LA County supervisors reject minimum wage exemptions
No employer in Los Angeles County's unincorporated areas will be exempt from paying the county's new minimum wage, the supervisors decided Tuesday. Supervisors Don Knabe and Michael Antonovich had...
View ArticleHow Pasadena plans to attract Chinese tourists through 'China Ready' program
PASADENA >> Hoping to capture business from the world's top-spending tourists, Pasadena announced the launch of its "China Ready" program Tuesday to brand the city as a premier destination with...
View Article5 lessons Republican presidential candidates can learn from California
As a just-released New York Times/CBS News poll shows soft-spoken neurologist Ben Carson closing in on abrasive frontrunner Donald Trump, 16 Republican presidential candidates arrive in solidly blue...
View ArticleRecord rain in Southern California could be sign of what's to come
Tuesday was the second-wettest day in Los Angeles' history for the month of September, according to a Caltech climatologist.The remnants of Hurricane Linda drenched the region Tuesday, dropping 3.5...
View ArticleFalling drone injures 11-month old near Pasadena City Hall
A falling drone cut and bruised an 11-month-old girl in a stroller at an event Saturday, according to the Pasadena Police Department.Police said a 24-year-old man lost control of his DJI Inspire 1, a...
View ArticleDonald Trump's visit to San Pedro a healthy exercise in free speech
Aboard the Battleship Iowa, the signs read "Trump," "Make America Great Again."But down below, hundreds of protesters gathered in a parking lot with their own signs: "Dump Trump," "Misogynist."And then...
View ArticleTrump criticizes American weakness, tries to strengthen his position before...
Illegal immigration is a huge problem.Check. The Iran deal is terrible.Check.Care for veterans is awful.Check.Donald Trump, the high-flying Republican presidential hopeful, ripped through his diagnoses...
View ArticleTwo men dead in suspected murder-suicide in Rosemead
ROSEMEAD >> A man fatally another man in a Rosemead residential neighborhood late Tuesday, then turned the gun on himself when confronted by deputies minutes later, officials said.The suspected...
View ArticleMusic Lifeboat's BandBlast app offers free instrument lessons
No matter your income or where you live, if you have access to a smartphone or tablet, you can take an instrument lesson from a top professional musician -- for free. That's the idea behind Music...
View Article5-vehicle 134 Freeway crash in Glendale injures several
GLENDALE -- Five vehicles crashed in a chain-reaction accident on the westbound Ventura (134) Freeway in Glendale, leaving several people hurt, some with major injuries, the California Highway Patrol...
View ArticleVice President Joe Biden dines with mayor and Jimmy Kimmel, leaves LA with...
LOS ANGELES -- Vice President Joe Biden left the Los Angeles area today en route to Detroit.Biden's plane left Los Angeles International Airport before 8 a.m., according to an airport representative....
View ArticleSan Rafael Elementary School not on active earthquake faults, report says
No evidence of active faults exist near San Rafael Elementary School, according to a geologist hired to study the soil.Christopher Allen, a geologist with Earth Systems, said in a letter to the...
View Article2 more bodies found, bringing death toll in Northern California wildfires to 5
MIDDLETOWN >> Authorities say two more bodies have been found in homes burned by a California wildfire, bringing the death toll from the blazes in the northern part of the state to five.The Lake...
View ArticleSan Gabriel man is shooter in Rosemead murder-suicide
@RubyGonzales2 on TwitterROSEMEAD -- Coroner's officials on Thursday identified the suspect in a Rosemead murder/suicide as a 32-year-old San Gabriel man.Dick Phat Duong fatally shot 31-year-old Egan...
View ArticleGOP debate draws 22.9 million viewers for CNN
NEW YORK -- An estimated 22.9 million people tuned in for Wednesday's second presidential primary debate on CNN.The Nielsen company said the viewership fell short of Fox News Channel's 24 million for...
View ArticleSuge Knight will have (latest) day in court, it just won't be today
LOS ANGELES >> A judge delayed a hearing Thursday for Marion "Suge" Knight in which prosecutors planned to detail some of their evidence in a robbery case against the former rap music mogul.Los...
View ArticleGOP debaters look for day-after bounce, but will any bounce out of race?
In August, there were seven candidates who weren't polling high enough to qualify for the main stage at the Republican Party's first debate among presidential hopefuls.On Wednesday, there were...
View ArticleIRS revoked nonprofit status of veterans group that hosted Donald Trump on...
WASHINGTON >> The Internal Revenue Service revoked the nonprofit status of the veterans benefit organization that hosted and sold tickets to a foreign policy speech by Republican presidential...
View ArticleCause of death still pending in special needs student's Whittier bus death
WHITTIER - An autopsy was done Wednesday on an autistic Whittier boy who died after he was left in a school bus for hours.But the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner - Coroner has not...
View Article'Nobody leaves him,' prosecutor says of Palm Springs domestic kidnap and...
INDIO -- A man accused of abducting his ex-girlfriend and beating her until she escaped at a rest stop in Whitewater was acquitted today of some of the most serious charges on which he was prosecuted...
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