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Security planners for the 2028 Olympics have estimated at least 24,000 police officers will be needed over the 66 days of the events to protect venues across Southern California, and plans are in moti
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Dwayne Johnson said, "I will never forget this night," as the live-action "Moana" made a big splash at the Hollywood Bowl for the world premiere.
Fans cheer during the World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Norway in East Rutherford, N.J.(Pamela Smith / AP)Norway’s historic World Cup performance has brought together Southern California’s relatively small, but spirited Norwegian community.They’ve been packing into a San Pedr...
The Walt Disney Company is celebrating 125 Emmy nominations, including nods for "Abbott Elementary," "The Bear," "Paradise" and "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour."
A new lawsuit alleges the U.S. Department of Education may not be discharging certain federal student loans as previously promised.
People standing in line at the Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX. (Yusra Farzan / LAist)Topline:L.A. County has confirmed another case of measles in a traveler passing through LAX and at least one other public place July 3, public health officials announced Wednesday. They’re urging peop...
More than half of those cited were from out of state, and the majority of those were from Arizona. police say. The youngest was just 13 years old.
An international traveler flying out of LAX has been identified as the seventh measles case in Los Angeles County this year, according to health officials.
Oil prices rose, and stock markets dropped in shaky trading worldwide Wednesday after President Donald Trump raised doubts about the temporary truce in the war with Iran.
The sterile moquitoes will be released over 16 weeks.(Courtesy San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District)The San Gabriel Valley is heading into peak mosquito season. If a new program goes well, there'll be even more of the pesky fliers than normal — and that's a good thing.The San G...
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A bill supported by L.A. County Dist. Atty. Nathan Hochman seeks to help place abused animals with a foster home or rescue group.
New construction and a softening condo market in this county have stabilized home prices at a $487K median listing despite surging demand.
There was a New York crash. A 7-year-old girl was hit and killed by a school bus in Monsey, Rockland County.
Lawyers for the man accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk are expected to keep questioning the reliability of DNA testing that prosecutors said links the defendant to the suspected murder weapon when a weeklong hearing continues Wednesday.
Jordan 'Tiny' Wilmore is believed to be the tallest police officer in Texas!
For 15 years, Ample Hills Creamery has been providing top quality ice cream - in flavors you have to taste to believe.
The owner of a restaurant in Northern California has charged parents as much as $327 for damages wrought by their unruly children.
With gas prices remaining high, AAA is highlighting several Southern California destinations that can be reached with a single tank of gas or one electric vehicle charge.
All eight of the Southern California matches will be at SoFi Stadium, or L.A. Stadium, as it will be called during the World Cup. (Gregory Bull / LAist)As Los Angeles revels in the World Cup, advocates who operate an ICE rapid-response hotline say they've seen an uptick in calls for help.In June,...
A 17-year-old faces eight charges, including two felonies, after a reckless e-motorcycle pursuit through Ventura streets and the Buena High School campus.
A suspect was taken into custody Wednesday afternoon following a standoff with police at MacArthur Park, authorities said.
A University of California campus police officer pushes a pro-Palestinian protester away from a moving San Diego Sheriff's bus with arrested protesters onboard at UC San Diego in San Diego on May 6, 2024.(Adriana Heldiz / CalMatters)For many public colleges and universities in California, keeping...
A special retirement took place at Disneyland this week as Benny the security dog hung up his harness.
Coast Guard crews attached flotation devices to a sunken boat in Lake Michigan and then inflated them, raising the boat above the water. The boat sank on Sunday during heavy fog and rain when the pumps could not keep up with the water.
Trump had resumed defamatory attacks against Carroll as his lawyers considered asking the high court to reconsider its decision.
Renewed fighting between the United States and Iran has raised questions about whether the two sides will resume all out war.
Authorities said the suspect appeared to have named his faction after the Nickelodeon animated series "Rugrats," a show about a group of toddlers and their day-to-day lives.
A family is suing a fitness and hospitality center in El Segundo after their toddler allegedly suffered a severe brain injury when an employee threw him up in the air and failed to catch him.
Thomas Kail is an Emmy and Tony award-winning Broadway director who worked with Lin-Manuel Miranda on the smash-hit stage productions 'Hamilton' and 'In The Heights.'
Food-tech entrepreneur Alex Canter has raised $2 million to launch Maggie’s Refuel, a luxury gas station and boutique market opening in Beverly Hills in 2027.
Santa Ana voters will be asked in November whether to keep a 1.5% sales tax from sunsetting in 2029.(Getty Images / iStockphoto)Santa Ana’s Measure X — a 1.5% sales tax — is scheduled to decrease starting in 2029, meaning the city could lose out on $30 million in revenue. Voters will decide in No...
Cheetahlicious news! A new "Cheetah Girls" movie is in the works at Disney, with Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon and Sabrina Bryan.
The two-time Grammy winner will share the stage with some big acts at the world's longest-running music festival for lesbian and queer women in Palm Springs, happening Sept. 30 to Oct. 4.
LAPD officials have discussed a temporary pause on classes to free up hundreds of officers involved in training new recruits in time for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2028, according to department sources.
Los Angeles prosecutors have identified a body found in a burned car trunk last year as Soledad Lopez, filing premeditated murder charges against three suspects.
The LAPD was involved in a standoff with a person who barricaded themself in a MacArthur Park restroom after possibly simulating having a firearm.
A star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame will be unveiled honoring the hip-hop group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony for a 35-year career.
The fatal shooting of a Houston man by a federal immigration officer Tuesday marks at least the eighth death during the Trump administration's immigration crackdown.
"Unfortunately, there has been another death of a Mexican national in the United States," President Claudia Sheinbaum said after Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot and killed by an ICE agent.
Los Angeles County honored 128 foster youth at Walt Disney Concert Hall for achieving a milestone that statistics show is often difficult to reach: graduating from high school.
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