Massive Protests Decry Trump Layoffs, Spending Cuts in Riverside

Mass protests are scheduled across Riverside County Saturday to push back against the Trump administration’s spending cuts and mass layoffs. The Indivisible movement and Courageous Resistance of the Desert will host ”Hands Off!” protests in Riverside, Temecula, Murrieta, Palm Springs and San Jacinto Saturday. The locations and times are as follows: — Palm Springs City […]

WWII’s Oldest Paratrooper Will Be Honored at Inglewood Funeral

Sgt. Joe Harris, who was believed to have been the oldest surviving World War II paratrooper prior to his death last month at age 108, will be laid to rest Saturday. Harris, a member of the U.S. Army’s first all-Black parachute infantry battalion, died at age 108 on March 15. According to WWII Beyond the […]

East Hollywood Apartment Fire Quickly Extinguished

Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters knocked down a fire Saturday at a three-story apartment building in East Hollywood. Fire crews were called at 5:20 a.m Saturday to 1632 N. Normandie Ave., south of Hollywood Boulevard, where they found flames coming from one unit of the building’s first floor, said LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart. It took […]

Pedestrian Killed in Hawthorne Area Collision

A pedestrian was killed Saturday after they were struck by a vehicle west of the Hawthorne and the West Athens neighborhood of Los Angeles. California Highway Patrol officers responded at 4:32 a.m. Saturday to West 120th Street and South Western Avenue where they found the victim, CHP Officer Sergio Garcia told City News Service. The […]

Fatal Shooting in Monterey Park

Sheriff’s detectives Saturday are investigating a shooting in Monterey Park that left a man dead. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded at 10:07 p.m. Friday to the 4000 block of East Cesar Chavez Avenue, near Belvedere Community Regional Park and west of Vancouver Avenue regarding a shooting call, where they found the victim, said […]

LAPD Investigates Fatal Shooting Near Broadway-Manchester

Police Saturday are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in the Broadway-Manchester area of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Police Department officers from the Southeast Division responded at 12:44 a.m. Saturday to a shots fired call in the 100 block of West 97th and Main streets, west of Alliance College-Ready Middle Academy 4, where they […]

DTLA Echoes “Hands Off!” Hosts Demonstration Against Trump Policies

Thousands are expected to gather throughout the Southland Saturday as part of a nationwide “Hands Off!” demonstrations in opposition to the Trump administration’s steep tariffs, program cuts and mass layoffs of federal workers, which protesters say are threatening essential public services, damaging social safety nets and causing higher prices and plunging financial markets. In downtown […]

No Winning Mega Millions Tickets Sold

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Tuesday’s drawing to $54 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, lottery officials announced. The numbers drawn Friday were 11, 28, 35, 37, […]

Victim of Vernon Truck Hit ID’d

A 47-year-old man who was killed when he was struck by a black pickup on the Los Angeles-Vernon border was identified by county authorities Saturday. The pedestrian was identified by the Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner’s office as Hezekiah Rahman, 47. The crash occurred at 1:35 a.m. Friday near East Vernon Avenue and […]

Riverside Teams Compete in Legendary Law Enforcement Race

Teams from multiple law enforcement agencies in Riverside County will compete Saturday in a legendary relay race that takes competitors across 120 miles of desert, ending in Las Vegas. The 2025 “Baker-to-Vegas Challenge Cup Relay,” organized by the Los Angeles Police Revolver & Athletic Club, is expected to draw upwards of 3,500 runners from public […]

Retired Appellate Justice Recalls OC Career on the Bench

Retired Fourth District Court of Appeal Justice Thomas Goethals said Friday he will always remember the day he came to work more than a decade ago and was met with a voluminous motion that would not only change his life but upend Orange County law enforcement with a scandal that continues to resonate. “When I […]