A Los Angeles Police Department sting operation in Woodland Hills is drawing heat from locals. The sting, which involved two people who appear to be plainclothes officers crossing a busy street on foot far from a marked crosswalk, netted many drivers who failed to stop for the walkers, as required by state law. As drivers […]

New DNA testing from a sexual assault kit helped reveal that a man was wrongly convicted of rape over 40 years ago in Ventura County, officials announced Thursday. Ventura County District Attorney Erik Nasarenko said a review conducted by the county’s Sexual Assault Kit Initiative determined that the man, Richard Luna, was wrongfully convicted in […]

Business owners in El Sereno, a neighborhood east of downtown Los Angeles, are raising concerns about a cement block wall along an alley, saying it could collapse and cause serious injuries or deaths at a homeless encampment. Earlier this year, a portion of the wall near the 5400 block of Alhambra Avenue fell, crushing several […]

In an extraordinary rebuke to Donald Trump on Thursday, the Indiana state Senate rejected a gerrymandered congressional map relentlessly pushed by the president and his allies that would have given Republicans a lopsided 9-0 advantage in the state’s House delegation by eliminating the seats of two Democratic members of Congress. The final vote was 31-19 […]

In a contentious hearing that featured Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem telling Democratic committee members they should “all be fired,” House representatives repeatedly attempted to call attention to federal agents detaining non-criminal immigrants and US citizens. The secretary held the party line: she, and the Trump administration, were simply keeping Americans safe from threats. […]

On Thursday, in a 51-48 vote, the Senate rejected a Democratic plan to extend Affordable Care Act enhanced tax credits, as well as a Republican alternative that boosted a health savings account model. It is now all but certain that the credits, which began under the Biden administration, will expire at the end of the […]

California health officials are warning the public not to eat certain “magic mushroom” food products made by a Los Angeles–based company after testing found they contain illegal and potentially dangerous psychedelic compounds. The California Department of Public Health said the products — sold as gummies, chocolate bars and syrup — may cause severe illness, hospitalization […]

At least 6 earthquakes have battered a mountain range in Ventura County on Thursday morning, with preliminary magnitudes measured between 2.5 and 3.3, officials say. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the first quake had a magnitude of 2.5 and struck around 10:21 a.m. The epicenter was about 9.3 miles northwest of Fillmore, at a […]

The discovery of a drug lab in a Los Angeles County home late last month led to the arrests of six people who now face multiple charges, authorities said Thursday. Residents had approached Palmdale City Code Enforcement with concerns about suspected street-level drug transactions and use in the area of the 4100 block of East […]

The House of Mouse has struck a deal with the creators of ChatGPT. The $1 billion deal between Disney and OpenAI was announced early Thursday morning. Disney agreed to a three-year licensing agreement, which means Sora, OpenAI’s video generation tool, will be able to generate user-prompted social videos for fans to share. OpenAI said this […]