New rooms, tours, activities: Queen Mary is royal again, Long Beach says. But at a whopping cost
In 2017, it looked as if $23 million in repairs were needed just to keep the Queen Mary from capsizing. Long Beach has now spent much more than that.
Father convicted of murdering his 4 children and their grandmother in their Lancaster home
A Lancaster man was convicted this week of the brutal murders of his four children and his mother-in-law in 2021.
S.F. State employee who oversaw sexual misconduct and discrimination cases alleges retaliation
A former San Francisco State employee claims that a campus president and CSU official tried to interfere with an investigation into harassment complaints against a professor.
Feel like somebody’s watching you inside an Airbnb? Not for long, company says
Airbnb has allowed security cameras in places like hallways and living rooms as long as they were disclosed as part of the listing. That ends in April.
Pro-Palestinian protesters shut down security line at San Francisco International Airport
More than two dozen protesters linked arms and blocked the entrance to the airport’s G gates, calling for a cease-fire in in the Israel-Hamas war.
Santa Ana winds will whip across California, with power outages and downed trees likely
Orange County and the Inland Empire could see gusts up to 100 mph when Santa Ana winds peak in the region Thursday.
Waymo to launch robotaxi service in Los Angeles, but no freeway driving — for now
Waymo launches driverless car service in Los Angeles, taking the robot to America’s car culture capital. Critics say the cars are unsafe and will only take away jobs.
Landslide damages homes, forces evacuations in Sherman Oaks
At least one home was red-tagged and deemed unsafe following the landslide, the cause of which has not yet been determined.
Good thing that Kobe Bryant is getting three statues. The first one has typos
The statue outside Crypto.com Arena that immortalizes Lakers legend Kobe Bryant after his 81-point game in 2006 misspelled the names of two players and one word.
Rents are finally falling in Los Angeles. But it’s still not enough for many
Rents are down 2.5% year over year in Los Angeles County, according to Apartment List. Northern California has seen prices mostly rise while Southern California prices have dropped.