Tioni Theus: LA County to consider $10,000 reward to help solve 16-year-old girl's murder

Activists said the absence of a reward in the killing of the young Black girl stands in stark contrast to efforts that led to a $250,000 reward offered in the search for the killer of 24-year-old Brianna Kupfer, a UCLA grad student who was fatally stabbed inside a boutique furniture store in Hancock Park.

Community leaders call for reward in killing of 16-year-old Tioni Theus

A group of community activists gathered Saturday to call on state officials to introduce a reward for information leading to the killer of a 16-year-old Tioni Theus, whose body was found dumped alongside the 110 Freeway.

Arnold Schwarzenegger involved in car crash near Brentwood
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Arnold Schwarzenegger was involved in a two-car crash near Brentwood. TMZ reports Schwarzenegger is believed to be OK.

Los Angeles weighs phasing out oil and gas drilling

The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote as soon as next week on a measure that would ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing wells over a five-year period.

Louie Anderson, actor and comedian, dies at 68

Actor and comedian Louie Anderson has passed away at 68, according to the Associated Press.

19-year-old victim of fatal shooting outside recreation center in South LA

Detectives with the Los Angeles Police Department are investigating the shooting death of a 19-year-old man outside the Trinity Recreation Center. It’s unclear whether the victim was the intended target.

Gov. Newsom visits littered LA rail site, vows cleanup and more enforcement

Saying images of looted packages littering a stretch of Union Pacific rail tracks in Los Angeles "look like a third-world country," Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday visited the site to announce a multi-agency push to clean up the mess, along with planned state efforts to combat the rampant theft that produced it.

Tioni Theus: Teen's body ‘dumped on the side of the freeway like garbage’; family demands answers

"How does a 16-year-old girl end up shot on the side of the freeway, and there’s little community outrage?" asked the family of Tioni Theus. Family members said Tioni was a straight-A student who loved dance and was pretty good at golf.

LA County gun store closures during COVID surge ruled unconstitutional

A federal appeals court has ruled that closing down LA and Ventura County gun stores at the beginning of the pandemic was unconstitutional.

$50,000 reward offered in unsolved murder of DeAndre Hughes

A $50,000 reward is being offered in the unsolved murder of DeAndre Hughes who was shot and killed outside of his South Los Angeles home nearly six years ago, officials announced Thursday.

Immersive Tupac Shakur exhibit comes to LA Live this week

A new immersive museum exhibit on the life of Tupac Shakur, “Wake Me When I'm Free” opens at LA Live Friday.

Federal courts extend jury trial suspension due to COVID-19 surge

The U.S. District Court for the Central District of California has suspended jury trials through February due to the spread of Omicron, the new virus variant that causes COVID-19, within the region's federal courthouses

Homeless man charged with killing Los Angeles nurse at Union Station

Kerry Bell, 48, has been charged with the murder of Sandra Shells, who worked as a nurse at LAC+USC Medical Center. Shells was 70 years old.