Fire crews raced to contain a fire at a commercial building in Santa Fe Springs on Wednesday evening. Tracy Gonzales, spokeswoman for the Downey Fire Department, said crews responded at about 4:35 p.m. and that 30 fire engines and trucks were on the scene in the 9600 block of John Street. Gonzalez said that there…
Work planned on the southbound 405 freeway overnight tonight, Oct. 17, and Thursday, Oct. 18, has been postponed, meaning drivers won’t face a detour. The Orange County Transportation Authority doesn’t have a new schedule yet for when the needed closure of the southbound lanes will take place. The work will remove the structure that holds…
A single panel of glass sat on the sidelines of the Aquarium of the Pacific’s high-profile construction project on Wednesday morning, Oct. 17. Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia, various other community officials, designers, architects and other influential folks filed in one-by-one to watch a simple construction task performed. Glass installation doesn’t usually draw a crowd…
Bumpy roads, uneven pavement and pot holes cost drivers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim areas more than $900 a year in repairs, maintenance, fuel consumption and tire wear, accelerating vehicle deterioration and depreciation, a nonprofit transportation group reported Wednesday. The report from the Washington D.C.-based TRIP ranked the top 20 large and mid-sized urban areas…
By ROB GILLIES and GENE JOHNSON TORONTO — Ian Power was among the first to buy legal recreational marijuana in Canada but he has no plans to smoke it. He plans to frame it. Canada became the largest country with a legal national marijuana marketplace as sales began early Wednesday in Newfoundland. Power was first…
Q: I have a dispute with a friend. I say that licensed lawyers in California can practice law (give legal advice) as an employee in a non-law firm. That is, a licensed lawyer can work as an employee at an architectural firm, engineering firm, etc., and provide legal advice. My friend says no. Who’s right? -J….
The two men who could determine whether Los Angeles teachers go on strike sound almost as if they inhabit different worlds. They don’t even agree on a set of basic facts, which makes negotiation difficult. L.A. schools Supt. Austin Beutner speaks of a school system teetering on insolvency and failing…
The Andrew Janz for Congress headquarters in an empty storefront on North Blackstone Avenue was supposed to be closed Monday, but I pushed on the glass door and it swung open. Inside, it was quiet. Like all campaign headquarters, it was messy with a temporary feel in the air. Folding chairs, folding…
Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star jet rides a truck in the City of Burbank’s 67th birthday parade on San Fernando Road.
A man sped away from the drive-thru of a Buena Park McDonald’s after lifting a fistful of cash from the window clerk’s till on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 16. Buena Park Police released photos on the department Facebook page of a man reaching into the drive-thru window of the McDonald’s at 5900 Beach Blvd….
