This week, Joanna Kavenna explains why she invented a game to write her new novel and discusses how to survive life online; Jesse Nathan reads a new poem.

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A woman who was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Laguna Beach and whose identity has remained a mystery has now been identified over 40 years later. Virginia Irene Nelson, also known as “Ginny” to her family, was 46 years old when she was killed. Originally from Yonkers, New York, she was last known to […]

The Parkwest Bicycle Casino in Bell Gardens has been evacuated due to police activity, prompting a SigAlert and a massive traffic back up on surface streets in the area. Officials with the California Highway Patrol said on X that northbound lanes of the interstate to Florence Avenue “will be blocked until further notice,” and that motorists should exercise caution when driving through the area. Footage of the […]

Federal immigration officers chased workers across the roof of a home in Montebello, a city east of Los Angeles, in footage posted to social media Wednesday. The video, shared on the Instagram account montebellonews, shows two people standing on the roof of a single-story home with uniformed officers and unmarked vehicles below. As one officer […]

Police and firefighters are on the scene of a deadly collision between a semi-truck hauling a trailer and a pedestrian in Van Nuys. Officials with the Los Angeles Police Department responded to the 6700 block of North Van Nuys Boulevard near Vanowen Street just before 2 p.m. on reports of the fatal incident. Details are extremely limited and the exact circumstances […]

A body was found inside a burned-out North Hills church Thursday after cadaver dogs and heavy equipment crews conducted a three-day search of the collapsed building, fire officials confirmed. Los Angeles Fire Department teams located the remains inside the former church at 15226 W. Parthenia St. as arson investigators, K-9 units and search crews worked […]

Three people were killed in a shooting Thursday morning in Lakewood. The shooting occurred in the 5800 block of Lorelei Avenue and was reported at approximately 7:53 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The victims were described as a man, a woman and a girl, though further information about them has not […]

The Trump administration’s offensive against immigrants in Minneapolis—and those who seek to help them—continued to intensify Wednesday night and into Thursday after a federal agent shot another person during an immigration operation.  President Donald Trump, in a Thursday morning Truth social post, threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act—a centuries-old law that allows the president to […]

Four astronauts have safely returned to Earth after NASA made the rare decision to end their space station mission early because of a medical concern involving one of the crew members. The SpaceX capsule carrying the international team splashed down in the Pacific Ocean off the Southern California coast early Thursday, bringing an end to […]

All lanes on the westbound 10 Freeway through Ontario were closed early Thursday after multiple vehicles struck a beam that fell onto the roadway. The incident was reported at 3:19 a.m. on the 10 near the 15 Freeway, prompting the California Highway Patrol to issue a SigAlert about 10 minutes later. The beam fell after […]