Sheriff Luna Delivers Somber Address After 3 Deputies Killed in Training Facility Explosion

Three Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department deputies were killed Friday in an explosion at a training facility in East Los Angeles, a tragedy Sheriff Robert Luna called his agency’s deadliest day since 1857. The blast was reported at 7:25 a.m. Friday in the 1000 block of North Eastern Avenue, southwest of the interchange of the […]

LA City Attorney Files Suit Against Airbnb Alleging Price Gouging During Wildfires

The city of Los Angeles has filed a civil enforcement action against Airbnb over allegations the company price gouged rental proprieties in the wake of January’s wildfires in fire-impacted communities, it was announced Friday. The lawsuit claims the short-term rental platform raised rental prices on at least two thousand — and possibly more than 3,000 […]

Feds Return to Appeals Court to Ask for Stay Ruling Barring Roving Patrols

With a Los Angeles federal judge rejecting a request by government attorneys to pause her ruling barring immigration agents from detaining people without reasonable suspicion beyond their race, ethnicity or occupation, government attorneys have again asked an appeals court to issue a stay of the order, according to court papers obtained Friday. Government lawyers contend […]

Ex-LAPD Officer Pleads Guilty to Fatal DUI; Sentenced 15 Years

A now-former Los Angeles Police Department officer who pleaded guilty to murder and DUI charges stemming from a high-speed, off-duty crash that killed three people on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Santa Fe Springs was sentenced Friday to 15 years to life in state prison. Edgar Verduzco, now 34, apologized to the victims’ […]

Panorama Authorities Charge Mom’s Ex-Boyfriend in Connection with 5-Year-Old Found in Dumpster

A 20-year-old man was charged Friday in connection with the death of a 5-year-old boy whose body was found in or near a trash bin in Panorama City. Brycson Malik Gaddis, described as the ex-boyfriend of the victim’s mother, is set to be arraigned Aug. 18 in a Van Nuys courtroom on one count each […]

Altercation at Hawthorne Strip Mall Ends in Fatal Shooting

A 38-year-old woman was shot and killed in her car following a dispute at a strip mall sports bar in Hawthorne Friday, and police were searching for a female suspect. The shooting occurred just before 2 a.m. Friday in the 11000 block of South Inglewood Avenue, where officers from the Hawthorne Police Department found the […]

ATF Offers $10K Reward for Information Relevant to Gun Cargo Heist on Union Pacific Trains

A $10,000 reward was announced Friday for information leading to those responsible for stealing hundreds of firearms from freight trains in Los Angeles last month. The thefts occurred in early to mid-June from Union Pacific trains passing through Los Angeles, according to the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The Missouri-bound trains originated […]

Metro Ridership Declines Amid Immigration Raids

Metro ridership in June experienced a decline of 6% compared to the same month last year due to the federal law enforcement activity across the region, the transit agency reported Friday. Metro saw a 10-15% decline in ridership across its system, citing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations that began early June that sparked protests […]

Unemployment Rate Remains Unchanged in LA; On the Rise in OC

Los Angeles County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged over the month at 5.8% in June, from a revised 5.8% in May, according to figures released Friday by the state Employment Development Department. The 5.8% rate was the same rate as a year ago. The June unemployment rate in Orange County was 4.5%, up from […]

ICE Removes Injured Woman From Hospital

A 36-year-old woman who has been hospitalized since being injured during an immigration detention action in Sherman Oaks is believed to have been taken out of the medical center Friday by agents who had been stationed at the facility since she was admitted, and friends said they do not know where she was taken. The […]

Multi-Award Winning Composer Alan Bergman Dies

Multi-award winning composer Alan Bergman, who with his wife Marilyn penned such songs as “The Way We Were,” “What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life,” and the themes to the film “In the Heat of the Night,” and TV’s “Alice,” has died at his Los Angeles home. He was 99. Family spokesman Ken […]