West Covina, Baldwin Park look to ban marijuana cultivation
West Covina and Baldwin Park city councils will consider this week ordinances that would prohibit the cultivation of marijuana as the result of three state laws passed earlier this year.The new laws,...
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DUARTEEl Nino workshop held ThursdayA free Community Preparedness Workshop on El Nino preparation and response will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at the Duarte Community Center, 1600 Huntington...
View ArticleSentencing delayed for Rowland Heights doctor convicted of 3 overdose deaths
LOS ANGELES - A sentencing was continued Monday for a Rowland Heights doctor who killed three patients who overdosed on painkillers she prescribed.Hsiu Ying "Lisa" Tseng, 46, of Walnut is the first...
View ArticleNew Silver Line Express offers one-seat ride from San Pedro to downtown L.A.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Joe Buscaino joined Metro officials in front of the USS Iowa Monday to mark the launch of the Silver Line Express, which replaces the 450 line and offers...
View ArticleONT deal to be reviewed at series of LA meetings
LOS ANGELES >> A deal that would transfer LA/Ontario International Airport to an Inland Empire authority is expected to be reviewed in a series of closed-door meetings in Los Angeles this week.
View ArticleCreedence Clearwater Revisited dropped from Yucaipa music festival over...
YUCAIPA>> The Yucaipa City Council has selected a different headliner for its 2016 Yucaipa Music and Arts Festival because of a risky clause included in Creedence Clearwater Revisited's contract....
View ArticleCentral Basin settles lawsuit with ex-general manager, no details released
COMMERCE >> An agreement in principle has been reached by the Central Basin Municipal Water District to settle a wrongful termination lawsuit brought by Tony Perez, the former general manager of...
View ArticleLAUSD threat could cost Southern California economy millions
The terrorist threat that prompted Tuesday's shutdown of the Los Angeles Unified School District was later deemed a hoax but it will still have a deep economic impact, according to one Southland...
View ArticleDid LAUSD overreact? After Columbine, schools should be well-versed in bomb...
Schools are the most common targets for bomb threats in the United States. From attention-seekers preying on terrorism fears to students hoping to dodge finals, those making threats hope administrators...
View ArticleLocal community things to know and do for the Pasadena area for December 16,...
PASADENAPet supply donation drive, $5 adoption eventThe Pasadena Humane Society & SPCA along with KTLA 5's "Take 5 to Care," will hold a day-long pet supply donation drive and $5 pet adoption event...
View ArticleFear heightens response to LAUSD, other threats
A mass shooting at the Inland Regional Center in San Bernardino and threat after threat following it were fresh on her mind when Alisa Sparkia Moore saw a claim that a bomb could be on the college...
View ArticleSpark of Love Toy Drive comes to McKinley Elementary in San Gabriel
SAN GABRIEL >> Hundreds of kids at McKinley Elementary gathered around on Tuesday as firefighters cruised into campus on their bright red fire engine to collect four big boxes filled with...
View ArticleSchools threat was 'not credible,' schools to open Wednesday
With nerves running high in the wake of this month's deadly San Bernardino terror attack, all Los Angeles Unified School District schools were closed Tuesday in response to an email threat that was...
View ArticlePossible gunman report prompts search of Chapman University
ORANGE >> A report Tuesday night of a man possibly armed with a gun at Chapman University in Orange prompted an order for anyone in one building to shelter in place, but a search by police turned...
View ArticleSan Bernardino County supervisors mourn attack victims, OK measures to seek aid
During its first meeting since the Dec. 2 terror attack in San Bernardino in which 14 people were killed and 22 wounded, the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously approved...
View ArticleWhen you can, can't use your fireplace and how it impacts winter smog
At the risk of appearing Scrooge-like, the folks at the SCAQMD want to reach down and grab the wood from your living room fireplace. And oh yeah, move the chestnuts roasting on the open fire to the gas...
View ArticleL.A. County sheriff, inspector general agree on sharing of confidential...
After nearly two years of wrangling, the Inspector General hired to oversee the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said Tuesday he has reached an agreement with Sheriff Jim McDonnell on sharing...
View ArticleL.A. County Probation Chief Jerry Powers resigns
Los Angeles County Probation Chief Jerry Powers resigned Tuesday.County officials announced Powers' resignation, effective Jan. 4, following a closed-door meeting.The Board of Supervisors' vote to...
View ArticleL.A. civil rights group alleges Medi-Cal unfair to low-income Latinos
Low-income Latinos in the Southland and elsewhere are denied access to health care because the Medi-Cal program does not pay doctors enough to treat them, according to an administrative complaint filed...
View ArticleAfter closing all schools, LAUSD finds threat not credible
It was a tale of two cities, with New York officials shrugging and Los Angeles officials quaking.The threat came via email to Los Angeles Unified School District board members. It named schools. It...
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