Four Southern California News Group photographers won a total of 10 awards in the Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles’ annual contest for images they captured in 2023. The photographers are Keith Birmingham, Terry Pierson, Sarah Reingewirtz and Mindy Schauer. The Press Photographers Association of Greater Los Angeles is an 88-year-old organization made up … Read more
In bigger-than-life photographs projected on the side of a building in the heart of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, the works of 32 photographers will be shown on Saturday, April 27, marking the return of a free screening that documents the street life throughout the city and surrounding communities. Projecting L.A. 2024 debuted two years ago in … Read more
When LA Metro’s staff announced that meeting the agency’s adopted goal of 100% zero-emission buses by 2030 was no longer achievable, three of the Los Angeles city-based Metro board members pushed back. Mayor Karen Bass, Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian, L.A. City Council member Kate Yaroslavsky and Bass-appointee Jacquelyn Dupont-Walker joined together in … Read more
Q. Dear Honk: There is a defunct railroad line that has been shut down for many years. It runs parallel to Bastanchury Road in Fullerton. The crossing gates have been removed, as well as all of the signs, except for one that states that the tracks are out of service. In spite of all this, … Read more
A 29-year-old man was arrested Sunday, April 21, on suspicion of breaking into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s home in the Hancock Park neighborhood, authorities said. Around 6:40 a.m., the intruder broke into the Getty House — the official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles, located at 605 South Irving Boulevard — said Deputy … Read more
About 230 Los Angeles Unified School District students were given new clothes, shoes, toiletry kits, backpacks, school supplies, books and a toy or game on Friday, April 19, through a program that serves low-income children. The Assistance League of Los Angeles, a nonprofit that runs Operation School Bell, teamed up once again with the Los … Read more
A plaque — “Dave’s Bench” — was also unveiled on Arian’s favorite nearby front-row seat, which overlooks the Angels Gate Lighthouse and the breakwater, where ships enter and leave the Port of Los Angeles. He’d sit on that bench in the Outer Harbor, recalled Arian’s good friend Diane Middleton in an email earlier this week, … Read more
After authorities were alerted of a recent bomb threat targeting the TransLatin@ Coalition, a Los Angeles nonprofit serving transgender Latinx communities, officials on Monday, April 15, condemned growing hate against LGBTQ+ groups. The TransLatin@ Coalition, one of the nation’s largest trans-led organizations, joined L.A. County and police officials to speak out at a joint press … Read more
One year ago, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass – then just four months into her term as the city’s top executive – acknowledged that the City of Angels wasn’t where it needed to be but that she was proud of the changes taking place in the nascent days of her administration. On Monday, April 15, … Read more
A pilot and a dog escaped with minor injuries after a small plane landed or crashed in the waters off the coast of Rancho Palos Verdes on Sunday, April 14, with crews later working to recover the sunken aircraft. A single-engine plane crashed into the ocean off Rancho Palos Verdes Sunday evening. A man with … Read more
