The race for California governor appears to be down to three candidates vying for two spots in the November runoff, based on the final Emerson College/Inside California Politics poll ahead of Tuesday’s primary. Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, a Democrat, leads the field with 28% support among likely voters, followed by fellow […]

Loved ones are devastated after a 37-year-old man was attacked by a dog and stabbed to death by several men on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The unprovoked attack happened on May 20 as Berry Henderson, 37, was standing at a bus stop near Hollywood Boulevard and Las Palmas Avenue around 3 p.m. Surveillance video […]

A mountain lion that caused a commotion by wandering into a bustling Santa Monica neighborhood Friday has been safely captured, the Santa Monica Police Department announced. The mountain lion was tranquilized on the 400 block of Euclid Street by a California Department of Fish and Wildlife biologist Friday evening after multiple attempts. “The mountain lion […]

A suspect was arrested for a series of violent assaults targeting students on the University of California, Los Angeles campus. The UCLA Police Department identified the suspect as Olumuyiwa Akindahunsi, 29. On May 28, campus police responded to a robbery on Bruin Walk around 11:35 p.m. The suspect had approached a student from behind before […]

A suspect remains at large after a man was fatally shot while sitting in his car in Santa Ana. On May 28, Santa Ana police responded to an apartment complex at 225 S. Newhope Street around 2:38 p.m. Officers found the victim, Jose Lagunas Orenday, 30, with multiple gunshot wounds to his upper torso. He […]

On a Wednesday afternoon last June, Bajun Mavalwalla II, Jac Archer, and Justice Forral gathered with hundreds of others to protest outside an ICE office in Spokane, Washington. Word had spread on social media that two young Venezuelan immigrants—both of whom came to the United States legally—had been detained at a routine ICE check-in.  Mavalwalla, […]

A mountain lion sighting in Santa Monica prompted a shelter-in-place order as officials worked to safely contain the animal.

A massive fire destroyed much of a Riverside apartment complex near UC Riverside, displacing 150 residents. No injuries have been reported.