Family-run AGA Essentials Group is renovating budget hotels across Los Angeles ahead of the 2028 Olympics while balancing rising local labor costs. The operator is targeting tourist hubs from Beverly Hills to Universal and NoHo.

A Ventura County man was charged in the 2014 Sierra Linda Park stabbing after DNA genealogy tied him to the scene. Prosecutors say evidence preserved in 2014 enabled the break.

Carson High was placed on lockdown Wednesday while deputies investigated on-campus activity. Officials said all students were safe and the school was secured.

Trump on April 6 gave Steve Hilton a high‑profile endorsement on Truth Social, injecting national energy into a chaotic California primary. The nod could change who advances from the June 2 top‑two vote.

A possible improvised explosive device was found in Sun Valley on April 6, prompting a police response and specialists to examine the object. No injuries were reported.

A person was hospitalized after a rattlesnake bite near CSU Channel Islands in Camarillo; officials say injuries were minor and the victim is stable.

A 3-year-old filly, Cosmic Heat, was euthanized after a fall during Santa Anita’s Derby Day, marking the track’s eighth fatality this year and renewing safety questions.

Tishman Speyer has opened pre‑leasing at 501 Broadway, offering 89 apartments — including 18 deed‑restricted units — and a rooftop deck in downtown Santa Monica.

Surveillance video shows dangling wires after copper thieves hit Wells Drive in Tarzana, part of a wider spike that’s left many Los Angeles neighborhoods in the dark.

Two Californians uncovered multimillion-dollar Scratchers wins — one in Van Nuys, one in San Jose — after scanning tickets bought at neighborhood shops.

An official alert sent crews to a structure fire at 315 N. Vermont Ave in East Hollywood; the department shared a scene map and incident details. No official injury report yet.

A 15-year-old boy was shot Saturday near Century and Avalon in the Green Meadows neighborhood of South Los Angeles and is in stable condition; the suspect fled.

A 54-year-old man died after his Prius collided with a Southern California Edison truck pulling a wooden pole near Menifee Road and McLaughlin Road.