Welcome, spring: LA celebrates the Iranian New Year

Los Angeles Daily News 3/10 6:15A Victoria Ivie

Horns roared, vibrantly-dressed performers twirled, and drummers stunned audiences. All of this and more were part of a lively celebration of Nowruz the Iranian New Year held at UCLA. Hundreds...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, March 6-14

Los Angeles Daily News 3/6 3:00A Holly Andres

LA Daf Ensemble, founded by Arezoo Koochakan, perform folk and original songs using the daf drum at the Nowruz Iranian New Year celebration on March 9 at UCLA. The celebration of spring event is...

LA council member explains why she was 1 of 2 to vote in support of fired LAFD chief

NBC Los Angeles LA City Council 3/5 7:44A Benjamin Papp

Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley lost her appeal Tuesday afternoon to the City Council to be reinstated at the helm of the LAFD. After the 25-year- veteran made her case during an...

Bel Air street strewn with apparent $100 bills, designer handbags after home burglary

abc7.com (KABC) 3/3 2:21P KABC

A residential street in Bel Air was strewn with what appeared to be hundred-dollar bills and high-end designer handbags after a home burglary.

Cash scattered, designer bags ditched after home burglary in Bel Air

NBCLosAngeles.com (Local) 3/3 3:30A Génesis Miranda Miramontes and M

Cash was left scattered on the ground, along with items like designer bags, following a home burglary at a Bel Air home early Monday.

Prefab builder offers free homes to wildfire victims after $15 million donation

Los Angeles Daily News 2/23 3:50A Jason Henry

A nonprofit created by businessman Rick Caruso is partnering with a startup to offer potentially dozens of prefabricated, fire- resistant homes at no cost to low-income residents devastated by the...

The name of the game is community at this fundraiser

Los Angeles Daily News 2/22 6:57A Anissa Rivera

At our house, it was War and Speed and Uno, and now that the kids are older, eyebrow-raising games of Pusoy Dos, a Filipino card game where the first one to get rid of all their cards tries not to...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Feb. 20-27

Los Angeles Daily News 2/20 3:00A Holly Andres

Island Packers offers Winter Whale Watching excursions through mid-April and departing from Oxnard and Ventura harbors. (Photo courtesy of Island Packers) EVENTS Topanga Vintage Market: Find...

One week for DVD loan from distant library turns out fine

Los Angeles Daily News 2/16 4:30A David Allen

After reading Sam Wasson s book The Big Goodbye, about the making of 1974 s Chinatown, I bought the movie on Blu-ray, not having seen it in years. Then to round things out I wanted to see The Two Jakes, the 1990 sequel, which I had never seen at...

Powerful Storm to Bring Heavy Rains, Possible Debris Flow to Los Angeles

Santa Monica Mirror 2/11 10:09P Staff Writer

Officials Warn of Risks, Urge Residents to Prepare for Severe Weather A Pacific storm system is expected to bring widespread rainfall and strong winds to the Los Angeles area from Tuesday night through Friday, with the heaviest downpours likely...

Protesters, police prepare for more immigration protests

Los Angeles Daily News 2/8 3:00A Victoria Ivie

Southern California protests this week drew thousands to the streets to lobby for immigrant rights, leading to fights ,  arrests, and injuries to police officers . Now immigration rights activists and...

Coalition comes together to help as ‘Dena Heals’ in aftermath of Eaton fire

Los Angeles Daily News 2/8 2:00A Anissa Rivera

To get to Tepito Coffee in Pasadena, you take the Lake Avenue exit to Colorado Boulevard. Mike de la Rocha can tell you a short drive north up Lake will reveal the still-uncleared rubble and ash of...

Philadelphia churches deliver fire aid to local faithful

Los Angeles Daily News 2/8 2:00A Anissa Rivera

One month ago, Jonathan A. Mason asked Terry Lynn O Donnell one question: What are we going to do about California? Turns out, the answer is: plenty. Mason, pastor of Northeast Baptist Church and O...

Things to do in the San Fernando Valley, LA area, Feb. 6-13

Los Angeles Daily News 2/6 3:00A Holly Andres

A new exhibit Barbie You Can Be Anything: The Experience is open through May 11 at the Discovery Cube Los Angeles in Sylmar. (Photo courtesy of Discovery Cube Los Angeles) The unprecedented wildfires...

In a ‘climate of uncertainty,’ LA’s Mexican consulate tells Angelenos to stay informed

Los Angeles Daily News 1/25 3:00A Christina Merino

The immigrant community in the Los Angeles area – and across the nation – has grown more concerned about what will happen as the Trump administration ramps up immigration enforcement and word of ICE raids continue to spread. The Consulate General...