The beleaguered Los Angeles International Airport Automated People Mover is reaching a milestone.  Testing began on the 2.25-mile elevated railway on Monday, although there is a slight catch.  There aren’t any people onboard – yet. Construction started in 2019 and the system was supposed to open in 2023. Now in 2026, this current testing phase, according to LAX officials, is a key […]

The race to succeed California Gov. Gavin Newsom is underway with 10 candidates vying to be the Golden State’s next governor. In the wake of Eric Swalwell’s tumultuous exit from the race, Democrats lead in donor fundraising, according to the California Secretary of State’s website. However, Republicans are holding their own in a state where […]

A man was assaulted and then set on fire during a possible robbery in downtown L.A. overnight, police said. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, a call regarding an assault with a deadly weapon at 6th and Olive streets – near Pershing Square – just after midnight Monday. “When officers arrived on scene, they found a 70-year-old male that had […]

A pursuit suspect crashed into the side of a home while trying to evade officers in Los Angeles’ Vermont Vista neighborhood overnight. California Highway Patrol officers responded to a speed contest suspect near Via Oro Avenue and Carson Street around 10:40 p.m. Sunday, a spokesperson confirmed to KTLA early Monday. Officers pursued the suspect until […]

The quake occurred off the coast of Sanriku in northern Japan at around 4:53 p.m. local time, at a depth of about 6 miles below the sea surface.

What election officials and lawmakers should do — according to the experts — amid growing concern about the integrity of the November elections.

At least two women have posted on social media that they were groped by an unknown man at the Silver Lake Reservoir last week. One of the women, Sabrina Sullivan, told KTLA that she posted signs in the area warning people that she was sexually assaulted along the popular jogging trail between 8 and 9 […]

An 81-year-old Orange County man is fighting for his life after being struck by a teenager riding what investigators described as an electric motorcycle designed for off-road use. The incident, according to the Orange County Sheriff’s Department, occurred April 17 just before 4 p.m. near the intersection of Toledo Way and Ridge Route Drive in […]

Four people in their 20s were hospitalized after gunfire erupted at a park in California’s capital city of Sacramento over the weekend. Officials with the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office said that around 6:30 p.m. on April 18, deputies received reports of a person armed at Howe Community Park, where several hundred people had gathered for […]