Category Archives: Local
Fire Near Hollywood Damages Building Under Construction, Adjacent Apartment Building
A fire heavily damaged an apartment building under construction southeast of Hollywood this morning and also damaged an adjacent apartment building … a garage and a house. Firefighters sent to t...
Jun 12, 2017
Flat Tires Aplenty from Spilled Load of Nails on 91 Freeway
An estimated 40 vehicles with flat tires were stranded mid-day Thursday on the eastbound 91 freeway at the border of Orange and Riverside counties after running over nails. The 11 a.m. incident left v...
Jun 02, 2017
L.A. Homeless Population Rises Dramatically
Homelessness has jumped by 20 percent over the last year in the City of Los Angeles. L.A. County saw a spike of 23 percent over the same period. This is according to the results of the 2017 Greater Lo...
Jun 01, 2017
Police Union Objects to Release of Man Convicted in 1985 Halloween Murder of Cop
The union representing Los Angeles police officers and the Association of Los Angeles Deputy District Attorneys are livid over a decision by the state Parole Board to release a man who helped plan the...
May 04, 2017
California Senate Leader: Trump Immigration Policies Based on “White Supremacy”
California Senate leader Kevin De Leon is outraged a threat by federal officials to withhold $20 million because of the sanctuary status dispute with the state. In a statement, De Lon said quote: "It ...
Apr 24, 2017
Power Companies Cope with Solar Electricity Glut
By Sandy WellsKABC NewsLong gone are the days of brownouts and even blackouts in Southern California. The reason? Well you can thank former Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. In 2006, he signed AB 32 int...
Mar 21, 2017
Suicidal O.C. Teacher Scheduled to be Sentenced for Sexual Assault
An English teacher who slashed his own throat following his conviction for sexually assaulting a teenage relative of his live-in girlfriend is scheduled to be sentenced in Santa Ana today, if the judg...
Mar 17, 2017
Measure H Poised to Pass As Mail-In Tally Wraps Up
It looks like Measure H, the quarter-cent sales tax to fund homeless programs in Los Angeles County, is going to make it. The Los Angeles Times is reporting that more than 200,000 mail-in ballots tall...
Mar 17, 2017
DACA Man Arrested at Border Says He was Tricked by Teen
A 22-year-old North Hollywood man is out on bond after Border Patrol agents arrested him near the Mexican border with a teen passenger he claims played a trick on him. The Los Angeles Times reports im...
Mar 16, 2017
Crime Expert: ‘L.A.’s Most Wanted List’ Exposes Dangers of AB 109, Props 47 and 57
By Sandy WellsKABC NewsControversy continues to surround AB 109, especially with the recent murder of Whittier Officer Keith Boyer by a parolee whose multiple parole violations resulted in nothing mor...
Mar 10, 2017