Raquel Welch, Sex Symbol and Actress, Dies at Age 82

Raquel Welch, the actress who became an international sex symbol for her roles in such films as 1966’s “One Million Years B.C.” and 1970’s “Myra Breckinridge,” died Wednesday at the age of 82, her management confirmed to City News Service. Welch “passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness,” according to her representative […]

LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Charged in Crash Killing 12-Year-Old Boy

A Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy has been 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, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon announced Wednesday. Ricardo Castro, 28, is set to be arraigned March 23 on one count each of murder, vehicular […]

Super Bowl LVII Draws Second-Largest TV Audience in History

Fox’s coverage of Super Bowl LVII drew the second-largest audience in U.S. television history, 113.055 million viewers, trailing only NBC’s coverage of Super Bowl XLIX on Feb. 1, 2015, which averaged 114.81 million for the New England Patriots’ 28-24 victory over the Seattle Seahawks. The figure for Sunday’s game consists of an average of 112.173 […]

20 More COVID-Related Deaths Reported in LA

Los Angeles County health officials reported another 20 COVID-19-related deaths Wednesday, along with 1,197 new infections. The new fatalities gave the county a cumulative death toll of 35,509 from throughout the pandemic, according to the county Department of Public Health. With 1,197 new cases, the county’s overall total grew to 3,692,123. The daily case numbers […]

LA City Council Opposes State Legislation for Independent Redistricting

The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to oppose state legislation that would reform the city’s redistricting process, with embattled Councilman Kevin de León taking part in the discussion that turned into a tense back-and-forth with a colleague. De León’s participation in a leaked, racist conversation in which he, two former council members and a […]

UCLA Receives $20M to Establish Center for Study of Microbial Organisms

UCLA has received a $20 million gift to establish a center to study microbes, which play a role in such autoimmune diseases as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis and fibromyalgia, officials announced Wednesday. The gift from Andrea and Donald Goodman and Renee and Meyer Luskin will establish the UCLA Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center and […]

Sentencing Delayed for Echo Park Man in Child Porn, Trafficking Case

A sentencing hearing scheduled for Wednesday was delayed until March 8 for an Echo Park man who used a social media messaging app to distribute child pornography and attempt to meet two children for sexual purposes. Francisco Dorame, 41, pleaded guilty in October to federal charges of attempted sex trafficking of a child under 14 […]

LA City Council Votes to Impose Anti-Camping Law in Westside

The Los Angeles City Council voted to impose its anti-camping law in the Westside Wednesday, banning sitting, sleeping and storing property within 500 feet of several parks, recreation centers and other facilities. The decision is a shift that came with the election of Traci Park as the new council member for the 11th District. Park’s […]

Sherman Oaks Man Guilty in Investment Scheme

A Sherman Oaks man has been convicted of defrauding 40 investors out of $6 million in a business he ran with his brother out of their parents’ home, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Sassi Mizrahi, 58, was convicted Tuesday of five counts of wire fraud, with jurors acquitting him of one wire fraud count. He was […]

Woman Settles Suit Tying Marriott Job Loss to Risky Pregnancy

A woman who worked at a Marriott hotel property in Arcadia has settled a lawsuit in which she says she was stripped of her managerial job in 2020 in retaliation for taking disability leave for a high-risk pregnancy, the hotel’s attorney told a judge Wednesday. Pamela Almodovar’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit against Marriott International […]

LA County Performs 213 Weddings on Valentine’s Day

Love was in the air Tuesday, when Los Angeles County officials performed a whopping 213 wedding ceremonies on Valentine’s Day. Same-day marriage licensing and civil wedding ceremonies were offered from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the county clerk’s Norwalk headquarters. Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean Logan said Wednesday that 140 couples took advantage of those services, […]