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Overnight road work to begin on SR 2 from West LA to Echo Park
Overnight road work will prompt lane closures on Santa Monica Boulevard in West Los Angeles and Hollywood and Glendale Boulevard in Echo Park beginning Sunday night. According to Caltrans, the work will be conducted between 7 p.m. and 6 a.m. nightly, Sunday to Friday, with parkin...
safety
Superior supermarket looted after street takeover in South LA
A local supermarket was left with a large mess to clean up after it was looted following a street takeover in the Florence neighborhood of South Los Angeles early Sunday. According to police, a group of about 20 people entered the Superior grocery store after smashing a window. V...
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NASA launches its next-generation space telescope
NASA on Sunday launched a next-generation telescope into space that is expected to survey hundreds of millions of stars and billions of galaxies. Its findings could also unlock clues about dark energy and dark matter, and some of the universe’s biggest enigmas. The Nancy Grace Ro...
schools
A conservative California upbringing paved Natalie Harp's way to Trump
The presidential aide spent much of her early life in Southern California, where she was home-schooled and attended a mega-church on Sundays, her brother said....
safety
France's wildfire nightmare echoes California's hard lessons on building in the woods
As France fights wildfires this summer, it looks to California and its experience with fighting or preventing fires.
safety
Family of boy killed waiting at Long Beach bus stop confronts driver
Jacob Bustillos received probation and jail time after running a red light in Long Beach, causing a crash that killed 15-year-old Carlos Ramirez.
government
Sen. Ted Cruz calls for elections in Venezuela to proceed ‘rapidly'
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, on Sunday renewed his call for free and fair elections to be held in Venezuela, just two days after the Trump administration announced that the U.S. would take over 65 billion barrels of oil from the South American nation. “There need to be democratic, fre...
parks
Malibu farmers market returning to longtime location today
The Malibu Farmers Market will return today to its longtime location at the Los Angeles County lot at the Malibu Library, a week after temporarily operating in the Malibu City Hall parking lot amid a dispute over its location. The market will operate from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday...
News
Dolly Parton's former Solvang retreat is on the market
Dolly Parton, the country music icon who died at 80 this week, used to spend some of her weekends in Solvang.
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Mother bear and cub remain trapped in La Verne cistern after one cub freed
Rescue efforts were underway after a mother bear and her two cubs became trapped in a cistern in La Verne.
business
Walmart re-announces recall on 165K dressers - because more were sold
The company reissued the announcement after discovering more dressers had been distributed after the recall and customers had bought them.
Local
Lineage finishes food waste removal at Boyle Heights warehouse
Crews navigate around piles of debris and puddles of water on the eastern edge of the Lineage warehouse as they begin cleanup efforts on June 25, 2026. (Andrew Lopez / Boyle Heights Beat) Lineage Logistics has removed all food waste inside the Boyle Heights cold storage that burn...
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California woman hits halfway mark in bid to become first to swim state's entire 900-mile coastline
A California woman is halfway through an ambitious effort to become the first person to swim the entire length of California's coastline.
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Olivia Rodrigo's festival is uniting women and girls behind nonprofits promoting their well-being
Evoking the same do-it-yourself pop-rock feminism of her ’90s musical influence s, Olivia Rodrigo raised $20 million for women’s well-being with a benefit show that activated her young audience. Daisy Chain Fields united a women-led lineup boasting queer pop star Chappell Roan, b...
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Video shows US forces seizing and sinking floating refueling station
Newly released video shows the U.S. military seizing and sinking a vessel that was suspected of being used as a floating gas station by a prominent narco-terrorist group....
Local
Millions of pounds of rotting food have finally been removed from burned warehouse in Boyle Heights
The air quality regulator sent an enforcement team to inspect the site Saturday and confirmed food removal had been completed.
government
Will Forest Lawn Drive go down to 3 lanes? A last-minute bill change aims to block the project
Forest Lawn Drive, which has become a contentious street safety topic in the run up to the mayoral election, provides access to Griffith Park. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images / AFP) In a last-minute move, state legislators added language to a bill on Friday evening that street s...
safety
Simi Valley neighbors complain about foul odors from landfill receiving Boyle Heights fire debris
Simi Valley residents say odors from a landfill receiving rotten food from the burned-out Boyle Heights warehouse fire are worsening.
safety
Russian strike on Ukrainian warehouse kills 37 in war's deadliest attack this year
A Russian drone struck a warehouse west of Kyiv that Ukrainian officials say was storing shells, mines and other ammunition, sparking massive explosions and fires that swept through dozens of nearby homes and buildings and killing 37 people....
safety
Mother bear, 2 cubs rescued from water cistern in La Verne
A mother bear and two of her cubs were rescued from a precarious situation in La Verne over the weekend. The family of bears found themselves stuck in a water cistern on Saturday off the Marshall Canyon Trail, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department (LACoFD). A team o...
government
Long Beach mayor, city manager, council and department heads set to get more pay as city proposes deep cuts and layoffs
Long Beach is proposing deep cuts and hundreds of layoffs and eliminated positions as it tries to close a $58.2 million budget deficit. But at the same time, the city’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget shows higher pay for some of the people at the top of City Hall, including the...
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California lawmakers reach deal in high-stakes fight over regulating data centers
After weeks of intense negotiation, state lawmakers on Friday reached a compromise on legislation to regulate energy use by California's growing data center industry, action triggered by community anger over the facilities and fears of high utility bills in some communities....
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Magic Mountain X2 coaster lawsuit set for 2027 trial following serious injury claims
A judge has set an August 2027 trial date in a lawsuit against ride maker S&S Worldwide over alleged traumatic brain injuries caused by Magic Mountain's X2 coaster....
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Lopez: Gov. Newsom backs off from shameful gambit, and it's a victory for California coast
As legislative session closed, Newsom pushed environmental break for donor.
Local
Lineage Logistics finishes bulk waste removal at Boyle Heights warehouse
The completion of this major phase triggers a mandatory seven-day clock for Lineage to complete all final site cleanup activities.
News
Oxnard man gets year in jail for assaulting girlfriend, violating restraining orders
Armando Liborio De La Mora was sentenced to 365 days in jail and probation after pleading guilty to felony domestic violence and false imprisonment in Ventura County....
safety
Facing protests, Newsom drops most of plan limiting utility wildfire liabilities
In a late-night deal with lawmakers, Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to drop his push for legislation that would have shifted more of the cost of utility-sparked wildfires to property insurers, which could have sharply raised premiums across the state....
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He stole nearly $1 million from immigrants in food truck fraud scheme, prosecutors say
Fernando Ochoa Jauregui, 30, was convicted this week for defrauding dozens of aspiring food truck owners, according to the Stanislaus County district attorney's office....
safety
'Derogatory' fliers targeting Armenian community found near Glendale elementary school
'Derogatory' fliers directed at the Armenian community were scattered around a Glendale elementary school, police are investigating the matter as a potential hate incident....
business
Shooting at Oxnard Five Guys critically injures 19-year-old
A 19-year-old man is in critical condition after a shooting at a Five Guys restaurant in Oxnard.