From the Archives: Pinball games banned in Los Angeles
In 1939, pinball games were banned in the City of Los Angeles.
Some residents can likely return to fire-ravaged Paradise next week
Some residents of Paradise, the mountain town leveled by fire on Nov. 8, will probably be allowed to return to what is left of their homes next week, officials said Wednesday. The town has been off-limits in the nearly three weeks since the Camp fire, California’s deadliest fire on record, devastated…
Waiting game: Hundreds still trying to return to homes in Woolsey fire area, while Edison workers rebuild a ‘city’s worth’ of infrastructure
When the devastating Woolsey fire swept through parts of Los Angeles and Ventura counties starting on Nov. 8, the flames left thousands of residents homeless or displaced. But while firefighters doused the remains of the blaze last week, hundreds still wait to be allowed back to their properties — more than 21 days after the…
Newport Beach police seek 2 additional suspects in Louis Vuitton purse heist from Fashion Island
Police asked the public on Wednesday, Nov. 28, to help them identify two more suspects in the theft of several Louis Vuitton purses from a luxury department store in Newport Beach earlier in the week. Three people have been arrested, but two remain at large after attempting to steal $20,000 worth of handbags from the…
Numerous top L.A. County sheriff’s officials will be fired or relieved of duty once Alex Villanueva is sworn in; new staff named
Numerous Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department officials, including high-ranking executives at the level of chief and above, will be removed from their jobs once Sheriff-elect Alex Villanueva is sworn in Monday, his spokesman said. Those being relieved of duty include the undersheriff, the four…
Man accused of igniting Holy fire found competent to stand trial
The man accused of igniting the massive Holy fire that burned more than 23,000 acres in Orange and Riverside counties is mentally competent to stand trial, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Forrest Clark, center, the man accused of intentionally setting the massive Holy fire in the Cleveland National Forest, appears in Orange County Superior Court…
Utility keeps fighting to pass on costs of massive 2007 fires in San Diego County to ratepayers
San Diego Gas & Electric Co. is taking its fight to have ratepayers shoulder $379 million in costs related to 2007’s deadly wildfires to the California Supreme Court. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. and Southern California Edison are closely watching the SDG&E case, especially as lawsuits pile up in…
New California House members Hill, Levin, Porter and Rouda support Pelosi’s Speaker bid, but Cisneros wants change
If Donald Trump was the most important name not on the midterm ballot in Southern California, Nancy Pelosi clearly was No. 2. The 76-year-old Democratic icon and former Speaker of the House is so vilified or so embraced, depending on your politics, that her name became shorthand for reporters interviewing Democrats running for the House:…
These classic TV props and costumes from a legendary collection are heading to auction. Here’s a chance to see them
The Comisar Collection Curator James Comisar, looks at items from his collection at the Prop Store in Valencia, CA Tuesday, Nov 27, 2018. Items from the group will be for sale during the TV Treasures Live Auction on Saturday, Dec 1st. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) The Comisar Collection Curator James…
Democrats Tom Umberg and Cottie Petrie-Norris declare victory in state legislative races, flipping GOP-held districts
Orange County Democrats Tom Umberg and Cottie Petrie-Norris have declared victory in their respective state legislative races, flipping two GOP-held districts and ahdding to the Democratic Party’s supermajority control of the state house. Umberg, 63, a retired U.S. Army colonel and former three-term assemblyman, is poised to unseat one-term Republican state Sen. Janet Nguyen in…