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Tensions were mounting in Highland Park this week after a contractor working on an under-construction home put up a large sign apparently telling neighbors to welcome gentrification with open arms.
Two people were killed and two others injured Wednesday in a traffic crash in Pasadena, authorities said.
Police say a man entered a Target store in Fontana, removed a knife from the kitchen section of the store and then stabbed himself to death.
Police have surrounded a home in East Los Angeles, where a man wanted for kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon is believed to be barricaded inside.
A Los Feliz mansion that has sat vacant for a half-century after it was the site of a gory murder-suicide is on the market.
Detectives said both suspects are African American men who are believed to be between 35 and 40-years-old.
An El Niño weather system has delivered considerably more wet weather this year — mostly in Northern California — but not enough to end the drought
Paramedics transported one firefighter to a hospital for treatment of injuries sustained in the crash. At this time, he remains listed in stable condition.
A legislative analysis says raising the minimum wage in California to the highest statewide level in the nation would eventually cost taxpayers an additional $3.6 billion a year in higher pay for government employees.
President Barack Obama commuted the prison sentences of 61 drug offenders on Wednesday, more than a third of them serving life sentences.
The judge's ruling will allow attorneys to conduct depositions of other potential witnesses, including Playboy founder Hugh Hefner.
Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz will be in Southern California Wednesday for an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live" and to make an appearance at a luncheon in Newport Beach.
Bill Rosendahl, the first openly gay member of the Los Angeles City Council, has died after a four-year battle with cancer. He was 70.
At least one person was killed Wednesday in a crash on a freeway on-ramp west of downtown Los Angeles.
Jones, 61, is retiring from the U.S. Geological Survey after a 33 year-tenure.
