LOS ANGELES � There had been high-speed pursuits before on L.A. freeways. But nothing compares to the surreal day of June 17, 1994, when O.J. Simpson and his white Bronco captivated the world's attention. One lawyer at the time called it "the day Los Angeles stopped." Driven by Simpson's boyhood friend and former NFL colleague Al "A.C." Cowlings, the ex-football star led police on a two-hour ...
Police cruisers follow a white Ford Bronco driven by A.C. Cowlings on a Los Angeles freeway in 1994. O.J. Simpson was in the vehicle, reported…
U.S. Sen.Dianne Feinstein speaks Oct. 11, 2017, at a lunch hosted by Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce convention Center.
LOS ANGELES � After a barrier-breaking career over more than a half-century that took her from being the first woman mayor of San Francisco to the longest-serving female Senator in U.S. history, California's late Sen. Dianne Feinstein may be honored with a post office named for her. Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla, who, along with California's junior senator, this week proposed naming a San ...
Dogs in a cage at Chesterfield Square Animal Services Center in Los Angeles, 2022.
LOS ANGELES � The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to temporarily stop issuing new dog breeding licenses because of overcrowding at city-run animal shelters. The city's six shelters have 737 kennels, but more than 1,500 dogs were living at the shelters in February, according to the most recent available data. The shelters are more than 200% over capacity, which has led to dogs tripled up ...
Solar panels and wind turbines at Los Angeles Department of Water and Power's Pine Tree clean energy project, in Tehachapi Mountains.
LOS ANGELES � California is poised to fail to meet its ambitious greenhouse gas reduction goals by the end of the decade unless it can triple its efforts to reduce carbon emissions statewide, according to a critical new report. Although the state has pledged to slash planet-warming emissions by 40% of 1990 levels by 2030, the state is not on track to meet that commitment, according an analysis ...
There was a roaring wave of applause as Dev Patel took the stage after the world premiere of “Monkey Man� at Austin’s Paramount Theatre late on Monday night. As the crowd came to its feet for a standing ovation, Patel turned away from the audience, wiping tears from his eyes with his sleeve. Academy Award-nominated for 2016’s “Lion,� the actor had put his on-screen career largely on hold so he ...
Dev Patel speaks on stage as Universal Pictures presents the SXSW premiere of "Monkey Man" at The Paramount Theater, March 11, 2024, in Austi…