At the Lexington Ave.-59th St. subway station, commuters pass a colorful artwork by Elizabeth Murray bearing this W.B. Yeats quote: “In dreams begin responsibility.” It is hard to imagine a better epigraph for New York’s transit system — built on ambition and hampered by an institution — the Metropolitan Transportation Authority — designed to protect our elected officials from owning responsibility.

In 2023, Marlena Arjo adopted a one-eyed kitten with a penchant for destruction. She named him Otto, and over the next eight months, Otto grew into his own little chaotic personality. “ He’s laying on houseplants, he’s tearing books out of the bookshelves, ripping the calendar off the wall…I wasn’t prepared for having a criminal in […]

One person was killed and another was hospitalized after shots were fired outside a shopping center in the Westlake district of Los Angeles Friday night. Los Angeles police responded to a shooting outside the Selecto Plaza Mall near 6th and Bonne Brae streets just before 6 p.m. Two victims suffering from gunshot wounds were found […]

A 50-year-old man has died after firefighters discovered him inside a burning Van Nuys home Friday afternoon. Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to the home on the 6900 block of North Burnet Avenue just before 3 p.m. Firefighters arrived to find heavy flames coming from the rear of the single-story home. “Crews initiated an […]

A shooting outside a nightclub in Victorville left one person dead and another hospitalized as the suspect remains at large. On Dec. 28, San Bernardino County deputies responded to a shooting outside Cosmos Taverna, a sports bar and nightclub at 12409 Mariposa Road, just after 1:30 a.m. When deputies arrived, there were around 50 to […]

A West Covina man was arrested for allegedly assaulting his grandparents and leaving them hospitalized with severe injuries. The suspect was identified as Joshua Philip Day, 28, according to the West Covina Police Department. On New Year’s Day, police responded to a family disturbance at a home on the 1700 block of West Mossberg Avenue […]

Due to a software error, over 300,000 Californians will need to replace their REAL IDs, the California Department of Motor Vehicles said this week. According to the department, a review of its data systems identified that some legal immigrants were issued REAL IDs that do not expire at the same time as their authorization to […]

A one-year-old terrier mix tossed into a self-compacting trash can in Los Angeles County last week was rescued just in time by a police officer — who days later returned to give the puppy a forever home. According to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles, a Gardena police officer heard […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A strong earthquake rattled southern and central Mexico on Friday, interrupting President Claudia Sheinbaum’s first press briefing of the new year as seismic alarms sounded. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 and its epicenter was near the town of San Marcos in the southern state of Guerrero near the […]

More rain is expected to fall on Southern California this weekend as a new storm system moves into the region Friday. “Some scattered showers to start out the morning, but rain is more likely later this evening,” KTLA’s Kirk Hawkins said. That’s when the next in a string of storm systems is slated to arrive […]