Deaths in ICE custody raise serious questions, lawmakers say
Southern California lawmakers are demanding answers from U.S. Homeland Security officials following the deaths of two Orange County residents and nearly two dozen others while in federal immigration custody. In…
Woman fatally shot in parked car in Northridge
A 22-year-old woman was killed in a shooting in Northridge overnight, police said. The Los Angeles Police Department received a call at around 1:40 a.m. Saturday to Bryant Street and…
Santa Monica to pay $350,000 to family of displaced Black entrepreneur
The Santa Monica City Council agreed earlier this week to pay a settlement to the family of a Black entrepreneur whose land the city acknowledged was unfairly taken through eminent…
Pondering governor run, Atty. Gen. faces questions on legal spending
As California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta ponders a run for governor, he faces scrutiny for his ties to people central to a federal corruption investigation in Oakland and payments to…
LAFD records show no sign of ‘cold trailing’ again at Lachman fire, as interim chief had claimed
In the weeks since federal investigators announced that the devastating Palisades fire was caused by a reignition of a smaller blaze, top Los Angeles Fire Department officials have insisted that…
An L.A. man was detained in an immigration raid. No one knows where he is
WASHINGTON — No one seems to know what happened to Vicente Ventura Aguilar. A witness told his brother and attorneys that the 44-year-old Mexican immigrant, who doesn’t have lawful immigration…
Snow-starved California ski resorts delay openings despite recent storms
It may have felt like the recent rain would never end in Los Angeles, but the record-breaking precipitation in Southern California has failed to translate into a much-desired dumping of…
Anonymous threatening Christmas cards sent to some SoCal residents
Yucaipa resident Roger Reed had just come back from a trip to Disneyland with his fiancee on Monday when they stumbled upon a note in the front yard of their…
Trump suit targets college tuition of undocumented California students
Born in Mexico and brought to the U.S. by her parents when she was 1, Sara has lived in California nearly all her life. As an undocumented immigrant, she pays…
California officials say empty reservoir wasn’t key in Palisades fire
In January, when crews fighting the fast-spreading Palisades fire were hampered by low water pressure and dry hydrants, Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered an investigation. After a 10-month review, California officials…