Firefighters extinguished a fire at a hamburger restaurant in the Westlake district in 14 minutes Tuesday evening with no injuries reported. The fire at Jim’s Burgers at 3033 Beverly Blvd., between Hoover Street and Rampart Boulevard, was reported at 9:34 p.m. and 32 firefighters were sent to the scene, according to Los Angeles Fire Department […]
The Lakers earned a berth in the NBA playoffs with a 110-106 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans in a Play-in Tournament game Tuesday evening in New Orleans after squandering an 18-point third-quarter lead. The Lakers never trailed after midway through the second quarter, but the Pelicans rallied to tie the score, 93-93, with three […]
The numbers in Tuesday evening’s draw of the multi-state Mega Millions lottery are 21, 26, 36, 44, 59 and the Mega number is 2. The estimated jackpot is $148 million. The drawing was the sixth since the last time a ticket with all six numbers was sold. The odds of matching all five numbers and […]
Nine inmates aboard a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department bus suffered minor injuries in a collision in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday. The inmates injured in the collision in the 600 block of South Figueroa Street around 6:35 p.m. Tuesday were taken to a hospital by paramedics, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange. […]
A 23-year-old woman who went missing in Inglewood has been found, authorities said Tuesday. Noelle M. Lynch was last seen around 5 p.m. on April 3 walking from an apartment building in the 900 block of East Redondo Boulevard, near Florence Avenue and the Inglewood Park Cemetery, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Kellie […]
A veterinarian who contends members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department fabricated a memo to cover up the 2020 death of a bomb-sniffing dog can move forward with her lawsuit for now, a judge ruled Tuesday. Plaintiff Yolanda Cassidy maintains in her Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that the communication at issue falsely stated […]
A 29-year-old man pleaded guilty Tuesday to punching a pregnant woman in the stomach and sexually assaulting another woman in a crime spree in Tustin. Sean Anthony Aguilera pleaded guilty to attempted robbery and assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, both felonies, as well as battery and touching an intimate part of […]
Carl Erskine, one of the last surviving Dodgers from their days in Brooklyn, who spent his entire career with the team and who in 1958 started their first home game in Los Angeles, died Tuesday at age 97, the team announced. “The Los Angeles Dodgers express their condolences to the family of renowned pitcher Carl […]
Rory and Max Kennedy, children of the late Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Tuesday announced their support of Nathan Hochman for Los Angeles County District Attorney, describing their stand against District Attorney George Gascón as “the first time that we’ve ever supported a candidate against a Democrat.” Rory Kennedy, an Academy Award-nominated documentary filmmaker, said she […]
A federal judge Tuesday granted convicted former Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar a four-month delay in his surrender date to begin serving a 13-year prison term for accepting bribes from downtown developers and cheating on his taxes. Huizar was ordered at sentencing to surrender to the Bureau of Prisons no later than April 30. […]
Authorities sought the public’s assistance Tuesday in locating a 22-year-old woman with an unspecified mental health disorder last seen in Palmdale. Rayan Alexander Harris was last seen in the 3200 block of Conestoga Canyon Road, near 33rd Street East, on March 27 around 3:15 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies described […]
A murder suspect in a stolen vehicle led police on a chase Thursday, crashed into several vehicles, tried to run then was taken into custody. Officers began chasing the suspect around 9:30 a.m. near Western and Slauson avenues moments before the crashes, according to Los Angeles Police Department Officer Drake Madison. Broadcast video showed the […]