By Elizabeth Marcellino LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to scrap plans for a women’s jail in Lancaster and approved a new vision for a downtown mental health treatment center, though many criminal justice advocates worried that it might only be a jail by another name. The board room…
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Tuesday he plans to invite leaders of 45 noncompliant California cities and two counties to a “candid conversation” aimed at encouraging them to find “the political courage to build their fair share of housing.” The list includes 15 cities in Los Angeles County and six in Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino…
In another blow to USC’s student health clinic, six male graduates filed a lawsuit this week accusing a men’s health doctor of sexual battery and harassment during appointments. The suit in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that Dr. Dennis Kelly made demeaning remarks to defendants, all recent…
A federal appeals court has rejected arguments by the state of California and environmental groups who tried to block the reconstruction of sections of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Monday that the Trump administration did not exceed its authority by waiving…
By JILL COLVIN and WILL WEISSERT EL PASO, Texas — President Donald Trump charged ahead with his pledge to build a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border, skimming over the details of lawmakers’ tentative deal that would give him far less than he’s been demanding and declaring he’s “setting the stage” to deliver on his signature…
By JONATHAN J. COOPER PHOENIX — Retired astronaut Mark Kelly, who rocketed to the national spotlight when his congresswoman wife Gabrielle Giffords was shot in a failed assassination attempt, announced Tuesday he’s running to finish John McCain’s last term in the U.S. Senate. Kelly, 54, is a top Democratic recruit to take on Republican Martha…
This 22-year-old man seen on surveillance video on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, trying to break into a Fullerton home died at a hospital after he fought with officers and paramedics and was subdued. (Image from CBS2 video) FULLERTON — A 22-year-old man seen on security video breaking down the door of a woman’s home in…
In 2013, “Fast N’ Loud” reality television star Richard Rawlings and his business partner Dennis Collins bought what people told them was an unfixable, totaled 1991 Ferrari F40. The pair refurbished the car in about 40 days and documented it on the TV show. Last week, the same sleek F40, painted…
A few weeks ago, at a political dinner, Ammar Campa-Najjar bumped into the uncle of the man he had run against for Congress. Campa-Najjar’s opponent, Republican U.S. Rep. Duncan Hunter, is a former Marine and scion of an ultra-conservative family dynasty in northeastern San Diego County. During…
This image of The Plaza Methodist Church appeared as number 26 in the 1955-56, Los Angeles Times Know Your City photography series.
