Progressive lawyer is first Fil-Am elected to LA City Council

INQUIRER.net US Bureau 11/10/2024

LOS ANGELES – Filipino American progressive candidate Ysabel Jurado, who held a lead over incumbent Kevin de León for the District 14 seat on the Los Angeles City Council, declared victory Friday, thanking her supporters and community…

From Paris to LA: How Los Angeles is preparing for 2028 Olympics

Associated Press 08/13/2024

LOS ANGELES — It’s Los Angeles’ turn for the torch. Mayor Karen Bass accepted the Olympic flag at the Paris closing ceremony Sunday, before handing it off to a key representative of LA’s local business — Tom…

From Hollywood with love

Carl Lorenciana 04/24/2024

They say Los Angeles is the Creative Capital of the World, and it’s not hard to see why. From the glitzy streets of Hollywood to the varied neighborhoods that sprawl across the city, creativity flows through every…

Former NBA player Rashid Byrd sentenced to 90 years in prison for sexual assault

INQUIRER.net US Bureau 03/02/2024

LOS ANGELES – Former NBA player Rashid Byrd has been sentenced to 90 years to life in state prison for a series of violent sexual assaults that occurred in Los Angeles and Santa Clara counties from 2015 to 2020,…

Los Angeles records nearly 400 mudslides during Southern California storm

Associated Press 02/07/2024

LOS ANGELES — One of the wettest storms in Southern California history unleashed nearly 400 mudslides in the Los Angeles area after dumping more than half the amount of rainfall the city typically gets in a season…

79-year-old man kills wife, 2 adult children in murder-suicide

INQUIRER.net US Bureau 02/04/2024

LOS ANGELES – The Medical Examiner’s office has released the names of two men and two women who were shot to death in a Granada Hills home in a murder-suicide. Police said the older man was the…

Matthew Perry laid to rest in Los Angeles cemetery — media

Reuters 11/04/2023

Actor Matthew Perry, who died last Saturday, was laid to rest on Friday, Nov. 3, at a Los Angeles cemetery in a service attended by relatives and castmates from the hit 1990s television sitcom “Friends,” show business media…

Burt Young, Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie in ‘Rocky’ films, dies at 83

Associated Press 10/19/2023

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Burt Young, the Oscar-nominated actor who played Paulie, the rough-hewn, mumbling-and-grumbling best friend, corner-man and brother-in-law to Sylvester Stallone in the “Rocky” franchise, has died. Young died Oct. 8 in Los Angeles, his daughter, Anne…

Los Angeles City Council acts to spare Marilyn Monroe house from demolition

Reuters 09/09/2023

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council voted on Friday to launch a process to designate actress Marilyn Monroe’s former home, where she died of a drug overdose in 1962, a historic and cultural landmark, blocking…

Cebu’s Gesta to face ‘dangerous’ Mexican foe in LA fight on Sept. 16

Glendale G. Rosal 08/06/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines — United States-based Cebuano contender Mercito “No Mercy” Gesta will face a more dangerous Latino opponent, William Zepeda Segura of Mexico, for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental America’s title. The bout, that is…

Jerusalem wraps up training at Wild Card Gym as fight date nears

Glendale G. Rosal 05/19/2023

CEBU CITY, Philippines— Reigning WBO world minimumweight champion Melvin “Gringo” Jerusalem is wrapping up his training at the famed WildCard Gym in downtown Los Angeles, California as his first title defense draws near. Jerusalem will defend his…

NBA: LeBron James returns to Los Angeles with history in grasp

Reuters 02/06/2023

LOS ANGELES – Lakers forward LeBron James returns to Los Angeles on the verge of becoming the NBA’s all-time leading scorer after wrapping up a five-game road trip in New Orleans on Saturday night. ‘King James’ now…

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