The long-idle St. Vincent Medical Center will reopen next month as a behavioral health and housing campus with a 205‑bed interim program. State and private funds are backing the phased redevelopment.

A judge has cleared the way for a public jury trial in a suit accusing Sierra Canyon School of allowing a student 'kissing club' that targeted younger students. The family says staff found videos but didn’t notify parents.

LAPD cleared a rat‑infested encampment in Pico Union, but video shows tents back up within hours — a flashpoint for public‑health and homelessness policy.

Cinespia returns to Hollywood Forever for its 25th season, opening this weekend with E.T., Moulin Rouge! and a Mulholland Drive tribute plus themed nights.

A 4-year-old was hospitalized in critical but stable condition after falling from a fifth‑story opening at an apartment on the 1000 block of Long Beach Boulevard.

A Santa Fe Springs traffic stop early Thursday led to an arrest after officers found a loaded handgun, an extended magazine and a nitrous oxide tank, police say.

A Long Beach man was charged with manslaughter after a Sept. 17 crash that sent a box truck through a wall and killed a 61‑year‑old driver. Prosecutors say he faces multiple felony counts.

Sweet Laurel says it will not reopen its Pacific Palisades storefront and has closed a Santa Monica pickup window. The bakery will keep shipping nationwide as it shifts operations.

Donald and Karen Whitaker were found dead at their Bermuda Dunes home; friends say Karen had been sending money to someone posing as Tom Selleck while investigators probe the deaths.

City filings show a Los Feliz house could be demolished for a six‑story, 100% affordable building that would deliver 40 studio and one‑bedroom units. The project may move quickly under the city’s ED1 streamlining rules.

Prosecutors allege a Los Angeles jeweler took nearly $1.5M in deposits for Rolex watches and never delivered, leaving buyers and a distributor at a loss.

A Walnut Park teacher has reached a settlement after suing her charter employer, alleging she was fired for reporting an incident she recorded. Court papers filed in mid‑May notify a judge the parties reached an accord.

Ant Jefe, a No Jumper cohost and rapper, was arrested in Los Angeles and booked on a felony murder charge; records show he is being held on $1M bail.