The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) voted 4-3 Tuesday on a resolution that would allow 10 schools to opt out of standardized tests and test preparation beginning in the 2025-26 school year. LAUSD President Jackie Goldberg read during the Tuesday morning board meeting that the resolution stipulates that once the schools “develop and pilot...
A homeless man accused of brutally stabbing to death a UCLA student while she was working in a boutique furniture shop was found guilty Tuesday. Los Angeles County jurors convicted Shawn Laval Smith, 34, for the gruesome killing of Brianna Kupfer. Jurors also convicted Smith of a special circumstance allegation of murder while lying in...
Ryan Crouser made history at the 2024 Paris Olympics last month when he became the first three-time gold medalist in the men’s shot put, an accomplishment he achieved in three-straight Olympic Games. But for Crouser, the journey isn’t over. Ryan Crouser of Team USA competes in the men’s shot put final at the Olympic Games...
Police are urging the public in West Los Angeles to stay vigilant as detectives hunt for an apparent organized burglary crew that uses Wi-Fi jammers and other sophisticated techniques to ransack high-end valuables from homes across numerous upscale neighborhoods. The warning from the Los Angeles Police Department, which has sent out a community alert to...
A new dinosaur species has potentially been recovered after the reconstruction of its remains. The first-of-its-kind green dinosaur fossil was discovered in southeastern Utah, and was reassembled by a team from the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (NHMLAC). The 150-million-year-old dinosaur was first spotted in 2007, according to a report from National Geographic,...
A homeowner in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley stabbed a suspect in his mid-20s who broke into his home in the middle of the night this week, the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) confirmed to Fox News Digital. After the suspect rammed his way through the front door just after 4 a.m. in the Winnetka...
The City of Los Angeles has agreed to pay $9.5 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of a woman who was shot and killed by police during a shootout with a gunman at a grocery store in 2018, attorneys for the family said Friday. Melyda Corado, 27, was working as an assistant...
Police in Los Angeles are searching for a suspect who gunned down a doctor who treated movie stars and athletes and was found dead near his vehicle outside a medical center. It happened Aug. 23 around 6:12 p.m. in the 5900 block of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a news...
Authorities have opened an investigation after a gardener found four grenades in the bushes while working near Los Angeles on Thursday. A bomb squad from the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department was called to the scene after a gardener in Baldwin Park, California, reported the discovery along Merced Avenue. Police confirmed that the grenades were Russian...
Los Angeles police are investigating the mysterious death of a 19-year-old man in Koreatown late last month, which his family believes was the result of an attack. Joon Hee Han was taken to a Whittier hospital on July 25 to be treated for a head injury sustained during an apparent fall, the Los Angeles Police...
