Tag Archives: Los Angeles

Statistics indicate a rise in cases motivated by prejudice against race, religion and sexual orientation. Hate crimes in the United States have continued to rise sharply and have now reached their highest level since records began, according to data from 2021 analyzed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) which …

A raging wildfire outside Los Angeles in the US state of California has forced massive evacuations, spreading to 23,919 acres with five percent containment, according to reports. Thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate around the affected areas with the growing blaze snatching two lives. Tropical Storm Kay is …

Cities across the United States are witnessing an “epidemic of deaths” on the streets as the homeless population is growing in size and age and becoming more vulnerable to illnesses, according to a report. The wider availability of deadly illicit drugs, especially fentanyl, on the streets has been a major …

Democratic members of Congress from California seized on the oil spill off the state’s coast to promote federal legislation to ban all offshore oil drilling, as investigators searched for what caused the pipeline to burst. About 3,000 barrels (126,000 gallons) of crude oil spilled into the Pacific Ocean, killing wildlife, …

As Democrats ramped up efforts to shore up California Governor Gavin Newsom against a recall vote, an angry activist in a gorilla mask threw an egg at his Republican challenger Larry Elder and attacked his entourage. Elder was visiting the Los Angeles neighborhood of Venice on Wednesday when an activist …

A rocket built by Texas-based startup Firefly exploded mid-air after launching from California on Thursday evening, online news media CNN reported on Friday. The 100-foot-tall rocket was launched from Los Angeles’ Vandenberg Space Force Base on Thursday where it first appeared to lift off smoothly. Shortly after, the rocket began …

The United States grew significantly more diverse over the past decade, as the populations of people who identify as Hispanic and Asian surged and the number of people who said they were more than one race increased, the Census Bureau reported on Thursday. Overall population growth slowed dramatically over the …

Barajas, 19, was one of two people shot during a screening of “The Forever Purge” at the Regal Edwards Theatre in Corona, California.

Former Trump Inaugural Chairman Thomas Barrack has been arrested on federal charges in Los Angeles.

In a parking lot in Los Angeles, a village of miniature prefab houses has sprung up, one of several sites in America’s second-largest city where so-called “tiny homes” are being put up to help the homeless get back on their feet. The City of Angels has a large homeless population, …

A truck filled with 2,000kg of illegal fireworks has exploded while police officers were in the process of seizing the goods. EXPLOSION! LAPD was disposing of illegal fireworks in South LA when the explosion occurred. At least 5 are injured. @KTLA @heli_CvP pic.twitter.com/99e9TzVtOr — Ryder Christ (@RyderChristNews) July 1, 2021 …

A flight en route from Los Angeles to Atlanta was diverted for an emergency landing when a passenger attacked two flight attendants and threatened to bring down the plane, authorities said. The incident late Friday took place at a time when more Americans are taking to the airways than at …

The 94th Academy Awards, originally scheduled for Feb. 27, 2022, will return to the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood in Los Angeles on March 27, 2022, according to organizers. The 94th Academy Awards, also known as the Oscars, will be pushed back a month to March 27, 2022, organizers announced on …

About 1,000 Los Angeles residents remained under evacuation orders Monday as firefighters protected canyon homes from a smoky wildfire that churned through vegetation that hasn’t burned in half a century. The cause of the fire in steep, inaccessible terrain near Topanga state park has been deemed “suspicious” and is under …

The mayor of the second-largest U.S. city has joined a growing clamor among health experts and politicians for a radical shift in the nation’s coronavirus testing strategy – from an emphasis on the utmost accuracy to a focus on speed and simplicity. The concept envisions mass production and distribution of …

A fast-moving brush fire near Lake Hughes, California, has spread to over 10,000 acres forcing at least 100 homes to be evacuated. The fire, which has since been named the Lake Fire, was reported on Wednesday morning and spread quickly throughout the day, according to KABC. At around 4pm on …

A court in Los Angeles has ordered the release of more than 100 children held in United States family immigration detention because of the risk that they could catch coronavirus in the facilities. Two of the country’s three family detention centers have confirmed cases of the infection, district judge Dolly …

A 5.8 earthquake struck in central California Wednesday morning, with aftershocks shaking the area between Fresno and Bakersfield, north of the Mojave Desert. According to the US Geological Society, people up and down California reported feeling the quake when it happened around 10:30 a.m. PT. Self-reported accounts on the USGS …

A 5.5 magnitude earthquake struck on Wednesday in the California desert about 150 miles (241 km) northeast of Los Angeles, but there were no reports of damage or injuries in the sparsely populated area. The temblor hit in a sparsely populated area near the Mojave Desert community of Searles Valley …

Masked looters have been caught on tape stealing as much jewelry as they can carry from a Los Angeles store, as protests sparked by the killing of unarmed black man George Floyd grip the Californian city. Eyewitness footage captured people breaking into the shop after its security shutters were bludgeoned …