Harvey Weinstein trial moves to opening arguments, as chastened mogul finally has his day in court
18 months after his arrest on sex assault charges, Harvey Weinstein’s criminal trial finally begins before a packed courtroom in lower Manhattan
Magnitude 3.6 earthquake in Granada Hills shakes up L.A. region
Light shaking was felt in the San Fernando Valley
Magnitude-3.6 quake shakes San Fernando Valley
GRANADA HILLS — Firefighters and police officers fanned out across Los Angeles this morning after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.6 struck two miles north-northeast of Granada Hills, but no major infrastructure damage was reported. The quake was reported at 11:41 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Caltech Seismological Laboratory. We are monitoring preliminary…
Oakland bans criminal background checks on potential tenants
Oakland’s ordinance is the strictest of its kind in the state, covering both public and private housing.
Fifth body discovered on Tijuana property where Garden Grove couple was found dead
A fifth body has been located on a property in Tijuana where two Americans were found dead earlier this month, and Mexican officials said Tuesday, Jan. 21, that they are beginning to suspect they may have a serial killer in custody. Baja California state prosecutor Hiram Sánchez said the suspect, who is the son-in-law of…
Column: A county-owned homeless service center in the old St. Vincent hospital? It just might happen
L.A. supervisors voted Tuesday to push ahead with the possible purchase of St. Vincent hospital
Trial begins for bookie who shot and killed man at Westminster club
Trial began Tuesday for a bookie who shot an alleged loan shark to death in the parking lot of a busy Westminster club and injured a second man. That Minh Quang Tran shot and killed Huy Phan during a Halloween party at Club Bleu in the early morning hours of Oct. 28, 2017 was not…
Mountain lion attack on boy in Lake Forest park called ‘extraordinarily rare’
The mountain lion attack that injured a 3-year-old boy in a Lake Forest wilderness park on Monday was “extremely rare,” a state fish and wildlife official said on Tuesday. The boy – bitten in the back of the neck – was “doing OK” and was released from the hospital the night of the incident, California…
Suspect in Temescal Valley deadly car-ramming crash faces spouse abuse, child injury charges
A Temescal Valley man under investigation in the car-ramming deaths of three 16-year-old boys and injuries to three others already faces misdemeanor charges of spousal abuse and willful injury to a child, court records show. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, which filed the misdemeanor abuse charges in December against Anurag Chandra, 42, was on…
Charles Merritt, McStay family killer, gets death penalty
Charles “Chase” Merritt, convicted of the 2010 bludgeoning deaths of a family of four, including two young children, was sentenced to death by a San Bernardino County judge on Tuesday, Jan. 21. The sentence by Superior Court Judge Michael A. Smith reaffirmed the jury’s verdict and came minutes after Merritt sobbed his way through a…