A statue of a USC founder whose connection to groups that carried out extralegal lynchings raised questions about the statue’s placement was removed last month for routine maintenance, university officials said. Judge Robert Widney was one of the USC’s founders, and since 2014 an 8-foot bronze statue of him had stood outside the Widney Alumni…
President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden plan this weekend to attend a fundraiser hosted by Hollywood elites that is likely to make L.A.’s notoriously bad traffic even worse but authorities have yet to offer advanced warning to help motorists avoid the expected road closures. The first couple plans to address prominent donors supporting Biden’s…
A 17-year-old from Tulare County became the youngest person in history to pass the California bar exam, officials said this week. Peter Park, who has since turned 18 and now works as a law clerk at the Tulare County district attorney’s office, passed the exam on his first try, the district attorney’s office announced in…
BAKERSFIELD — Billie Jo Medders can recite her history with Kevin McCarthy like a well-worn catechism. Before he was a congressman, before he was California’s first Republican speaker of the House, he was the little boy who attended preschool with her daughter, the 13-year-old with a mouth full of braces, the newlywed who met his wife…
A former La Habra police chief was sentenced Thursday to more than 11 years in prison for joining a riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a plot to prevent Congress from certifying election results. Alan Hostetter, one of six members of a Southern California group known as the DC Brigade, was…
At the tail end of a long studio session in preparation for her first full-length album, the L.A.-based artist known by her monomial Yendry is reminiscing on Zoom. “A lot of things have been happening to me,” she says of her electric rise as a singer and performer over the last few years. “And I…
A man suspected of attacking two victims, including a man who was punched while pushing his grandchild in a stroller, was arrested Wednesday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Angel Sanchez Jr., 29, of Santa Barbara, was arrested in Oxnard about 2:15 p.m., the sheriff’s department announced in a news release. Sanchez was…
To say it’s difficult to date in Los Angeles is almost like saying the traffic is bad. Yes, we know! But what if dating didn’t have to feel so debilitating? What if we could create the healthy and fun dating life that we crave so badly? One that would make us excited about the possibility…
After a year of hardship — shootings, war and uncertainty regarding artificial intelligence — the Pantone Color Institute has announced that Peach Fuzz, a warm and fuzzy hue between pink and orange, is the Color of the Year for 2024. Looking back at 2023, you can’t help but wonder if one of Pantone’s most popular…
When Sabrina Zohar first started dating her boyfriend whom she refers to as “tech guy” in her popular TikTok videos, she was doubtful about their connection for one striking reason. He barely texted her. After matching on Hinge in 2022, they went on several dates and saw each other at least twice a week despite…