By STEVEN HERBERT | City News Service LOS ANGELES — What organizers bill as the West Coast’s largest free New Year’s Eve event will be held Sunday at Gloria Molina Grand Park with a collection of global music artists and performers and an all-female lineup of DJs. Gloria Molina Grand Park’s NYELA will begin at … Read more
PASADENA — When Michigan sophomore defensive lineman Mason Graham enrolled early at Michigan after graduating from Servite High in Anaheim two years ago, he was not sure he would ever get the opportunity to play in the Rose Bowl Game. “I didn’t know, but I hoped that I would be able to play in this … Read more
Former Rep. Katie Hill and her former husband have settled the revenge porn case she filed against him and several media organizations over the unauthorized distribution of intimate photos of the onetime politician. Hill sued her ex-spouse, Kenneth Heslep, and the news groups, in Los Angeles Superior Court in December 2020, alleging nude photos of … Read more
From a major freeway shutdown to the opening of carpool lanes and two new passenger rail lines, the transportation picture in Southern California saw some notable changes in 2023. Since 21 million residents are fragmented by barriers, mostly by geography, but also by the daily blockages created by soul-stealing traffic, not everyone will have noticed … Read more
Howard Suber’s “The Power of Film” will air on Turner Classic Movies for six consecutive weeks, starting Jan. 4. (Photo by Jennie Langley) First, you must understand the Howard Suber phenomenon. Among UCLA film types, his name is spoken in hushed and reverent tones. His every uttering is dissected for shades of meaning. “He is … Read more
Former Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva has agreed to testify before a civilian oversight panel tasked with investigating deputy gangs operating within the Sheriff’s Department, ending, for now, a years-long, back-and-forth court battle over whether the sheriff would be compelled to appear. In a Dec. 13 letter to the county’s Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission, … Read more
SAN DIEGO — Miller Moss just did not care for your narratives. He did not care about the notion of seizing the baton from Caleb Williams, who stood watching him on the sidelines of the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday night like a proud father. He did not care about the notion of seizing the chance … Read more
Welcome to homebuying’s slowest day of the year. My trusty spreadsheet looked at some curious house-hunting stats from real estate tracker Attom, which tallied closed transactions and median pricing patterns by day of the year between 2013 and 2022. Yes, we’re talking daily data from closings – minus the bank holidays of New Year’s Day, … Read more
Yesica Jaimes of Lancaster, a student in the Los Angeles Mission rehabilitation program, prepares pork tamales with chili sauce on Christmas Day, Monday, Dec. 25, 2023, at the mission in Los Angeles. (Photo by Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Aqueda Baeza of Lancaster, a student in the Los Angeles Mission rehabilitation program, prepares pork tamales with … Read more
Faith. Hope. Charity. Sure, Christmas brought its usual supersized feasts and gift-giving flurries. But across Los Angeles County, Christmas Day for millions inspired Masses and spiritual services celebrating the birth of Jesus, prayers for peace during violent times around the world, and efforts to feed and clothe the poor across a region still beset by … Read more
