The Whole Child receives $1M grant from the Everychild Foundation
Officials say a $1 million grant The Whole Child received earlier this month will make a positive change in the lives of families at risk of homelessness and those who are hard to place in affordable...
View ArticleState department issues travel alert due to 'increased terrorist threats'
Just as thousands of Southland residents hit the roads and airways for the Thanksgiving holiday, the U.S. State Department issued a worldwide travel alert Monday "due to increased terrorist threats."...
View ArticleArraignment postponed for 3 suspects accused in murder of Downey police officer
DOWNEY -- Arraignment was postponed to Dec. 17 for two men and a boy charged with the murder of Downey Police Officer Ricardo Galvez in an apparent botched robbery last week.
View ArticleMother, widow of newlywed killed in fire truck collision sue L.A. County
The mother and widow of a newlywed who was killed in a collision with a fire truck in Agoura Hills while driving to a wedding rehearsal dinner for his brother are suing Los Angeles County and the...
View ArticleArgument leads to stabbing in Pasadena
PASADENA - A man was arrested Sunday night for allegedly stabbing another man in the neck during an argument.Pasadena police have not recovered the weapon used in the attack which happened in the 1600...
View ArticleFAA taskforce proposes registration for most drones
Rich Rannis owns 17 remote controlled aircraft, and under a new proposal floating around Washington, he might need to let the Federal Aviation Administration know every time he buys a new one.Last...
View ArticleWhat American Muslims may want to know about xenophobia
Larry Eastland had some blunt advice for Muslims in the United States at a forum on xenophobia Sunday: "Speak as Americans, not Muslims."With Muslims here sometimes in the hot seat for terror attacks...
View ArticleHow food banks make holiday donations stretch until spring
A can of corn here, a box of mac and cheese there -- they can seem like drops in the bucket in the massive endeavor to feed the more than one million hungry people, mostly working poor, in Los Angeles...
View ArticleInland Empire Syrian immigrants give thanks while dealing with US backlash,...
POMONA >> A flash of pink appears, then streaks by as 14-year-old Nermin Wawieh runs from one of the two motel rooms where her family of eight is temporarily housed.She's so fast across the...
View ArticleMan gets 50 years for 2012 murder of ex-coworker in Santa Fe Springs
SANTA FE SPRINGS >> A judge on Monday sentenced a 38-year-old man to 50 years to life in prison for the shotgun slaying of a former co-worker whose body he buried in his Santa Fe Springs...
View ArticlePasadena's Union Station Homeless Services CEO Marvin Gross to retire
Rabbi Marvin Gross, CEO of Union Station Homeless Services, will retire next year after leading the non-profit agency for the past 21 years.Gross will step down in June, according to an announcement...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for November 24,...
TEMPLE CityCommunity input sought on Las Tunas Drive designThe City Council will host a study session at 7 p.m. on Dec. 1 to review three proposed streetscape design concepts for Las Tunas Drive at...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership CEO leaving for LA River project
Cynthia Kurtz, president and CEO of the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership, announced Monday that she is leaving to become chief operating officer for the LA River Revitalization Corp.The...
View ArticleBaldwin Park teacher being investigated by police, placed on leave
A Baldwin Park High School teacher who was placed on leave last week is being investigated by police due to some comments he made to students, authorities said.The teacher, who school district and law...
View ArticleEl Nino may be second strongest in nearly 40 years
If early numbers are any indication, Los Angeles is on the verge of the second-strongest El Niño to hit the region in nearly 40 years.Earlier this month, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
View ArticleLAX cabin cleaners, attendants claim wage theft, begin hunger strike
Cabin cleaners, attendants and other workers at Los Angeles International Airport began a three-day-long fast Monday to protest what they claim is the practice of employers to withhold breaks or...
View ArticleMetro Gold Line train kills male pedestrian, Little Tokyo station closed
LOS ANGELES -- A person was struck and killed today by a Metro Gold Line train at the Little Tokyo/Arts District Station east of downtown Los Angeles.The fatality was reported about 11:15 a.m. in the...
View ArticleSouth Pasadena father donates ultimate gift: A kidney to his son
LOS ANGELES >> This Thanksgiving, Nate Rudman has a lot to be thankful for.On Monday, the 16-year-old junior at South Pasadena High School received a kidney from his father in an operation at...
View ArticlePasadena attackers' getaway caught on video
PASADENA >> Detectives asked for the public's help in identifying four men wanted for an Oct. 13 battery on a 63-year-old Pasadena man who suffered a broken elbow and collarbone.Pasadena police...
View ArticleMan found dead in Montebello parking lot, 2 suspects sought
MONTEBELLO - Police are looking for two suspects after a man was discovered dead in a parking lot Monday afternoon .Ed Winter, spokesman for the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner -...
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