How to get your tickets for the Rose Parade on New Year's Day
The holidays are getting closer and closer. And before you know it, it'll be time for the Rose Parade on New Year's Day.As the dozens of band members, equestrian groups and organizations presenting a...
View ArticleEngagement panel to address decommissioning of San Onofre nuclear plant
The San Onofre Community Engagement Panel will review a study of the economic benefits of decommissioning the San Onofre nuclear plant on Nov. 5 at the panel's regular quarterly meeting in...
View ArticleMonterey Park gas leak leads to street closure
MONTEREY PARK - Potrero Grande Drive between Markland Drive and Saturn Street is closed due to a gas leak, officials said Thursday.Monterey Park Police Lt. Tina Montoya said there are no evacuations or...
View ArticleDeputies nab burglary suspect by rappelling from helicopter
LA CANADA FLINTRIDGE - Deputies rappelled down a helicopter and plucked off a hill the second suspect in a residential burglary Wednesday, officials said.The man's accomplice was arrested earlier. Sgt....
View ArticleLACMA's 'Rain Room' gives drought-parched LA a virtual downpour
"How great is it to have a little rain in Southern California?"That's Michael Govan.The Los Angeles County Museum director was speaking to reporters outside the specially-ticketed experience "Rain...
View ArticleGeorge Clooney adopts dog from San Gabriel Valley Humane Society
George Clooney and his wife Amal adopted a 4-year-old Basset Hound mix named Millie yesterday.And they adopted it from the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society!Which means they were in San Gabriel!It's a...
View ArticleJob growth expected to continue for San Gabriel Valley
The San Gabriel Valley is experiencing healthy job growth that's expected to continue into next year, according to Cynthia Kurtz, president and CEO of the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership....
View ArticleWalmart to hire more than 3,200 seasonal workers in California
Walmart announced Thursday that it will hire more than 3,200 seasonal workers in California for the upcoming holiday season.Walmart traditionally brings on additional help during the holiday season...
View ArticleEx-Dodgers manager Don Mattingly agrees to manage Miami Marlins
Don Mattingly wanted to manage again and no one -- including his previous boss -- figured it would take long for that to happen.Now, seven days after he and the Dodgers formally parted ways, Mattingly...
View ArticlePoll finds 74 percent of Pasadena voters support $15 minimum wage
About three-quarters of Pasadena's voters support increasing the minimum wage to $15 per hour by 2020, a poll has found.EMC Research surveyed about 400 voters across all seven of the city's districts...
View ArticleBridge at 605/10 freeway interchange in Baldwin Park nears completion
BALDWIN PARK >> After three years of construction, workers are putting the finishing touches on a new $66 million freeway connecter bridge linking the 605 and 10 freeways in Baldwin Park,...
View ArticleDoctor who helped launch modern paramedic system dies at 98
LOS ANGELES >> As a cardiologist in Los Angeles during the 1960s, Dr. Walter S. Graf became alarmed by the number of heart attack sufferers who died while en route to hospitals.Inspired by an...
View ArticleWhy Frank Sinatra, even on his 100th birthday, will always be with us
I figure he'll wait until the curtain goes up and the lights come down before slipping in the backstage door and finding a spot in the wings. The chairman of the board wouldn't miss a night like...
View Article17 seconds of terror in Long Beach Homeland Security office shooting
The Homeland Security Department missed clear warning signs of a disgruntled federal agent's descent toward violence and could have intervened before he started a deadly gun battle inside a government...
View ArticleThe Green Way: Lost in a plume of emissions driving the weekend market marathon
Why is it so difficult to keep a supermarket open?From our newspapers new offices, I drove three miles east on Huntington Drive only to see a ghost of an Albertson's, an empty Ralphs and a closed (or...
View ArticleGusty winds, low humidity elevate wildfire danger for Southern California
LOS ANGELES -- Gusty winds buffeted the Southland amid relatively low humidity today, creating a danger of wildfire ranging from "elevated" to "extreme," the National Weather Service said.But as of...
View ArticleBody ends up on 20-foot-high freeway sign in 5 Freeway rollover
A 20-year-old man died Friday in a high-speed rollover crash on the southbound 5 Freeway that propelled him onto a 20-foot-tall freeway sign, authorities said.The crash that killed Burbank resident...
View ArticleNo damages for Homeland Security official shot in Long Beach
WASHINGTON -- A Homeland Security Department employee, Kevin Kozak, rarely sleeps through the night and when he does, he sometimes wakes in a sweat. During the days, he can't forget -- flashing back to...
View ArticleVeteran Juvenile Court judge to lead new Office of Child Protection
Los Angeles County supervisors have tapped Michael Nash, the former presiding judge of Los Angeles County's Juvenile Court, to lead the county's recently formed Office of Child Protection. The Board of...
View ArticleRowland Heights doctor convicted of murder for 3 patient overdose deaths
LOS ANGELES >> A jury Friday convicted a Rowland Heights doctor of three counts of murder for the deaths of three patients who overdosed on drugs she prescribed.The case is the first time a...
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