PHILADELPHIA — An hourslong standoff where a gunman shot at police, wounding six of them, as he was barricaded inside a Philadelphia home somehow ended with no fatalities. Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross, who spent hours Wednesday negotiating with the gunman through the phone, said the situation that unfolded “could have been far worse.” “This…
Data from seismic sensors in buildings across Southern California show how the 7.1 Ridgecrest earthquake produced surprisingly long periods of shaking in some areas.
Ian Recchio runs the ‘Frog Shack” at the L.A. Zoo, where biologists are racing against time to breed and reintroduce endangered mountain yellow-legged frogs.
Purdue Pharma discussed diverting online readers away from L.A. Times stories about its marketing of OxyContin and the opiois crisis, court records show.
Voters will likely consider a proposal in 2020 to limit Proposition 13’s tax limits to homeowners, boosting assessments on commercial properties and using much of the money on K-12 schools.
There’s no official celebration planned for Nipsey Hussle’s birthday, but fans are still expected to flock to his store, the Marathon Clothing, in South Los Angeles.
Authorities found 1,300 pounds of marijuana wrapped in plastic floating in the sea near Santa Catalina Island on Tuesday. A bystander reported seeing what they believed to be narcotics floating near the island, said the U.S. Coast Guard on Wednesday in a news release. The Coast Guard and coastal law enforcement crews rode boats into…
WESTMINSTER — A 22-year-old Sacramento woman was convicted Wednesday, Aug. 14, of attacking a man during a rally in support of President Donald Trump at Bolsa Chica State Beach in Huntington Beach. Jessica Aguilar — who protested against the rally — was convicted of one count of misdemeanor battery. Aguilar had been charged with two…
Santa Ana police asked Wednesday for the public’s help in arresting a police impostor. The suspect, driving a blackJjeep Cherokee with tinted windows, pulled over a vehicle about 9:50 p.m. Tuesday, police said. The Jeep, which had no license plates, had spotlights on it. The suspect pulled in front of the victims and stopped near…
ANAHEIM — Motorists were urged to avoid the northbound 57 Freeway in Anaheim, after a crash involving a truck hauling construction machinery caused a major shutdown, backing up traffic for miles on Wednesday, Aug. 14. Cranes getting ready to remove damaged sign at the NB SR-57 closure. #CaltransOC pic.twitter.com/BfdyeqV8wP — Caltrans OC (@CaltransOC) August 15,…
