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Hollywood Boulevard is struggling. It needs to rediscover old 'Hollyweird"
1+ week, 3+ day ago (751+ words) After months of AI-generated disaster porn on the sad state of Los Angeles, something decidedly more gentle took over my feed this week as the city waited for all the ballots to be counted. It was a simple, strangely calming…...
Garden Grove school to be renamed after Mexican parents who fought segregation
7+ hour, 50+ min ago (776+ words) Turning a page on its own history, the Garden Grove Unified School District Board of Education voted this week to rename Rosita Elementary in Santa Ana in honor of the late Frank and Irene Palomino. Back in 1945, the Palominos took…...
Burglary suspects walk across building ledge seven stories up to avoid arrest, police say
8+ mon, 4+ day ago (477+ words) It was a scene so unusual the cops had to stop and take a picture. In downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, police investigating a string of residential burglaries happened upon their suspects as they tried to make a daring escape....
A Salinas man was sentenced for 7th DUI conviction. He was found asleep in an In-N-Out drive-thru line
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (222+ words) A Salinas man was sentenced to three years in state prison for his seventh DUI conviction, with four felony DUI convictions coming in the last 10 years, authorities said. The man, identified as Carlos Alvarez, 33, of Salinas, was arrested on a…...
Jobs at the Port of Los Angeles are down by half, executive director says
1+ year, 1+ week ago (824+ words) Job opportunities at the Port of Los Angeles are dwindling as President Trump's steep tariffs take a hit on global trade and a major economic engine for the regional economy. Nearly half of the longshoremen who support operations at the…...
Judge blocks Nexstar-Tegna deal, throwing $6. 2-billion merger into doubt
2+ mon, 2+ hour ago (1075+ words) A federal judge has blocked Nexstar Media Group's $6. 2-billion acquisition of its rival, upending the already consummated union of the nation's two largest television station groups. U. S. District Court Chief Judge Troy L. Nunley on Friday issued a preliminary injunction that forbids…...
What we know about two So Cal men arrested in alleged plot to attack White House UFC fight
2+ hour, 55+ min ago (1018+ words) Two men from the Inland Empire have been arrested and charged in what federal officials described as a plot to kill government officials and others at the UFC cage-fighting show staged at the White House last weekend. The two Southern…...
Forced by courts, Huntington Beach passes its overdue housing element plan
10+ hour, 11+ min ago (544+ words) After years of battling with the state of California over its mandates and eventually being hit with hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines, Huntington Beach officials voted to pass a housing element update on Tuesday night, The City Council…...
Trump administration pays $765 M to kill more offshore wind projects, including one off California
3+ hour, 11+ min ago (598+ words) In yet another blow to the beleaguered offshore wind industry, the Trump administration said Wednesday it will pay developer Invenergy $765 million to walk away from four U. S. wind leases, including one off the coast of California, and invest instead in geothermal…...
Los Angeles mom who killed her two young children was legally insane, court finds
3+ hour, 21+ min ago (425+ words) A judge has ruled that a Los Angeles mother was insane at the time she killed her 7-year-old daughter and newborn baby in 2017, according to medical reports made public in court Tuesday. The ruling means the woman will not stand…...