• Sun. Nov 23rd, 2025

The Pulse of Southern California

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…

California bans declawing cats under new law

SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law Thursday that will make it illegal to declaw a cat in California, a practice that lawmakers and animal advocates argued…

Rams prove in win over Seahawks they are Super Bowl title contenders

Wake up from your post-World Series slumber, Los Angeles. There’s another title contender in town. For anyone else who was too busy following the Dodgers last month to notice what…

USC women’s volleyball falls to No. 1 Nebraska in straight sets

No. 1 Nebraska displayed every skill that’s made it a powerhouse program — the offense attacked every part of the court, defense never gave up on the ball and the…

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…

Cinema, satire, comics and revolution at UCLA, plus the week’s best movies

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. This week our film staffers published a holiday wish list…