Southern California weather: Warm temps, dry air, high winds mean fire danger
LOS ANGELES -- The threat of wildfire will hang over the Southland this weekend beginning tonight because of dry vegetation, low humidity and strong Santa Ana winds, National Weather Service...
View ArticleFire hits Washington Boulevard strip mall in Pasadena
PASADENA -- A fire damaged a building at a strip mall in Pasadena today, but no one was hurt.Firefighters sent to 1677 E. Washington Blvd. at 1:20 a.m. quickly extinguished the flames, the Pasadena...
View ArticlePedestrian killed by vehicle in Lincoln Heights
LOS ANGELES -- A pedestrian was struck by a vehicle and killed today in the Lincoln Heights area of Los Angeles, police said.The person was injured shortly before 6 a.m. at Cesar Chavez Avenue and...
View ArticlePasadena's City Manager Michael Beck leaving for UCLA job
Pasadena City Manager Michael Beck announced Friday that he will resign from the city's leadership in February to take an administrative position at UCLA.Beck, who first joined the city in 2008, will...
View ArticleHealthy job gains seen in Los Angeles County, Inland Empire
California led the nation with 41,200 new jobs in October, far more than the 8,200 that were added the previous month, and Los Angeles County and the Inland Empire also saw significant gains.The Golden...
View ArticleUnemployment rate drops in October in LA County
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Los Angeles County dropped to 6.1 percent in October, down from a revised 6.5 percent the previous month, the state Employment Development Department...
View ArticleSugar industry, high fructose corn syrup makers settle
City News ServiceA billion-dollar legal battle between big sugar processors and corn refiners over the nutritional value of high-fructose corn syrup was settled in the midst of a trial in downtown Los...
View Article5 things to look for at the 38th Annual Doo Dah Parade this Sunday
The 38th Annual Occasional Pasadena Doo Dah Parade kicks off at 11 a.m. Sunday down Colorado Boulevard in East Pasadena, between Altadena and San Gabriel Boulevards.Tom Coston, president of the Light...
View ArticleHow California's law enforcement officers are combatting human trafficking
District attorneys and law enforcement authorities from across the state convened a summit in downtown Los Angeles Friday aimed at coordinating efforts to combat human trafficking -- one of a...
View ArticleYou might be making too much food for Thanksgiving. Here's why
If one-and-half pounds of turkey per person is on your Thanksgiving shopping list, it may be time to scale down.Ahead of the holiday, we consulted nutritionists and a caterer to get an idea of just how...
View ArticleLA County's largest employee union approves contract with 10 percent pay raise
Members of Los Angeles County's largest employee union overwhelmingly approved a tentative labor pact that includes a 10 percent pay raise, an extra week of vacation and a new paid holiday.
View ArticlePasadena History: A Pasadenan tapped for foreign service
We were looking through the 1931 edition of the Pasadena Campus, the annual of Pasadena Junior College. We found this picture of Fulton Freeman, son of the minister of Pasadena Presbyterian Church,...
View ArticleWould you pay $3.50 to share a bike in Los Angeles?
The hardest part of riding a bus or train is simply getting to or from the bus stop or train station.You thought I was going to say finding a seat? You know that's true if you've ever ridden the Gold,...
View ArticleRecord number of stranded seal pups in Northern California
SAUSALITO >> Marine mammal experts say another species of marine wildlife has begun turning up, emaciated and weak, in record numbers on the California coast in what has been a series of alarming...
View ArticleLA County supervisors to consider asking contractors to hire more veterans
Contractors would be asked to make a "good faith effort" to hire veterans for at least 5 percent of work hours on county construction projects under a proposal to be considered Tuesday by the Los...
View ArticleCalifornia's working poor grow poorer
EARLIMART, Tulare County >> After a day of picking grapes for $9.25 an hour, Eva Montes waits in line for food aid in the parking lot of the Veterans Memorial building in Earlimart, a community...
View ArticleWhy more carmakers at the LA Auto Show are turning green
Comedian Jay Leno was seen on video restoring his 1914 Detroit Electric car as a prelude to the announcement of the 2016 Green Car of the Year at this year's Los Angeles Auto Show."It will be a green...
View ArticleMonrovia man uses statue to knock out home-invasion robber holding elderly...
MONROVIA >> A Monrovia man armed with a statue knocked out a home-invasion robber as he held the man's elderly father at knifepoint Friday, police said.Eric Castillo, 23, who is believed to stay...
View ArticleDoug McIntyre: The dangers of wishful thinking
This Thanksgiving we have more to reflect upon than simple gratitude. We're in the 14th consecutive year of war.After the epochal attacks on the 11th day of September 2001, the United States was forced...
View ArticleCalifornia's community colleges seek new accreditation model
Community colleges in the state want a new way to measure quality, saying the agency in charge of rating two-year schools has lost the confidence of educators and administrators throughout the...
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