New York has failed to solve its homeless crisis for a half century. Well intentioned promises were made for community mental health programs and affordable housing, but they were never adequately fulfilled. The most comprehensive and inadequate response to homelessness remains New York’s court ordered right to shelter.

Here’s our running account are the highlights and lowlights of Trump’s record-length speech.

Just a few years ago, historian and activist Ibram X. Kendi seemed to be everywhere. At the height of the Black Lives Matter movement, he became one of the leading voices on racism in America—and particularly what he described as antiracism. In 2019, his book How to Be an Antiracist became a bestseller. And later, […]

Three members of a burglary crew were sentenced to prison for their roles in a $3 million jewelry store heist in Ventura County. The crew members, all Chilean nationals, were identified by the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office as: Ibarra and Lara were each sentenced to four years and four months, while Trujillo was sentenced […]

A grieving family is outraged that a now 19-year-old man who was behind the wheel of a car involved in a violent crash that killed five teenagers nearly three years ago may serve only nine months in a detention facility.  The June 2023 crash happened in the early morning hours on the 710 Freeway at the 91 […]

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday night toggled between being remarkably dull and profoundly racist. During a screed against undocumented immigrants, Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) shouted at Trump, yelling, “You have killed Americans,” and “You should be ashamed.” The confrontation began after Trump scolded Democrats for not standing and applauding during […]

A 37-year-old man from Torrance, a former congressional candidate, was sentenced to four years in prison earlier this week, federal prosecutors announced. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Omar Navarro, who unsuccessfully attempted to unseat Congresswoman Maxine Waters four times, enlisted his mother Dora Asghari, 61, and a Long Beach man identified as Zacharias Diamantides-Abel, 37, to help him embezzle more […]

A significant change is on the way for the athletic program at California Baptist University after it announced three major sports programs are being cut. The private university, located in Riverside, is dropping men’s golf, men’s swimming and diving and men’s wrestling as it prepares to join the Big West Conference. KTLA’s Shelby Nelson spoke […]

A convicted felon from Watts has been sentenced to 45 days in jail and 12 months of probation for posting video of himself pouring alcohol into a hawk’s mouth, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife said Tuesday. CDFW officers began investigating after a YouTube video surfaced showing 25-year-old Cesar Gustavo Diaz feeding a BuzzBallz […]

“Katherine was beloved by all and will be remembered for the light and joy she brought into the world.”