Three dead in Panorama City crash after driver speeds through red light
Three people were pronounced dead on the scene after a Plymouth minivan sped through a red light in Panorama City, crashing into a Ford Mustang and a Honda Civic on…
Federal gov’t should stop giving scarce water for free, report says
The water that flows down irrigation canals to some of the West’s biggest expanses of farmland comes courtesy of the federal government for a very low price — even, in…
A young musician was gunned down. Did childhood friends set her up?
Around 1:30 a.m. on a Saturday last month, two masked men approached a black Cadillac Escalade idling outside a Northridge apartment building. One held a shotgun, the other a handgun.…
Feds linked two Downey men to Sinaloa cartel. One of them is missing
Two men linked to a Downey residence that authorities say was a smuggling hub for Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel faced sentencing this year before a federal judge. One appeared last…
UCLA hopes a resurgent Donovan Dent can lead the way past Gonzaga
Sometimes even Donovan Dent needs to be told he’s Donovan Dent. “I just keep reminding him of who he is,” Skyy Clark said of his message to his UCLA teammate…
L.A. City Councilman John Lee violated gift laws on lavish Vegas jaunt, judge says
Los Angeles City Councilman John Lee repeatedly violated the city’s gift laws in 2016 and 2017, accepting freebies during a lavish trip to Las Vegas and at multiple restaurants in…
Why the Dodgers are biggest spenders, and winners, in sports
Step into the Dodgers’ team store, turn to the right, and you’ll be staring at Shohei Ohtani. Not in person, of course. But amid all the jerseys and caps and…
Norovirus ‘vomiting bug’ rising in California. Here comes a new strain
The dreaded norovirus — the “vomiting bug” that often causes stomach flu symptoms — is climbing again in California, and doctors warn that a new subvariant could make even more…
What happens to CNN is President Trump gets his way?
President Trump wants a very different kind of CNN if the cable news channel’s parent Warner Bros. Discovery changes hands. As details emerge on the battle between Netflix and Paramount…
What RFK Jr.’s hep B vaccine rollback means for California
For most American infants, the hepatitis B shot comes just before their first bath, in the blur of pokes, prods and pictures that attend a 21st century hospital delivery. But…