Multi-use development plan for South Pasadena's Rialto Theatre emerges
SOUTH PASADENA >> An underdog group has emerged in the competition to lease the Rialto Theatre, hoping to beat out experienced vintage multiplex operator Lance Alspaugh for the right to transform...
View ArticleWeekend rain busts Los Angeles County records
Record July rainfall pelted the region over the weekend with downtown Los Angeles getting its biggest soaking in more than a century as the remnants of an El Niño-generated hurricane pushed the rainy...
View ArticleNew Pasadena City College President promises harmony, transparency
Rajen Vurdien paced the center aisle of the lounge like a motivational speaker, calling on those in the audience with hands raised and responding without a microphone. No staff flanked Pasadena City...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley host cities ready for Special Olympics World Games...
AZUSA >> Volunteers assembled gift bags, hung signs and decorated dorm rooms Monday, trying to extend a warm welcome to the 57 South African athletes who will be staying at Azusa Pacific...
View ArticleGlendora panel to eye city's 'western front door' during Route 66 plan review...
GLENDORA >> Officials will be hearing about the city's first impression on visitors coming from the west, as the Planning Commission reviews the next section of the Route 66 Specific Plan at its...
View ArticleNevada County has California's first West Nile death of 2015
SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> California health officials say a senior citizen is the state's first person to have died from the West Nile virus this year.The state Department of Public Health said...
View Article1,200 handguns, ammunition found in dead man's Pacific Palisades home
PACIFIC PALISADES >> Los Angeles police on Monday were investigating the death of a man whose body was found in a vehicle near his Pacific Palisades home, where 1,200 handguns and a large amount...
View ArticleSpecial Olympics World Games seen as boost to Los Angeles-area economy
The Special Olympics World Games, kicking off with Saturday's opening ceremonies, is being billed by organizers as an inspirational event designed to highlight individual athletic ability instead of...
View ArticleCalifornia proposes historic $1.5M fine for taking water
SACRAMENTO, Calif. >> California regulators on Monday proposed a first-of-its-kind, $1.5 million fine for a group of Central Valley farmers accused of illegally taking water during the drought.It...
View ArticleCalifornia's children still struggle in poverty, new report says
California's children are more likely to have health care coverage, avoid teen pregnancy and live until adulthood, but many remain in poverty or with parents who lack secure jobs, according to a report...
View ArticleLAPD commissioners satisfied with fixes to homicide case tracking
Members of the Los Angeles Police Department's civilian oversight board said Tuesday they were satisfied that officials were fixing the department's homicide record-keeping problems.LAPD detectives and...
View ArticlePoliticians promise crackdown on Cajon Pass fire towing service 'price gouging'
As shocking as the images of vehicles on fire in the Cajon Pass last weekend were, what awaited some motorists who were forced to abandon their vehicles before flames reached them shocked them even...
View ArticleReport: Mortgages most common finance complaint
Mortgage problems have topped the list of gripes reported to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau -- and most of the mortgage-related gripes were directed at Bank of America, according to a newly...
View ArticleCIT Group wins approval to buy OneWest Bank
CIT Group got the OK on Tuesday from federal regulators to buy Pasadena-based OneWest Bank and its parent company, despite protests from a statewide coalition that has opposed the plan.The approval...
View ArticlePope Francis appoints three bishops to Archdiocese of Los Angeles
A former San Pedro pastor has been elevated by Pope Francis to serve as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles, officials announced Tuesday. Msgr. Joseph Brennan, 61, a Van Nuys native...
View ArticleTorrance car restorer's vintage Jaguar E-Type project consumed by North fire...
On Friday, retired mechanic Malcolm Croxton was in his crammed Torrance garage-workshop awaiting the expected 8 p.m. arrival of his next restoration project -- a vintage and potentially valuable E-Type...
View ArticlePanel recommends watering 2 days a week if L.A. misses monthly drought goals
A city panel called Tuesday for outdoor watering to be restricted to two days per week if the city fails to meet monthly goals for slashing water use amid the statewide drought.The city currently...
View ArticleKoreatown museum planned in unconventional deal with city
A city-owned parking lot in Koreatown is at the center of an unusual deal proposed between Los Angeles City Hall and a local nonprofit.The Korean American Museum Inc. plans to rent a lot on Vermont...
View ArticleLong-term climate forecast: Heat, humidity and El Niño rains
Heat and humidity.The infamous East Coast duo has been exported to the West, and climatologists predict Southern California can expect more of the sticky combination through October, followed by...
View ArticleAltadena library to host Latino American history programs
Southern Californians will be able to delve deeper into Latino American history with the selection of the Altadena Public Library to receive a competitive "Latino Americans: 500 Years of History" grant...
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