Reports: Actors Strike Resolution in Sight with Deal on AI Near

The negotiating committee for the actors’ union “spent 10 hours deliberating” Tuesday and will resume Wednesday, the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists has announced. Hope was rising Tuesday about a possible end to the 117-day walkout, with reports that the SAG-AFTRA union and Hollywood studios were close to reaching an agreement […]

Wind Advisory Issued for Parts of Los Angeles County

A wind advisory is in effect for parts of Los Angeles County Wednesday in the Santa Susana Mountains, San Gabriel Mountains and Highway 14 corridor, according to the National Weather Service. The wind advisory is in effect until 2 p.m. Thursday for Oat Mountain, Acton, Warm Springs, Mill Creek, Mount Wilson, Mount Baldy, Wrightwood and […]

2-Year-Old’s Death Prompts Homicide Investigation

Sheriff’s homicide detectives Wednesday are continuing their investigation of the death of a 2-year-old child found unresponsive in Palmdale. Deputies from the Palmdale Sheriff’s Station were called at around 5:07 p.m. Tuesday to the 800 block of East Avenue P-15, near Eighth Street East, regarding a rescue call. Upon their arrival, deputies discovered an unresponsive […]

Fire Destroys Tustin Blimp Hangar

Firefighters monitored a fire that destroyed a World War II-era blimp hangar at the former Tustin Air Base overnight and will continue to clean up the site Wednesday. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known, which ignited early Tuesday morning at one of two giant hangars built in 1942 and once housed blimps […]

LA County Gas Prices Drop for 40th Consecutive Day

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped Wednesday for the 40th consecutive day, decreasing 1.4 cents to $5.223. The average price has dropped $1.092 over the past 40 days, including 1.6 cents Tuesday, according to figures from the AAA and Oil Price Information Service. The streak follows […]

No Tickets Sold With All Six Mega Millions Lottery Numbers

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 Friday’s drawing to $223 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Mega number, the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game, announced. The numbers drawn […]

Sentencing Due for Orange County Tax Preparer in Tax Fraud Case

An Orange County tax preparer is scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday for submitting nearly 400 phony income tax returns that inflated his clients’ refunds without their knowledge, and then pocketing the difference between the true refunds and the inflated ones. Raudel Sandoval, 48, of Placentia, pleaded guilty in March in downtown Los Angeles to two […]

Santa Ana Winds Due Back in Inland Empire

Santa Ana winds will return to the Inland Empire Wednesday and Thursday, generating gusts up to 60 mph in some wind-prone locations, according to the National Weather Service. The agency posted a wind advisory beginning at 10 a.m. Wednesday and continuing to 2 p.m. Thursday. “Winds will work south into the Inland Empire and Orange […]

Three in Custody For 2019 Shooting in Riverside

Three men were in custody Wednesday in connection with a 2019 shooting in Riverside that left one man paralyzed. After working the three-year-old case and developing several leads, the Riverside Police Department’s Homicide Cold Case Unit identified three suspects: Dereck Anthony Wood of Riverside, 26; Raymond Floyd Cervin of Riverside, 26 and Donte Justice Reese […]

Volunteer Firefighter Charged in Fatal DUI Crash

A volunteer Los Angeles County firefighter was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder for an alleged drunken driving collision that killed a man in Dana Point. Evan Madison Owen, 43, of Littleton, Colorado, did not enter a plea at his arraignment in the jail courtroom in Santa Ana. His arraignment was rescheduled for Nov. 22 in […]

One Year Ago Today (November 8, 2022)…Judge Dismisses Horror Author’s Libel Suit Against Critic

One Year Ago Today (November 8, 2022)…A lawsuit filed against a woman by an author of horror fiction books — alleging she libeled him on Twitter in 2021 by falsely saying he had sexually harassed multiple women — was dismissed by a judge on free-speech grounds. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Kevin Brazile said plaintiff […]