top stories ladn

As school year winds down, Southern California colleges weigh security measures in wake of protests – Daily News

by

After violence at an encampment at UCLA broke out this week between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and pro-Israel counterprotesters, officials at campuses across Southern California began tightening security measures in a variety of ways in an effort to ensure student safety as the end of the school year looms. Student-led demonstrations have taken center stage at several … Read more

Where all the new shows fit in the fictional timeline – Daily News

by

Full force Saturday, May 4 is the commemorative Intergalactic Star Wars Day so we look at the franchise’s fictional timeline and what’s new. Go behind the scenes The Academy Museum in Los Angeles will be featuring an installation from May 4-July 8 called the Star Wars Dykstraflex. It is the computerizeFind out what new shows … Read more

2 LA men plead guilty in $2.7 million stolen checks scheme – Daily News

by

LOS ANGELES — Two Los Angeles men pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal criminal charges for defrauding banks and credit unions out of at least $2.7 million by depositing checks stolen from the mail into bank accounts belonging to accomplices they recruited through Instagram. Carlos Corona, 36, of South Los Angeles, and Jose Luis Edeza Jr., … Read more

Ex-Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleads no contest to domestic battery charge – Daily News

by

LOS ANGELES — Former Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías pleaded no contest Wednesday to a misdemeanor domestic battery charge stemming from his arrest last September outside BMO Stadium in Exposition Park. Urías, 27, was placed on 36 months of summary probation and ordered to complete 30 days of community labor, complete a 52-week domestic violence counseling course, … Read more

Deputy found unresponsive at South LA station dies – Daily News

by

LOS ANGELES — Authorities are trying to determine the cause of death for a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who died Saturday night while on duty at the sheriff’s South Los Angeles station. Personnel at the station called for an ambulance around 9 p.m. Saturday regarding an “unresponsive deputy,” Deputy Tracy Koerner told City News … Read more

Pro-Palestinian protests heat up at USC – Daily News

by

LOS ANGELES — A pro-Palestinian protest heated up Saturday night at USC as Los Angeles Police Department officers from around the city were temporarily placed on alert and the public was urged to avoid the area around USC. The warning came late Saturday, according to Senior Vice President of Communications Joel Curran. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: USC … Read more

Hawthorne man charged with attempted murder in attack on Metro bus driver in Willowbrook – Daily News

by

A Hawthorne man has been charged with attempted murder for stabbing a Metro bus driver in Wilmington earlier this month, authorities said. Darnell Marshon Bray, 30, is expected to make his first court appearance Monday, April 29, when he may enter a plea to one count of attempted murder with an additional allegation that he … Read more

Check out SCNG’s award-winning photos from LA press photographers’ contest – Daily News

by

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

Join the crowd to see Los Angeles in bigger-than-life images at Projecting L.A. – Daily News

by

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

Getting to 100% zero-emission buses for LA Metro will take five years longer – Daily News

by

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