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The LAPD South Traffic Division is still sorting through details after a deadly hit-and-run over the weekend left a 17-year-old dead. The teen was struck by two different cars in the middle of the street. Lauren a friend dropped by to pay her respects. Standing in the cluttered stretch of 62nd St. where Matthew Lobos'…

Inflation accelerated in September but consumer spending was even stronger than expected, according to a Commerce Department report Friday. The core personal consumption expenditures price index, which the Federal Reserve uses as a key measure of inflation, increased 0.3% for the month, in line with the Dow Jones estimate and…

Los Angeles Metrolink commuter train's bilevel passenger railcar - Los Angeles Union Station. (Getty Images) Metrolink commuters will have to make alternate plans in late December, after the passenger rail service announced it would not be running trains for four consecutive days. Metrolink announced that trains will be out of…

Is it too early for holiday lights?  Holiday lights are a long-standing tradition. In 1884, engineer and businessman Edward Hibberd Johnson “hand-wired 80 red, white and blue light bulbs and sprung them together around it,” creating a must-see spectacle, according to the Smithsonian Magazine.  Since then, light decorations…

By Elvia LimónHello, it’s Monday, Aug. 15, and here are the stories you shouldn’t miss today:TOP STORIES No water deal yet for the shrinking Colorado RiverTwo months ago, federal officials told seven states that depend on Colorado River water to prepare for emergency cuts next year to prevent reservoirs from dropping to dangerously low…

My 13-year-old son has entered his thrifting era. It started with an off-chance trip to Goodwill over the summer while he was skating through Glendale with a friend two grades ahead. He came home with a decent pair of Nikes and some questionable acid-wash jeans. The purchase totaled $26. The Nikes haven’t left his closet, and the jeans never…

LOS ANGELES — Richard Roundtree, who played the lead role in the movie series "Shaft," has died from pancreatic cancer at his home in Los Angeles, according to media reports today. He was 81.His manager Patrick McMinn told TMZ Roundtree died Monday. He was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two months ago and his family was with him when he…

Nov. 23, 2023 3 AM PT To the editor: My favorite edition of The Times is any in which a column by Patt Morrison appears. Her pieces gift us true stories of our city’s fascinating (and sometimes forgotten) history — this time, it’s independent bookstores. (“Don’t let anybody diss L.A.’s reading habits. This was and is a bookstore boomtown,”…

Ruben Martinez Jr., right, and his wife, Maria, left, talk to reporters at the Hall of Justice in downtown Los Angeles, on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019. The city of Los Angeles will pay $8 million to a Martinez Jr., who spent 12 years in prison for a series of armed robberies he didn’t commit. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File)…

Leimert Park came out in full attendance to their Jazz Festival, with hours of jazz artists performing from start to finish. The festival took place at Baldwin Hills Crenshaw Plaza on the upper deck of the parking lot. It saw tents galore, full of art, vendors, merchants and activities for members of the neighborhood and beyond.  The Leimert…