The Los Angeles Police Department issued a statement Friday asking the public and attendees of the 2026 Academy Awards to “follow posted advisories, remain aware of their surroundings, and promptly report any suspicious activity to law enforcement,” ahead of Sunday’s award ceremony. The 98th Academy Awards come less than a week after the FBI issued […]

A shooting left a 16-year-old boy dead and another teenager hospitalized in Garden Grove. Garden Grove police responded to the 12500 block of Sandalwood Lane on March 3 just before 8 p.m. Officers found two male victims at the scene — a 16-year-old and a 17-year-old. The 16-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound […]

A bear created a real mess after it broke into a Claremont woman’s home early Thursday morning, ransacked her kitchen and helped itself to her snacks. Bear sightings are not uncommon in the San Gabriel foothills, but this incident was a little too close for comfort. She said about a year ago, there was a […]

A rare, long-lasting heat wave is expected to bring dangerously high temperatures across much of Southern California next week, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an Extreme Heat Watch for large parts of the region. The watch covers many coastal and valley communities in Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties […]

After nearly three decades, NBC Universal is pulling the plug on the entertainment magazine show “Access Hollywood.” The move comes as the media giant announced it will stop producing first-run syndicated television programming. The move also affects “Karamo” and “The Steve Wilkos Show.” “NBCUniversal is making changes to our first-run syndication division to better align […]

After nearly three decades, NBC Universal is pulling the plug on the entertainment magazine show “Access Hollywood.” The move comes as the media giant announced it will stop producing first-run syndicated television programming. The move also affects “Karamo” and “The Steve Wilkos Show.” “NBCUniversal is making changes to our first-run syndication division to better align […]

Police are investigating a possible firearm threat reported at Los Angeles High School in the Mid-Wilshire area Friday afternoon. According to the Los Angeles Police Department, officers responded to the 4600 block of Olympic Boulevard at about 12:09 p.m. for possible reports of firearms seen on campus. Authorities said officers made contact with the reporting […]

Pavel Talankin is a teacher from a small mining town in Central Russia. He spent two and a half years documenting how his school was conscripted into Putin’s war propaganda machine for the Oscar-nominated documentary, Mr. Nobody Against Putin. After Russia invaded Ukraine, his school changed almost overnight– teachers ordered to deliver government scripts and […]

A cement spill on the 10 Freeway shut down multiple lanes in the Mid-City area of Los Angeles Friday morning. The incident was reported around 8:45 a.m., when wet cement was found across three westbound lanes near South La Brea Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. A SigAlert for the lane closures is expected […]

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Up until the end of February, a steady flow of ships bound for destinations across the world would pass daily through the Strait of Hormuz. A narrow channel running between Oman and Iran, the waterway serves as the only natural maritime link […]