| | | | | The news for Friday, June 16, 2023 |
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Four Dead in Fiery, Single-Vehicle Crash on Harbor Freeway in South Los Angeles As many as four people are believed to have died in a fiery one-vehicle crash on the southbound Harbor (110) Freeway in South Los Angeles, authorities said Friday. Firefighters responded at 11:43 p.m. Thursday to the Slauson Avenue on-ramp where they found the overturned vehicle on fire with the victims inside the smoldering wreckage, said […]
Suspect in Numerous Fairfax District Fires Arrested Officials from the Los Angeles Police Department and Los Angeles Fire Department arson investigators will provide more details Friday regarding the arrest of a suspect in numerous fires in the Fairfax district since May. Detectives from the LAPD’s Major Crimes Division, working with LAFD arson investigators, identified the suspect, who was taken into custody at […]
Greater Alarm Fire Destroys 3 Businesses in Downtown LA Strip Mall Fire crews Friday continued their salvage and overhaul efforts at the scene of a greater alarm fire at a strip mall in downtown Los Angeles that burned for more than an hour. Firefighters responded at 9:41 p.m. Thursday to 832 S. San Pedro St., near East Ninth Street, where they engaged in defensive firefighting operations […]
Average Southland Gas Prices Drop Again The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Friday for the fifth consecutive day following a five-day streak of increases, decreasing two-tenths of a cent to $4.941. The average price has dropped 3.3 cents over the past five days, including 1.1 cents Thursday, according to figures from the […]
Weeks of Debate to Culminate Friday as Dodgers Finally Host LGBTQ+ Pride Night After a month of often-vitriolic debate and a well-publicized change of heart by the team, the Dodgers will host their annual LGBTQ+ Pride Night at Dodger Stadium Friday evening — an event that has earned the wrath of the Catholic Church and Christian organizations due to the inclusion of a group of self-described “queer and […]
Man Killed in Gang-Related Shooting Near Boyle Heights Police Friday are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in his 30s in what authorities believe was a gang-related shooting. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollenbeck Division responded before midnight Thursday to a shots fired call at Cummings and Fourth streets near Hollenbeck Park and upon their arrival found the victim with […]
Center Theatre Group Scraps Productions at Mark Taper Forum The Center Theatre Group is scaling back its programming at the Mark Taper Forum, it was announced Friday, a move resulting in part because of the aftereffects of the pandemic contributing to a struggle to balance increasing production costs combined with reduced ticket revenue and donations. The Center Theatre Group is postponing the world premiere […]
Bike LA Receives $17,000 for Community Programs Make some noise for bicyclists in Los Angeles. BikeLA has received nearly $17,000 from the Southern California Association of Governments for two programs that will benefit bicyclists in Los Angeles and Glendale. Through the 2023 Go Human Community Hubs Grant Program, Bike Central LA and Walk Bike Glendale will receive funds to improve the biking […]
Sheriff’s Deputy Set to be Sentenced for Deadly Off-Duty Crash Sentencing is set Friday for a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who pleaded no contest to charges stemming from an off-duty crash in Torrance that killed his 23-year-old passenger and seriously injured two other people in the vehicle. Daniel Manuel Auner, now 25, is facing 13 years in state prison in connection with his May […]
Los Angeles Celebrates Grand Opening of Long-Awaited Metro Regional Connector The downtown Los Angeles train system will get a major facelift Friday with the opening of the roughly $1.8 billion Regional Connector project, which adds three underground stations and will allow riders to travel between Azusa and Long Beach and between East L.A. and Santa Monica without transferring. The long-awaited upgrade will eliminate the train-hopping […]
One Year Ago Today (June 16, 2022)…Jury Deliberations Begin in Sex Abuse Civil Suit vs. Bill Cosby One Year Ago Today (June 16, 2022)…A Santa Monica jury held its first day of deliberations without reaching a verdict in the trial of a lawsuit filed by a 64-year-old Riverside County woman who claims comedian Bill Cosby sexually assaulted her at the Playboy Mansion in the 1970s when she was a teenager. The panel […]
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