ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – Employees could soon be required to monitor self-checkout kiosks in Santa Ana grocery and drug stores under an ordinance that passed its first reading Tuesday. It’s a move supporters say will protect jobs and curb theft, but critics warn it will raise operating costs and prices. At issue: should the government […]

A $50,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed a Chicago Cubs fan visiting Los Angeles for the Dodgers-Cubs series, LAPD officials announced Thursday. The victim, identified as 65-year-old Jose Melesio, was struck around 3:10 a.m. on April 27 […]

Kevin O’Leary is best known as “Mr. Wonderful” on Shark Tank, or maybe as the bad guy from Marty Supreme. On Shark Tank, he invests in—or crushes the spirits of—small business owners. He describes himself as an “investor, chef, sommelier, collector, photographer, and musician.” But he might soon be able to add “AI infrastructure kingpin” […]

A Los Angeles County jury found that an LAPD officer was not negligent for the shooting death of a 14-year-old girl during a 2021 incident at a North Hollywood department store. Her family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the officer, but State Attorney General Rob Bonta said evidence did not show beyond a reasonable […]