LOS ANGELES — Derrick Ward, a former running back and a member of the 2008 Super Bowl-winning New York Giants team, has been arrested in Los Angeles on suspicion of robbery. Ward, 43, was arrested Monday in the North Hollywood area, police said. He was being held Tuesday on $250,000 bail, according to a Los … Read more
LOS ANGELES — A San Fernando Valley man was sentenced Tuesday to 12 months of home detention for fraudulently obtaining $345,108 in COVID-19 pandemic relief loans from a financial institution and the Small Business Administration. Artur Chanchikyan, 56, of Porter Ranch, was also ordered by U.S. District Judge Dolly Gee to serve three years of … Read more
Southern California forecasters are predicting the region will see several days’ worth of rain ahead of one of the busiest travel periods of the year — but how much rain can be expected? According to the National Weather Service, two storm systems will bring wet weather this week. Forecast models have predicted the heaviest rain … Read more
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved a motion on Tuesday. Dec.19, directing staffers to develop a work plan for the creation of an arts campus in the South Gate area. Supervisors voted unanimously to instruct the county CEO and representatives of the Departments of Public Works, Arts and Culture, and Parks and Recreation, … Read more
Light showers will kick off a wet week across Southern California on Monday, Dec. 18, with a heavier, second round of rainfall to arrive around Wednesday and continue through the weekend. The first storm system was expected to arrive over the region early Monday, bringing with it light, scattered showers that will carry on through … Read more
LANCASTER — A 4-year-old boy was killed in a road rage attack in Lancaster and two people were arrested in connection with the death, authorities said Saturday. The shooting occurred at about 7:30 p.m. Friday in the area of Sierra Highway and East Avenue J, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Information Bureau. … Read more
A woman was killed and a man was injured in a drive-by shooting in Sun Valley Saturday morning, Dec. 16, authorities said. Los Angeles police detectives believe the victims were walking to their car on Lorne Street, west of Vineland Avenue and near the Sun Valley Recreation Center, when multiple men in a dark-colored four … Read more
A 36-year-old man who defrauded more than two dozen Orthodox Jewish investors out of $25 million in a Ponzi-like scheme to fund gambling and private jet flights was sentenced Friday, Dec. 15, to 6½ years in federal prison. Yossi Engel, who previously lived in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles before moving to Israel in … Read more
A group of roughly 100 protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza snarled traffic near LAX on Friday evening as a busy weekend of holiday travel got underway. A protest run by “an unaffiliated group of Palestinians, Jews, and Angelenos of conscience” that began around 3 p.m. at a park across from the Los Angeles … Read more
City Councilman Curren Price is set to be arraigned on Friday, Dec. 15, on criminal charges of theft by embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest for allegedly voting on projects involving developers tied to his wife’s consulting firm, then failing to report the connections. A judge is expected to hear the defense’s legal challenge involving … Read more
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