When Bruno Youn was 3 years old, his mother noticed something was off about her firstborn son. He could parrot what he heard. He could remember and recite poetry. But he could not string together words to communicate his own thoughts. She brought him in for testing and learned the truth: He had…
Grumpy Cat, whose sourpuss demeanor became an internet sensation, has died, her owners said Friday. Posting on social media, the 7-year-old feline’s owners wrote that she experienced complications from a urinary tract infection and “passed away peacefully” Tuesday “in the arms of her mommy.” Her…
Members of the Beverly Hills Police Department gather for their semiannual inspection in front of the Beverly Hills City Hall.
A man suspected of carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon and robbery following a weekend crime spree in Anaheim faces eight felony allegations and was behind bars on Thursday, May 16. Prosecutors filed charges against Jesus Valdovinos, including grand theft auto and evading a peace officer, court records show. The 31-year-old was arrested after a…
A coalition of self-employed workers and business leaders are urging state lawmakers to expand a bill that would allow more independent contractors to be exempted from employee status. At a press conference held Wednesday at the Pasadena Chamber of Commerce, the group said it’s seeking additional changes to Assembly Bill 5 by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez,…
A former Stanford University worker was charged Thursday in the decades-old slaying of the daughter of the school’s former athletic director, marking the third time the man has been linked to a death as cold case investigators continue to search for more victims. John Arthur Getreu was tied to…
There were eyerolls. There were cheers. But response in Southern California to the Trump administration’s new plan to overhaul the legal immigration system was swift. The president’s proposal to create a merit-based program that would favor younger, high-skilled workers over asylum seekers and people hoping to reunite with family members was greeted Thursday along partisan…
Retired Pasadena firefighter Armando Salazar was sitting on his bicycle, waiting for the start of the Ride of Silence on Wednesday at the Rose Bowl, when an organizer fitted him with a black armband. The gesture meant he would ride in memory of a cyclist killed on a public street. “He is known only to…
An F-16 returning to March Air Reserve Base in Moreno Valley after a routine training mission crashed after its hydraulics failed and its pilot ejected, base officials said Thursday. The jet crashed into a building off the base, on Van Buren Boulevard near the 215 Freeway, about 3:45 p.m. Captured…
The Trump administration transformed its threats against the California bullet train project into a sour reality Thursday, terminating a $929-million grant for construction in the Central Valley. While loss of the money poses a potentially devastating hit to the project, state officials said, no…
