A man allegedly pointed a pellet rifle at city water and power workers on La Rambla Drive and barricaded himself in a nearby construction site. SWAT officers eventually raided the home and arrested him.

A 12-year-old was arrested after a loaded firearm was found in his backpack at Moore Middle School; the campus was locked down and the parents were arrested for alleged improper storage.

San Diego wing chain Dirty Birds is taking roughly 3,000 square feet at 200 Pine Avenue in downtown Long Beach, adding a new sports-bar option to Pine Avenue. The building was renovated in 2022 and the space had been marketed to restaurant tenants.

Caltrans will narrow the I‑405 to three lanes through the Sepulveda Pass from 10 p.m. Mar 20 to 5 a.m. Mar 23, closing Getty Center ramps. Expect heavy backups and follow posted detours.

LeBron James was listed as questionable for Thursday’s game in Miami, leaving him one game shy of Robert Parish’s all-time games-played record. The Lakers listed left-foot arthritis on the injury report.

L.A. County approved $23M in loans for two projects in Bellflower and unincorporated Arcadia that will add 146 affordable homes.

A Los Angeles daughter alleges a volunteer sexually assaulted her mother with dementia; the family says in‑room cameras captured the encounter.

City officials want to add an assessment to property tax bills to cover streetlight repairs and theft‑hardening after a spike in copper‑wire thefts. Protest ballots and a June hearing will decide the measure.

A morning outage near LAX left 447 customers without power and forced the Airport Courthouse to shutter, with urgent hearings moved to neighboring courts.

Anaheim’s ART shuttle will stop March 31, 2026. Garden Grove says it will run a paid shuttle for 10 hotels to keep guests connected to Disneyland while alternatives are worked out.

Former Nickelodeon actor Chris O'Neal was arrested in Malibu on a felony burglary charge; investigators say multiple people were detained and items were taken.

Two tractor‑trailers collided and burst into flames on the 710 Freeway in Long Beach, closing lanes and drawing a large firefighting response. Traffic was snarled on the busy port corridor.

A man's body was discovered Monday near a Pacific Palisades condominium complex; authorities have launched a death investigation and have not released the victim's identity.