An off‑duty Cedar Lake officer was arrested after officers say he drove a marked patrol car while intoxicated on July 5; investigators are awaiting bloodwork.

Gateway Cities Hub gives residents in 27 Southeast L.A. cities one place to find training and short certificates for green jobs, healthcare, logistics and tech.

An early-morning roof fire at Jakeeno's Pizza & Pasta sent crews to 36th and Chicago; crews had the blaze under control in about an hour and no injuries were reported.

Thieves rammed a North Lawndale restaurant early Saturday in a failed attempt to steal its ATM; they fled in a white SUV and detectives are investigating.

LAFD crews responded to a structure fire at 501 E 7th St (Yankee Hotel) in downtown Los Angeles on July 10; no injuries were reported and the cause remains under investigation.

Young America’s Foundation sued the University of Minnesota, arguing campus pronoun and harassment rules amount to compelled speech and chill student debate. The suit seeks a court order and nominal damages.

A 30-year-old man was found shot to death Friday in Roseland's 0-100 block of West 112th Place. Area Two detectives are investigating and police have released few details.

Abbott Northwestern’s new $1B, 10-story tower adds 30 ORs, 190 rooms and robotics, with first patients scheduled for Aug. 29, 2026.

A home under construction in Pacific Palisades caught fire Friday; crews knocked it down and no injuries were reported.

Five Iron Golf is proposing a second‑floor simulator bar at 47 E. Chicago Ave in downtown Naperville, seeking a late‑night permit and aiming for an April 19, 2027 opening.

A boy was fatally stabbed Friday on the 2600 block of North Potrero Avenue in El Monte; investigators are asking witnesses to call LASD Homicide.

Two people were charged after a months-long probe into early-morning garage burglaries in St. Paul's Highland Park and Mac‑Groveland, police say. Authorities linked the suspects to dozens of break‑ins.

A 47-year-old woman’s autopsy lists heat stroke as the primary cause of death, marking the fifth heat-linked fatality in the Chicago area since July 1.