A man was convicted of raping a woman he was dating while they were vacationing in Southern California. Christopher Baum, 59, of Fairlawn, Ohio, was convicted by a jury of one felony count of forcible rape, the Ventura County District Attorney’s Office announced on April 15. On Oct. 14, 2018, Baum and the victim were staying […]

A 16-year-old boy was hospitalized after being shot near a middle school in the San Fernando Valley Wednesday. The shooting occurred near Sepulveda Middle School at 15330 W Plummer St. in the North Hills neighborhood just after 3 p.m., according to the Los Angeles School Police Department. Arriving officers found a 16-year-old boy with injuries […]

A Silver Alert was issued by the California Highway Patrol for a 78-year-old woman last seen in Los Angeles County. Details are limited and it’s unclear just exactly how Jeanne Litvin went missing, but authorities said she was last seen around 7:30 a.m., though no information was provided on where exactly in L.A. County that […]

After a brief round of rain late last week, Southern California is heading into another stretch of changing weather, with increasing winds expected late this week and a slight chance of light rain returning early next week. Wednesday has brought plenty of sunshine across the region, with mild coastal temperatures in the mid-60s from Oxnard […]

A Glendale firefighter accused of killing his wife in a brutal North Hollywood attack entered a not guilty plea Wednesday, and a judge ordered that he be held without bail, officials confirmed. Andrew Jimenez, 45, is charged in connection with the Jan. 21 death of his wife, Mayra Jimenez, 46, who was found fatally beaten […]

US senators voted 52-47, largely along party lines, against a war powers resolution on Wednesday afternoon that would have stopped the Trump administration from continuing its illegal military campaign against Iran without congressional approval. Every Republican except Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul opposed the resolution; all Democrats apart from Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania supported it. […]

A groundbreaking ceremony was held Wednesday that formally ushered in the start of a large mixed-use development project on the site of the once-beloved but now shuttered Westminster Mall. The site, called Bolsa Pacific, will have around 2,250 housing units, ones that project officials say will be priced at market-rate and affordable rental housing. There will also be standalone […]

The ongoing war in the Middle East is not only impacting travelers on the road but also those in the sky. Airlines are responding cautiously to the volatile oil and jet fuel prices that have been swinging since the war started, trimming schedules and adjusting prices in ways that experts say will ripple unevenly across […]

The FBI and federal prosecutors in New York announced Wednesday morning that they have arrested Stefan Pildes, 50, one of the organizers of New York City’s Santacon, an infamous annual public pukefest which claims to be a charitable event. Pildes is accused of diverting money raised by Santacon NYC to a “slush fund,” then using […]

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