Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. could be found personally liable for damages in a lawsuit alleging he tricked The Forum’s owners into giving up land now slated for a Los Angeles Clippers arena, a judge has ruled. Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Robert Broadbelt last week denied a motion by Butts’ attorneys that argued…
A teenager was killed by gunfire in a residential neighborhood in Santa Ana early Thursday morning, Sept. 6, with officers questioning a man and a woman who were with him, police said. The youth was found in the street in the 1000 block of West Richland Avenue, Santa Ana Cpl. Anthony Bertagna said. He had…
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is headed to Ohio to meet with local Democrats. In an interview, he said that he intends to make a decision on whether or not he will run for president by March 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel) LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is set to begin a three-day…
WESTMINSTER – A man was shot Wednesday night, Sept. 6, in the parking lot of a CVS Pharmacy and later died at a hospital, police said. Investigators arrived on scene shortly after a 9:40 p.m. call of shots fired to find the wounded man, Officer Alan Aoki said. There had also been reports of an…
A fast-moving fire that started Wednesday afternoon north of Redding forced drivers to abandon their vehicles on Interstate 5 and authorities to evacuate several small mountain communities. The Delta fire was reported about 12:51 p.m. north of Lakehead, a community of about 500 people near the…
A homicide suspect and another man surrendered to Los Angeles police early Wednesday evening after a pursuit lasting more than an hour through the San Fernando Valley and Westside. Six police cruisers pursued the suspect, believed to be the passenger in a pickup truck, after a surveillance operation…
L.A. County Sheriff’s homicide detectives opened an investigation Wednesday after human skeletal remains were found on a hiking trail in Calabasas, authorities said. Caltrans workers found the remains near the Juan Bautista de Anza East Trailhead on the 25000 block of Calabasas Road about 9:30…
The pilot killed Tuesday in a plane crash near the Palo Alto Airport was a dedicated volunteer who flew dozens of families to receive medical care. W. John Spencer, of Placerville, was flying a patient and her mother from Redding to Palo Alto for an appointment at a children’s hospital when his…
Actress Asia Argento, who is under investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department following allegations she had sex with a minor, is now accusing the young actor of sexually attacking her in 2013. Mark Jay Heller, Argento’s lawyer, said in a statement that the Italian actress was…
Needle-exchange programs will remain banned in Costa Mesa until at least next summer after the City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to extend an urgency ordinance prohibiting the establishment or operation of such services in town. With the extension, the ordinance — first adopted Aug. 7 for…
