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

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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

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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

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

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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

What are those odd-looking sea creatures washing by the thousands at the beach? – Daily News

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Beachgoers out enjoying the balmy weather this weekend across Southern California came across a curious sight – thousands of shriveled jellyfish-looking sea creatures washed up on the shoreline. Blue beauties in the water, their scientific name is  Velella velella and they are a tropical species at the mercy of the winds and currents that push … Read more

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

Why do buses stop at railroad tracks if trains haven’t used them in years? – Daily News

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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