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Southern California's largest grocery workers' union said Friday, July 11, that it reached a tentative agreement on a new three-year contract for more than 45,000 workers at Albertsons, Vons, Pavilions and Ralphs stores. (File photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Southern California grocery workers approve new 3-year contract

July 12, 2025 at 3:35 p.m.

Approximately 45,000 members at Albertsons, Pavilions, Ralphs and Vons stores from San Luis Obispo to the U.S.-Mexico border voted to approve a new three-year contract.

Fake Brea doctor pleads guilty again to unlicensed medicine

July 11, 2025 at 9:18 p.m.

He was sentenced to 70 days in jail, time he had already served in the case.

The Japanese village on Terminal Island in Nov. 1927. (Photo courtesy of CSUDH Archives)

Harbor-area leaders call for end of ICE use of Terminal Island

July 15, 2025 at 2:44 p.m.

The island was once home to 3,000 first- and second-generation Japanese Americans before many were taken to internment camps during World War II.

After pleading guilty to the murders of two Western Washington University women, Kenneth Bianchi breaks down during court proceedings Oct. 19, 1979, in Whatcom County Superior Court. Bianchi also agreed to plead guilty to five of the “Hillside Strangler” slayings in exchange for a life sentence instead of execution. (AP File Photo/The Bellingham Herald, Don Anderson)

‘Hillside Strangler’ Kenneth Bianchi denied parole in California

July 10, 2025 at 6:44 p.m.

Bianchi pleaded guilty to five killings in the LA area, committed with his cousin Angelo Buono Jr. He's still seeking parole in Washington state.

Masked federal agents staged outside a gate of Dodger Stadium on June 19, 2025. The Los Angeles Dodgers said in a statement that federal agents requested permission to access Dodger Stadium parking lots but were denied entry. On Tuesday, July 1, the LA County Board of Supervisors and the Los Angeles City Council both voted to pursue lawsuits against ICE to stop the raids or at least provide warrants and due process. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)(Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

LA federal judge set to rule on restraining order seeking halt to ‘roving’ ICE raids

July 10, 2025 at 5:48 p.m.

Attorneys with Public Counsel and the American Civil Liberties Union are seeking orders aimed at ensuring people detained are given their legal right to meet with a lawyer.

“General Hospital” (Image courtesy of ABC)

‘Days of Our Lives,’ ‘General Hospital’ ‘Young and Restless’ lead Daytime Emmy nominations

July 10, 2025 at 2:39 p.m.

"The Young and the Restless" led all nominees with 19, while "General Hospital" scored 16, and "Days of Our Lives" earned 13.

Two Orange County Fire Authority canine detection teams get ready Wednesday, July 9, 2025, to deploy to the flood zone in Central Texas, where at least 120 have died and 160 are still missing after waters rose quickly in heavy rain on July 4. (Photo courtesy of the Orange County Fire Authority)

K-9 teams from OC, LA head to Texas to help with flood search and recovery

July 10, 2025 at 10:34 a.m.

The dogs and their handlers are expected to be deployed for 14 days.

Former Rams wide receiver Demarcus Robinson, who now plays for the San Francisco 49ers, has pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor DUI charge following his arrest in November in Woodland Hills. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)

Former Rams WR Demarcus Robinson pleads no contest to misdemeanor DUI

July 9, 2025 at 3:59 p.m.

The wide receiver, who now plays for the San Francisco 49ers, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence in November in Woodland Hills.

Katie Torres cool off her son Augustine Torres in the splash pool at La Pintoresca Park in Pasadena on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. A heat wave with temperatures reaching the triple digits in some areas will remain in Southern California through the end of the week. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)

‘Mini heat wave’ descends on Southern California

July 9, 2025 at 12:18 p.m.

Temperatures are expected to climb about 5 to 10 degrees above area norms Wednesday and Thursday.

Los Angeles International Airport (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

LAX, Van Nuys, Burbank and Chino airports get $51M for infrastructure improvements

July 9, 2025 at 9:49 a.m.

These critical investments will not just make travel smoother for passengers, but will reduce noise pollution in neighboring communities," said Sen. Alex Padilla.

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