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LA Weather Plays It Cool with Consistent Temperatures and Drizzle
The forecast for Los Angeles this week is looking like a broken record of mild temperatures and scattered clouds, with a side of patchy drizzle on the menu for early birds. The National Weather Service has reported today that the high will hover near 67 degrees under mostly cloudy skies, while the evening promises similar conditions with lows around the mid-50s.
One dead after being ejected during two-car crash in Burbank
One person is dead after a violent two-car crash in Burbank late Saturday evening that was likely the result of unsafe speeds, according to police. The crash happened at around 11:15 p.m. on Vanowen Street west of Hollywood Way, according to a statement from the Burbank Police Department. "When police officers arrived, they located a male in the roadway who had been ejected from a white Scion," said a statement from police. "The male sustained serious injuries and was pronounced deceased at the scene."He has not yet been identified. The second driver, behind the wheel of a Toyota Corolla, was found a short...
LAPD seeks to fire senior captain over alleged romantic relationship with 911 dispatcher: report
The Los Angeles Police Department is moving to fire a senior captain who allegedly did not disclose a romantic relationship with a 911 dispatcher, according to a report by the Los Angeles Times. Alejandro Vargas, who is a senior captain with the Van Nuys division, was advised by Assistant Chief Daniel Randolph that he would […]
Sun Valley pharmacy burglarized for the seventh time since October
A Sun Valley pharmacy owner is speaking out after burglars were caught stealing mounds of pill bottles from her store. The incident happened around 4 a.m. Thursday on Sunland Boulevard. The owner, Lisa Sargesyan, said she was alerted in her sleep that someone broke into her store. She watched surveillance...
99 Cents Only was an LA icon. Inside the fall of the popular chain
It was Friday the 13th when the first 99 Cents Only store opened in 1982 on La Tijera Boulevard. To commemorate the grand opening, founder David Gold sold television sets for 99 cents to the first 13 customers. He had developed his affinity for the price point while working at a liquor shop at Grand Central Market downtown, when he would put closeout bottles of wine on a table and mark them down to 99 cents.
No matter what district attorney candidates say, Los Angeles is much safer than it used to be
It’s hard to generalize about a city like Los Angeles, and even harder to do so about Los Angeles County. What could 10 million people, who speak scores of languages, hail from every corner of the earth, cover the range of affluence from some of the world’s richest to many of the nation’s desperately poor, share in terms of politics or public concerns? And yet generalizing is the business of politics, and whether there is a consensus...
Man steals L.A. police vehicle with officer still inside
A chaotic and violent situation unfolded in downtown Los Angeles early Sunday morning when a man stole an LAPD patrol vehicle with the officer still inside before causing a multi-vehicle pileup. The incident occurred around 3:30 a.m. when, according to police, a female officer was conducting “security detail” at 12th and Figueroa streets. “At some […]
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