Wet weather ahead for Los Angeles area
Rain was expected to move into parts of the Southern California Saturday evening bringing moderate to heavy downpours to the Los Angeles Basin on Sunday, and snow was forecast in the mountain regions,...
View ArticlePolice investigate double stabbing in Historic Filipinotown
Police on Saturday were continuing to investigate the stabbing of two men, one of whom died, in Historic Filipinotown.Officers received simultaneous calls about 8 p.m. Friday for stabbing victims at...
View ArticleReader photos: Southern California Moments Day 323
Blue screens: Onlookers raise their phones to take photos of the fountain at the Americana in Glendale in this Nov. 17 photo by Tony Castillo.Every day of 2011, we're featuring reader-submitted photos...
View ArticleBright green bike path appears on Spring Street in downtown L.A.
The city of Los Angeles on Saturday continued its efforts to make the downtown area more bike-friendly with the installation of a 1.5-mile-long bike lane along Spring Street.Workers from the city’s...
View ArticleProtestors want Getty to return pages from sacred Armenian book
About 30 protesters on Saturday called on the Getty Museum to return seven ornate pages taken from a sacred, medieval Armenian book considered to be a national treasure.The protesters gathered outside...
View ArticleProtesters want Getty to return pages from sacred Armenian book
About 30 protesters on Saturday called on the Getty Museum to return seven ornate pages taken from a sacred, medieval Armenian book considered to be a national treasure.The protesters gathered outside...
View ArticleOne man killed, another wounded in Echo Park stabbings
A 22-year-old man has died from stab wounds he suffered in a Westlake attack, Los Angeles police said Saturday. A second man injured in the assault was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.The...
View ArticleMan with loaded gun arrested at Sacramento airport
Authorities say a man was arrested at Sacramento International Airport after X-rays showed a loaded, unregistered handgun in his carry-on baggage. Officials from the Transportation Security...
View ArticleOne man killed, another wounded in Westlake stabbings
A 22-year-old man has died from stab wounds he suffered in a Westlake attack, Los Angeles police said Saturday. A second man injured in the assault was hospitalized in critical but stable condition.The...
View ArticlePartial shutdown on Blue Line today; shuttle buses to fill gap
Blue Line service will be interrupted by construction throughout the day Sunday. All day, trains will operate normally between Washington Station and Long Beach Transit Mall, but will not run between...
View ArticleViolent crime reports up significantly in 10 L.A. neighborhoods
Crime reports are up significantly for the latest week in 14 L.A. neighborhoods, according to an analysis of LAPD data by the Los Angeles Times’ Crime L.A. database.Ten neighborhoods reported a...
View ArticleTwo Newhall teens killed in suspected drunk-driving crash
Two Newhall teenagers died in a suspected drunk-driving crash in Castaic on Saturday night.Kevin Sanchez, 16, and Richard Lagunas, 19, were passengers in a 1999 Ford Escort driven by Carlos Hernandez,...
View ArticleProtesters force UC Davis chancellor to halt news conference
The embattled UC Davis chancellor, Linda P.B. Katehi, had to stop a news conference prematurely Saturday night after protesters angry that police had used pepper spray on Occupy demonstrators disrupted...
View ArticlePolice remove Occupy Oakland protesters from new campsite
Hours after Occupy Oakland protesters attempted to set up a new campsite, police moved in Sunday morning to clear the encampment.Almost a week after being evicted from Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in downtown...
View ArticleUC Davis police defend use of pepper spray on Occupy protesters
UC Davis police officials said officers used pepper spray on Occupy protesters on campus Friday after the demonstrators had surrounded officers.Police said the officers were trying to get out of the...
View ArticleHeavy rain expected Sunday in L.A. area
Wet conditions are expected in the Los Angeles area Sunday as a storm system moves across Southern California.A low-pressure system will bring four to six hours of heavy rain, followed by several hours...
View ArticleVoters think teachers unions are too powerful, new poll finds
About half of California voters believe that teachers unions are too powerful, a new poll has found.The bipartisan survey, conducted by the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and the...
View ArticleWoman wounded in police shooting at Baldwin Village apartment
A mentally ill woman was wounded when she was shot by police after a confrontation in a Baldwin Village apartment early Saturday.KTLA reported that LAPD officers responded to a domestic disturbance...
View ArticleUC Davis officers placed on leave after pepper spray incident
Two UC Davis campus police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave over their controversial use of pepper spray on student protesters, university officials announced Sunday.A video that...
View ArticleShooting in Downey leaves two men in critical condition
Two men were in critical condition after a shooting in Downey on Saturday night.Police responded to a report of shots fired in the 11400 block of Horton Avenue at 8:50 p.m. and found two men suffering...
View ArticleFlood advisory issued for parts of L.A. County
The National Weather Service has issued a flood advisory Sunday for Long Beach and downtown Los Angeles as well as the L.A. County communities of Tujunga, Sunland, Sierra Madre, Lake View Terrace, La...
View ArticleReader photos: Southern California Moments Day 324
I'm ready:Delio Leon's dog Maximiliano cleans his nose right before their daily workout on Mt. Lee on Nov. 13.Every day of 2011, we're featuring reader-submitted photos of Southern California Moments....
View ArticleUC President "appalled" at UC Davis pepper spray incident
Two UC Davis campus police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave over their controversial use of pepper spray on student protesters, university officials announced Sunday as the UC...
View ArticleEarthquake: 3.1 quake strikes near Salton Sea
A shallow magnitude 3.1 earthquake was reported Sunday afternoon one mile from Obsidian Butte, near the Salton Sea, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor occurred at 5:01 p.m. Pacific...
View ArticleUC president "appalled" at UC Davis pepper spray incident
Two UC Davis campus police officers have been placed on paid administrative leave over their controversial use of pepper spray on student protesters, university officials announced Sunday as the UC...
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