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
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
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
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — For as grim as the Lakers’ outlook appeared to be after consecutive home losses to the Minnesota Timberwolves and Golden State Warriors earlier in the week, and how uninspiring Friday’s road win over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies was, they’re back in control of their postseason fate. No more external help is necessary … Read more
Amid a rise in antisemitism on college campuses, three survivors of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack in Israel spoke to students at Cal State Northridge and USC this week, recounting their firsthand experiences of terror, pain and survival. “My main mission is empowering Jews in the diaspora to create more resilience, more hope and more … Read more
Los Angeles County’s two largest juvenile detention facilities, at risk of closure for failing to meet minimum standards of safety and care, won a last-minute reprieve Thursday, April 11, when state regulators allowed them to remain open. The Board of State and Community Corrections, the regulatory board overseeing California’s prisons and juvenile halls, voted to … Read more
MESQUITE, Texas — Eclipse spectators staked out their spots across three countries Sunday, fervently hoping for clear skies despite forecasts calling for clouds along most of the sun-vanishing route. North America won’t see another coast-to-coast total solar eclipse for 21 years, prompting the weekend’s worry and mad rush. Monday’s extravaganza stretches from Mexico’s Pacific beaches … Read more
