Los Angeles Times1 hour agoHistoric Pacific Dining Car damaged in early-morning blazeverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Andrew J. CampaA blaze damaged but did not topple Westlake’s historic Pacific Dining Car restaurant Thursday morning, the second fire reported at the shuttered eatery in less than a year. Roughly 100 Los Angeles firefighters responded to a fire at the 1300 block of West Sixth Street. The call came in at 6:53 a.m. …
Los Angeles Times1 hour agoFireworks likely to blame for an explosion at a Pacoima home that critically injured one personverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Salvador HernandezOne person was critically injured and a home partially collapsed after an explosion rocked a Pacoima neighborhood Thursday morning, officials said. The explosion was reported at 9:01 a.m. in the 13500 block of W. Remington Street, where firefighters arrived to find light smoke coming out of the …
Los Angeles Times2 hours agoTheir homes survived the Eaton fire. But living there has been hell, residents sayverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Ruben Vives, Andrea CastilloIn the living room of her two-bedroom apartment in Altadena, Rosa Ramirez sat alone on her couch, staring up at the smoke-stained ceiling. In the corner of the room, boxes and bags stuffed with clothes, towels and blankets that hadn’t been fouled by smoke from the Eaton fire sat next to a fish tank …
Los Angeles Times3 hours agoL.A. Sheriff Luna sues oversight commission over deputy misconduct subpoenasverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Keri BlakingerSheriff Robert Luna sued the county’s Civilian Oversight Commission this week, asking a court to decide whether the department should comply with the commission’s subpoenas requesting information about deputy misconduct and uses of force. Filed in L.A. County Superior Court, the suit comes after the …
Los Angeles Times5 hours agoHate doing dishes? This restaurant dishwasher cleans 500 a shift and says it's her therapyverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Cindy CarcamoFor most it’s a grind having to wash an assembly line of pots and pans first thing in the morning. For Sophia Velador, who helms the dish pit at the breakfast and lunch spot Alder & Sage in Long Beach, it’s therapeutic. A sink overflowing with unwashed dishes marks the start of her workday. It’s how …
Los Angeles Times9 hours ago'Our little angel.' Fifth-grader dies of powerful narcotics combo, and SoCal woman is chargedverified_publisherLos Angeles Times - Clara HarterA Rancho Cucamonga woman has been charged with felony child endangerment after fentanyl that was in her possession led to the death of a 10-year-old boy, authorities said. Nathaniel Castro Mendoza, also of Rancho Cucamonga, overdosed on Dec. 14. On March 12, his family mourned what would have been …
