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CSUN Professor Creates Map To Track COVID-19 In Every L.A. Neighborhood
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Cal State Northridge professor has created an interactive map to track the progress of coronavirus throughout each...
Laugh Factory Hollywood Serves Up Comedy On YouTube
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Laugh Factory in Hollywood announced today it is offering free live streaming of stand-up comedy on its...
Crime Drops In LA County As Residents Stay Home During Coronavirus Pandemic
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The number of crimes committed in Los Angeles County has declined as people heed stay-at-home orders issued in...
Los Angeles Supervisors To Consider Removing Sheriff Alex Villanueva As Head Of County Emergency...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors wants to remove Sheriff Alex Villanueva as the head of the...
Southland Average Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amount Since January 2018
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
Horrendous Travel Conditions Reported In San Gabriel Mountains; Showers In California Southland
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A winter weather advisory, which signifies exceedingly challenging travel conditions, including roads covered by ice and snow, is...
Lawsuit Filed Against SDPD For In-Person Sex Registration Amid Pandemic
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A lawsuit has been filed against the San Diego Police Department on behalf of more than 100 local...
Father Joe’s Testing For COVID-19 Among San Diego Homeless As It Plans Transition
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Father Joe's Villages screened four people with flu-like symptoms at its homeless shelters, the nonprofit announced today as...
Coronavirus Deaths Stand At 11 In L.A. County
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County's coronavirus death toll is up to 11 today.  During a midday briefing Tuesday, Dr. Barbara...
Cold Alaskan Storm To Produce Showers, Snowfall In California Southland
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A cold low-pressure system out of the Gulf of Alaska will generate showers in the Southland today...
California Southland Average Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amount Since January 2018
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
Study: Los Angeles County Could Lose Millions If Latinos Undercounted In Census
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County could lose up to $586 million in federal funding if Latinos are undercounted in the...
Los Angeles Sheriff Alex Villanueva: Gun Stores Aren’t “Essential,” Must Close
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva stressed today that only essential businesses are permitted to remain open under...
Staffer For Former L.A. Councilman Says He Was Fired For Speaking Out
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A former aide to Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar filed a lawsuit against his ex-boss and the...
San Diego Company Gets Fast-Track Approval to Develop COVID-19 Test
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A San Diego molecular diagnostic company announced today that it has received fast-track emergency approval from the U.S....
Los Angeles City Seeks Nuisance Declaration For Alleged South LA Gang Hangout
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The City Attorney's Office is seeking a court order declaring a mixed-use property in South Los Angeles a...
Cold Alaskan Storm Expected Tonight To Hit California Southland
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A cold storm out of the Gulf of Alaska will roll into the Southland tonight, but as of...
Southland Average Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amount Since January 2018
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
Glendale To Provide Free Grab And Go Meals For Youths 18 And Under
GLENDALE (CNS) - Due to the coronavirus threat, Glendale announced it is offering free breakfast and lunch, "Grab and Go'' meals beginning...
Howmuchtoiletpaper.com Helps You Calculate How Long Your TP Stash Will Last
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - After panicked people rushed out to stock up on toilet paper because of the COVID-19 pandemic and stay-at-home...
Ex-Campaign Staffer Sues Bloomberg Over Layoffs, Cites Fraud
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former staffer for Mike Bloomberg's presidential campaign filed a...
L.A. County Average Gas Price Drops To Lowest Amount Since February 2019
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
First California State Prison Inmate Tests Positive For Virus In Lancaster
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Early release from prison is under consideration today as the California Department of Corrections announced the first inmate...
LAUSD To Remain Closed Through May 1st, District Calls For State Assistance
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Unified School District campuses will remain closed until at least May 1, Superintendent Austin Beutner told...
At A glance: Nearly $2 Trillion Coronavirus Rescue Package
By The Associated Press
A snapshot of the emerging rescue package in Congress to provide healthcare and economic aid amid...
More Rain In Southland; Snow In The San Gabriels; Mud Slide In Sherman Oaks
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A storm from Canada brought the Southland showers overnight, triggering a mudslide in Sherman Oaks and creating winter-weather...
California Governor Gavin Newsom Updates the State on Steps to Curtail COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom briefed the public last night on the ongoing efforts by the state to halt...
Coronavirus Kills Two More Los Angeles Residents; 59 New Cases Reported Countywide
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two Los Angeles residents died today from COVID-19, and 59 more people in the county have tested positive...
Riverside County Coronavirus Cases Rise to 30 – One New Coronavirus Death
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - Another death and two additional coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Riverside County, bringing the total number of discovered...
San Diego County COVID-19 Cases Spike to 159, Resources Currently Adequate
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - San Diego County's confirmed coronavirus cases spiked from 131 to 159 between Friday and Saturday, county health officials...
Orange County Coronavirus Cases Jump To 78 – OC Firefighter Has Coronavirus
SANTA ANA (CNS) - The county's number of confirmed COVID-19 cases jumped by 13 to 78 between Friday and Saturday, with an...
Federal Courthouses Closed through May 1
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - All federal courthouses for the Central District of California will be closed to the public through May 1...
UV Index Forecast For Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES - Tomorrow's ultraviolet index level in the Los Angeles area will be 4, according to the National Weather Service.  The...
Los Angeles MTA Says Buses, Trains Still Running
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced today that its service lines will continue to operate and...
Average Southland Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amount Since Last February
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
Two Storms Poised To Strike California Southland
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two storm systems took aim at the Southland today and will generate on-and-off rainfall over several days, forecasters...
LAUSD Opens Student Food Centers As Coronavirus Closures Continue
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Unified School District opened 60 "Grab & Go'' food centers Tuesday to provide students...
Riding On Culver CityBus To Be Free Starting Tomorrow; Service Changes Made
Culver CityBus is requesting that all passengers board using the rear door in order to limit interactions between passengers and bus operators....
Survey Shows California Realtors Bracing For COVID-19 Impact On Housing Market
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - As the coronavirus crisis continues to worsen, 74% of California real estate professionals expect the pandemic to negatively...
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops To Lowest Amount Since Last March
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
Coronavirus Cases Continue to Rise; LA County Extends Winter Shelter Program
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County health officials confirmed 46 more cases of coronavirus today, while Long Beach officials identified two...
People Urged To Complete 2020 Census Online
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - With field operations for the 2020 Census suspended nationwide until at least April 1 due to the coronavirus...
L.A. Library Offers Public Temporary Digital Card
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Library, whose 86 locations are closed to the public through March 31, 2020, today offered...
Poway Man To Be Sentenced 12 Years For $6 Million Ponzi Scheme In San...
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A former life insurance agent from Poway is slated to be sentenced to a dozen years in state...
Wind Advisory Issued For L.A. County
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -- Strong winds will blow in portions of the Southland today, forecasters said.  A wind advisory issued by the...
The Latest: Governor Refutes Idea Of NYC Sheltering In Place
The Latest on the world's coronavirus pandemic, which has infected more than 190,000 people and killed more than 7,500. The COVID-19 illness causes mild...
Metrolink Gets $10.7 Million Grant For Improvements In Burbank, Glendale
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Metrolink announced today that it was awarded $10.7 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation to fund passenger...
Average Southland Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amounts Since Last March
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Raises City’s Emergency Status To Highest Level
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today raised the city's emergency response status to its highest level due to...
Four Los Angeles Co-Conspirator Charged In $2.6 Million Auto Loan Fraud
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A 67-year-old man accused of creating fraudulent auto loans as part of an organized ring that collected $2.6...
Average California Southland Gas Prices Continue To Drop To Lowest Amounts Since Last Year
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
LAPD Asks Residents To File Non-Emergency Crime Reports Online
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - In the spirit of social distancing, the Los Angeles Police Department was urging residents today to use an...
Winter Storm Aims At California Southland
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A winter storm will sweep into the Southland today, generating rain, snow, and relatively low temperatures over the...
LAX Screening Returning Passengers for COVID-19 Causing Delays, Long Lines
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Long lines were reported this morning at Los Angeles International Airport, which has been designated as one of...
Starbucks Sued In Los Angeles In Spat Over Gift Card Cash Redemptions
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Starbucks Corp. is being sued by a customer who alleges the coffee shop chain in 2019 wrongfully...
Los Angeles Beachgoers Urged To Avoid Water Near Storm Drains
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - With rainwater sending debris and other potentially hazardous materials cascading to the coast, Los Angeles County health officials...
HUD Awards $118 Million To L.A. County Organizations To Assist Homeless People
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced today that Los Angeles County will receive more than...
Average Southland Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amounts Since Last March
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
Slow-Moving Storm System to Finally Depart
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Pacific storm that's been hanging over the Southland since Monday will serve up a wet morning commute...
Santa Monica Settles For Over $42M In Sex Abuse Case Involving Former City Employee
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A $42.6 million settlement was reached between 24 alleged sexual abuse victims and the city of Santa Monica,...
LAX To Close Central Terminal Area During Early Morning Hours For Cleaning
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles International Airport officials said today they will close the Central Terminal Area to the public every...
Average California Southland Gas Prices Continue Drop: Lowest Amounts Since Last March
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
More Rain Showers Expected, Thunderstorms Possible In San Diego, Riverside County
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - More rain showers are expected today throughout San Diego County and there is a chance of thunderstorms this...
Feds In L.A. Announce Crackdown On Jalisco Drug Cartel
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Federal officials in Los Angeles today announced the results of Project Python, a joint-agency operation targeting the Jalisco...
Former Human Resources Head Wins More Than $300,000 In Retaliation Suit Against La Puente...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A jury ordered the Hacienda La Puente Unified School District to pay more than $300,000 to its former...
Ex-CEO Of Irvine Financial Services Firm Sentenced To Over 10 Years For Theft
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The former CEO of an Irvine-based financial services and insurance company was sentenced to 10 years in federal...
Disneyland To Open Avengers Attraction In July In Anaheim
ANAHEIM (CNS) - Disneyland's newest Marvel comics-related attraction will open in July, the theme park announced today.  Avengers Campus is set to...
LAUSD Declares State Of Emergency
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Board of Education has declared a state of emergency, giving Superintendant Austin Beutner the authority...
Attorney Recommends Large Damages Award For Fired Los Angeles Racially Discriminated UPS Worker
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A white former United Parcel Service employee deserves more than $12 million in damages after he was wrongfully...
City Attorney Mike Feuer Running For Mayor Of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - City Attorney Mike Feuer has become the first major candidate in the race to be Los Angeles' next...
CHRB Report Into Santa Anita Horse Deaths Finds No Illegal Medications, Procedures
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A months-long investigation by state regulators into the deaths of 23 horses at Santa Anita racetrack in 2018-19...
California Southland Gas Prices At Lowest Amounts Since Last March
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped 1.6 cents today...
California Southland Getting A Big Dose Of Wet Weather This Week
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Rainy weather moved into the Southland today as a result of a Pacific storm that is expected to...
Van Nuys Airport Completes Reconstruction Of Taxiway B
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles World Airports announced today that work has been completed on the $29.7 million, 14-month project to...
Two Los Angeles Men Sentenced To One Year In Jail, Five On Probation In...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two men convicted of more than 200 counts in a fraudulent scheme related to their work for a...
Mitchell Englander Arrested; Charged With Obstructing Probe
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Former Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander was arrested today on charges of obstructing a probe into his...
Cedars-Sinai Study Says Extent Of Coronavirus Contagion Greater Than Thought
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - By March 1, more than 9000 people in the U.S. may have already been infected by COVID-19, far...
Man To Be Sentenced For Fraud Scheme Targeting Southland Elderly
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A 29-year-old man is expected to be sentenced today for his role as a leader of a cross-border...
Pacific Storm To Strike California Southland
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Rainy weather is expected in the Southland between today and Wednesday as a result of a Pacific storm,...
Los Angeles Airport, LAX, Officials Say They Continue to Take Steps to Prevent Coronavirus...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles International Airport officials have reiterated their plans to take steps to reduce the spread of germs...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Criticizes L.A. Officials For Skid Row Hotel Issues
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Frustrated over what they said is a lack of attention and slow process to upgrade utilities at a...
2 More Coronavirus Cases Confirmed In L.A. County, Including LAX Screener
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two more people in Los Angeles County -- including a second passenger-medical screener at LAX -- tested positive...
L.A. Marathon, Expo Begin Today, Steps Taken to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Marathon and Expo weekend kicks off today, with county health officials and race organizers saying...
Former San Diego City Employee Gets Probation For Embezzling $100,000
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A former city of San Diego parks and recreation employee who embezzled more than $100,000 was sentenced today...
Taxis Will Once Again Be Allowed To Pick Up LAX Passengers, In Limited Scope
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Taxi drivers were told by staff members at Los Angeles International Airport today that they will once again...
Total Influenza Deaths In San Diego County Passes Last Year’s Total
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - On the day a coronavirus-positive case was announced in Chula Vista, the Health and Human Services Agency reported...
Light Rain Expected This Weekend In California Southland Ahead Of Heavier Rain Next Week
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A storm system that could bring a chance of rain through Thursday night crept toward Southern California today.  ...
Los Angeles City Sued Over Massive 2018 Fire At Boyle Heights Warehouse
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A company that was a tenant in a Boyle Heights warehouse where three firefighters were injured fighting a...
Coronavirus Case Confirmed In Chula Vista, County Prepares For Cases
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A Chula Vista AT&T store employee who lives Orange County has tested positive for the coronavirus, authorities announced...
Padilla Wants Mail Ballots Sent To All Los Angeles County Voters
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Reacting to the hours-long waits that occurred at some voting centers during the primary election, California Secretary of...
Riverside Emergency Shelter Cabins For Homeless Set To Open
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A cluster of 30 pre-assembled cabins that will provide temporary shelter for Riverside's homeless will be on display next...
Torrance Man Pleads “No Contest” To Attack In Hermosa Beach Bar Over MAGA Hat
TORRANCE (CNS) - A San Fernando Valley man pleaded no contest today to attacking a man who was wearing a red hat...
Valley Village Woman Faces Sentencing Today For Billing Scheme
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The owner of a Studio City clinic faces sentencing this morning for her role in a scheme that...
Report: 6.9 Earthquake Would Cause Catastrophic Damage In San Diego
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A magnitude 6.9 earthquake on San Diego's Rose Canyon Fault could damage 100,000 residences, cause widespread road and...
Los Angeles Inspector General Highlights Uptick In Use Of Force In County Jails
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The head of a watchdog agency charged with investigating the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said today he...
Five From South Bay Charged In Student Loan Scam
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Five South Bay residents face criminal charges for their alleged roles in a student loan assistance scam, California...
Blaze Erupts In Santa Ana River Bottom Near Norco, 20% Contained
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer
NORCO (CNS) - A wind-whipped brush fire in the Santa Ana River...
Biden To Rally In Westwood Following Strong Super Tuesday Showing
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Following a resurgent performance on Super Tuesday, Democratic presidential hopeful and former Vice President Joe Biden will make...
20.6 Percent Turnout Reported In Los Angeles County On Super Tuesday
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk Dean C. Logan announced today semi-official results for the March 3 Presidential Primary...
Los Angeles; Smith and Garcia, Porter and Raths, Rouda and Steel Poised For Runoffs...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Democrat Christy Smith and Republican Mike Garcia will square off in a May 12 special election runoff to...
