti says
Los Angeles would not face great financial risk if it hosted the 2024 Olympics, said Mayor Eric Garcetti, who predicted revenues would likely be higher than forecasted this week.In an editorial board...
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