Avalon's second annual Mermaid Festival brings mermaid-themed activities to the waterfront this weekend.

An Endangered Missing Advisory was issued for a person last seen near Reseda Boulevard and Strathern Street. The advisory asks anyone who sees the person to call 9-1-1.

Maple Block Meat Co. marks 11 years in Culver City with $10 admission, craft beer, and a cornhole tournament.

Bixby Knolls and North Long Beach finally get a modern firehouse after the old station sat shuttered for years with mold and asbestos.

The Scottish synth-pop trio also plays San Diego’s Observatory North Park before a sold-out Troubadour warm-up show next month.

Supervisors want a faith leader bridging clinics and congregations, even as 28 percent of county mental health jobs sit empty.

Geoffrey Baum, a former Pasadena City College trustee, is back, facing La Cañada commissioner Francis Pollara in November.

Drop Mobility will take over Long Beach's bike-share system, scaling to 2,000 e-bikes by year three after a split council vote.

The Pasadena supervisor wants a 90-day continuation of specific Item 18 recommendations on new county offices and is asking colleagues to pledge they won't run for the executive post.

Royd Tolkien took on his late brother Mike's 50-item bucket list for an ALS documentary screening in Costa Mesa, though he could not complete the final task of spreading Mike's ashes at Machu Picchu; proceeds benefit the ALS Network and ALS United Orange County.

Norman, 97, and Sheila Greenberg, 85, say Erik von Detten steered them into coins worth far less than they paid — now Rosland Capital is bankrupt.

The cat was found motionless in a parking lot and regained consciousness thanks to the combined rescue efforts.

John Turturro picked an editor's pocket live onstage at Culver Theater, while Emmy Rossum opened up on season two nerves.