Feds Announce Arrest of 15 People in EBT Card Skimming Crackdown in LA
Federal prosecutors in Los Angeles Thursday announced the arrest of 15 people who allegedly used information from “skimmed” electronic benefit transfer cards to make unauthorized withdrawals of funds that had been disbursed to the needy. More than 300 law enforcement officers early Wednesday began monitoring about 20 ATM locations across the Los Angeles area and […]
Trailblazing Saxophonist Wayne Shorter Dies in LA
Wayne Shorter, one of the leading figures in jazz as both a composer and trailblazing saxophonist, died Thursday in Los Angeles, it was announced. Shorter, who was 89, died at a hospital, his publicist, Alisse Kingsley, said. No information on the cause was immediately available. Boasting an identifiable sound on both the tenor and soprano […]
Grants Will Help Fund Modernization Efforts at LAX, Hollywood Burbank Airport
LAX and the Hollywood Burbank Airport will be awarded a total of $80 million to help fund modernization efforts, officials announced Thursday. The $50 million earmarked for LAX will be used to reconfigure and repave roadways in front of the airport’s terminals, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Burbank, said. The project will also include the modernization of […]
LAX Projects 12 Million Passengers for Spring Break Travel
Los Angeles International Airport is expecting one of the busiest spring break travel periods since 2019. LAX anticipates more than 12 million passengers to go through the airport between March and April. An average of 195,000 passengers are expected per day in March, 82% of the passenger volume of March 2019. An average of 204,000 […]
Stretch of I-5 Freeway to be Dedicated to Dodger’s Lasorda
Hall of Fame Dodgers great Tommy Lasorda will officially have a stretch of the I-5 Freeway dedicated in his name on Saturday. The California legislature passed a bill in 2021 to designate section of the freeway in Fullerton as Tommy Lasorda Memorial Highway. Lasorda lived in Fullerton since the Dodgers headed west in 1958. He […]
Rewards Offered for Armored Vehicle Bandits
Authorities Thursday sought the public’s help in their investigation of a ring of thieves dubbed the “Chesapeake Bandits” who have targeted armored vehicle employees during the past year in various parts of Los Angeles County. “The group has been nicknamed the Chesapeake Bandits since investigators believe the group is meeting and staging the robberies at […]
Bail Cut to $500,000 for Sheriff’s Deputy Charged in Deadly Crash
A judge agreed Thursday to reduce bail to $500,000 for a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy charged with murder and other counts stemming from a high-speed, off-duty crash in South Gate that left a 12-year-old boy dead in 2021. Superior Court Judge Kerry L. White — who noted that the prosecution had agreed with the […]
Woman Reported Missing in Carson Found
A 41-year-old woman who went missing in Carson over the weekend has been found, authorities said Thursday. Felicia Victoria Taylor had last been seen around 11 p.m. Sunday in the 21000 block of South Edgar Street, and authorities sought the public’s help to find her. On Thursday morning, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported […]
‘Easy Rider’ Actor’s Widow Drops Primary Care Doctor From Lawsuit
Peter Fonda’s former primary care doctor has been dropped as a defendant in a suit filed by the late “Easy Rider” star’s widow. Dr. Alison C. Garb was sued along with four other physicians and Providence St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica by Margaret Fonda over the actor’s 2019 death. On Jan. 6, Garb’s […]
McCarthy, Jackson, Johnson Among Presenters for Oscars Ceremony
Emily Blunt, Samuel L. Jackson, Dwayne Johnson and Melissa McCarthy were among the first slate of presenters announced Thursday for the upcoming 95th Academy Awards. Also taking the stage at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood will be Riz Ahmed, Glenn Close, Jennifer Connelly, Ariana DeBose, Michael B. Jordan, Troy Kotsur, Jonathan Majors, Janelle Monáe, […]
Redstone Granddaughter Countersues Man She Alleges Pointed Gun at Her
A granddaughter of the late media magnate Sumner Redstone is countersuing a man who filed a civil action against her alleging she falsely accused him of stealing money from her and pointing a gun at her head. Keryn Redstone’s countersuit, brought Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleges Scott Michael Nathan indeed threatened her with […]
