A dramatic video captured the moment a pedestrian was struck and critically injured by a Montebello Police Department patrol vehicle over the weekend. Officers had been dispatched to a report of a possible DUI driver in the area of Montebello Boulevard and Victoria Avenue around 5:35 p.m., according to the Montebello Police Department. “One of […]

A historic Southern California cafe, established nearly 140 years ago in the Santa Clarita Valley, reopened Monday after what was initially believed to be a permanent closure earlier in January. Long considered the oldest cafe in Los Angeles County, the Saugus Cafe first opened in 1886 and is now operating under new owner Eduardo Reyna. […]

At least one person was killed in a multi-vehicle crash that blocked several lanes of the 91 Freeway in Carson early Monday morning. The collision was reported shortly after 12:30 a.m. on the westbound side of the freeway near Central Avenue. Emergency crews arrived to find a minivan and up to four other vehicles stopped […]

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Russian authorities have detained an Indigenous climate advocate, accusing her of participating in a terrorist organization in what international observers are calling “retribution” for her United Nations advocacy on behalf of Indigenous peoples.  Daria Egereva, an Indigenous Selkup woman from the city […]

Fifteen thousand nurses in New York City are on strike. They are not striking because they don’t care. They are striking because they care too much to continue working inside a system that normalizes harm — to patients and to health care workers alike.

More than two weeks after the U.S. kidnapped Maduro, Trump isn’t running the country, but he seems to be getting much of what he wants.

A triple fatal shooting in Lakewood on Thursday appears to have been a murder-suicide. Police believe that the shooting in the 5800 block of Lorelei Avenue just before 8 a.m. that day was perpetrated by Hector Lionel Alfaro, 52, the Los Angeles Times reports. Alfaro allegedly shot his 48-year-old wife and 17-year-old daughter before turning […]

A Southern California man said he and his wife are lucky to be alive after violent, fiery motorcycle crash in Long Beach earlier this month that left them both hospitalized. The Jan. 10 crash occurred around 10:30 a.m. near the intersection of Ocean Boulevard and Orange Avenue. Ramon Acosta told KTLA’s Rachel Menitoff that he and his […]

The Los Angeles Rams braved frigid temperatures and held on to defeat the Chicago Bears 20-17 in overtime in the NFC divisional round playoffs Sunday night. The Rams advance to play at the Seattle Seahawks on Jan. 25 for a berth in the Super Bowl. The winner of that West Coast matchup will face the […]