One Person Found Dead During Fire Inside Boyle Heights Home

One person was found dead inside a burning home Wednesday in Boyle Heights. Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters were called just after midnight to the vacant one-story residence at 121 Mathews St. near Pennsylvania Avenue where they encountered heavy flames and smoke at the home. They used several hose lines inside the home to extinguish […]

16-Time NHRA Champion John Force Moves to Outpatient Care Following Crash

John Force, a 16-time National Hot Rod Association champion from Yorba Linda, who has been receiving treatment for a traumatic brain injury at Barrow Neurological Institute in Arizona, is recovering at home Wednesday in California. “He finally gets to sleep in his own bed,” his daughter Ashley Force Hood said in a statement released by […]

Day-Old Infant Found Dead Inside Woodland Hills Home

Police Wednesday are investigating the death of a day-old infant found in a house in Woodland Hills. The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the baby’s death as a homicide, NBC 4 reported. According to broadcast reports, a 23-year-old woman who appeared to have recently given birth, arrived at the emergency room of a Woodland […]

Three Wounded, One Arrested in Gang-Related Shooting Near Hyde Park

Three men were in the hospital Wednesday — one in critical condition — after they were shot by a 40-year-old man in what authorities said Wednesday was gang-related near the Hyde Park neighborhood. Los Angeles Police Department officers were called at 10:10 p.m. Tuesday to 6332 Brynhurst Ave. between West 63rd Street and Hype Park […]

One Wounded in Shooting in Downtown Los Angeles

A 19-year-old man is in the hospital Wednesday after he was shot near the border between downtown Los Angeles and Boyle Heights. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a shots fired call around 11 p.m. Tuesday to First and Myers streets where the victim told officers he was walking under the nearby First Street […]

Heat Rising in Southland Inland with Cooler Coastal Temperatures

An excessive heat warning and the chance of thunderstorms are in the forecast for parts of Los Angeles County Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Temperatures are expected to be between 100 and 110 degrees in the Antelope Valley and San Gabriel mountain communities with a 10% to 15% chance of thunderstorms. The excessive […]

Inland Empire Temperatures Continue to Surge

Excessive heat warnings are in effect Wednesday until Friday in the Coachella Valley with temperatures expected to reach 116 degrees, according to the National Weather Service. The excessive heat warning will be in effect in Palm Desert, Coachella, Cathedral City, Palm Springs, Borrego Springs, Indio and La Quinta until 10 p.m. Friday. Highs are forecast […]

Residents Displaced by Fire at Indio Home

Firefighters extinguished a blaze at a residence Wednesday in Indio. Fire crews responded at 1:49 a.m. to the 46000 block of Denslow Street where they encountered the home fully engulfed in flames, said the Riverside County Fire Department. The American Red Cross was contacted to assist the home’s residents who temporarily lost their home to […]

Sentencing Due for LA Man in Stolen Checks Scheme

A Los Angeles man faces sentencing Wednesday for his role in a scheme that defrauded banks and credit unions out of at least $2.7 million by depositing checks stolen from the mail into bank accounts belonging to accomplices recruited through Instagram. Jose Luis Edeza Jr., 31, of Sunland pleaded guilty in May in downtown Los […]

Gas Prices Continue to Fall in LA, Orange County

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday 1.5 cents to $4.62, a day after dropping 1.9 cents. It dropped 13 of the past 15 days. The average price is 9.8 cents less than one week ago, 17.3 cents less than one month ago and 35.5 cents […]

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