1+ hour, 28+ min ago   (349+ words) One person was killed and five others were hospitalized following a two-vehicle crash in Encino that shut down a part of Ventura Boulevard in both directions on Saturday morning, Sept. 12, authorities said. Los Angeles firefighters and paramedics responded around 11:15 a.m. to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1035+ words) Los Angeles Unified has blocked students from accessing generative artificial intelligence on district-issued devices while it develops new rules for the technology, a move that has won praises from some parents but raised questions about how students will learn to…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (197+ words) A Compton man was sentenced Friday, Sept, 11 to three years in federal prison for throwing rocks and injuring a federal officer during a June 2025 immigration-enforcement operation near a Home Depot store in Paramount. Elpidio Reyna, 42, had pleaded guilty Feb. 17 to…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (452+ words) Self-taught artist Shuji Nishimura of Torrance knows this about chalk art: it’s hard on the knees, it’s impermanent, and there’s nothing quite like seeing it come to life. I gently accosted Nishimura at work at the Pasadena Chalk Festival in…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (171+ words) The city of Pasadena has relaunched its search for a permanent city manager after its announced hire earlier this year informed the city he would not be taking the job. In April, a city news release announced that Riverside City…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago   (813+ words) A pastor kicked off a recent campaign stop for Michael Whatley, the Republican nominee for Senate, with a prayer that asked God to bestow “integrity and honesty” upon the event and to right wrongs “hammered down on the conservative movement....

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (269+ words) The inaugural Ocean Way music festival planned for later this month on the beach in Santa Monica has been canceled because storm surf and runoff from Hurricane Marie caused significant beach erosion, organizers announced Friday, Sept. 11. The two-day festival had…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (148+ words) Eastern San Gabriel Mountains and Eastern Antelope Valley Foothills are the focus of a weather alert for strong thunderstorms issued at 3:35 p.m. on Thursday by the National Weather Service. The alert is in effect until 4 p.m. Residents can look for wind gusts…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (638+ words) While services for veterans — from housing to mental health — are often available, access is difficult, because some don’t know about this help, or if they do, they don’t have a computer or Wifi to fill out electronic forms. One way…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (732+ words) Former Vice President Mike Pence, at the time a freshman member of Congress, recalls walking out to a beautiful blue sky in the nation’s capital the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. Then the rumblings began about an airplane hitting a tower in…...