LA Times
- Four injured in 'welding-related' explosion at construction site in Arleta
Four people were injured in a possible welding-related explosion at a construction site at 14265 W. Van Nuys Blvd. on Tuesday, authorities said.
- Pizzamania arson suspect is arrested as beloved restaurant readies for a comeback
Nearly two years after the Pizzamania restaurant burned to the ground in Whittier, an arson suspect has been arrested. And the beloved pizza joint has secured a new location to reopen.
- Council backs L.A. fast-food worker scheduling protections as businesses complain of tight margins
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday approved an ordinance to extend Fair Work Week scheduling rules to fast-food workers, adding predictable shifts and paid labor-rights training for tens of thousands of employees.
- L.A.'s record-level humidity can make you sick. How to survive the misery
Officials are sounding alarms about the potential health impacts related to this week's oppressive humidity and intense heat, that's only expected to rise, across Southern California.
- California man gets 188 years in prison in DUI crash that left five dead
Cameron Garcia's sentencing comes about three years after the deadly crash.
City of Orange
LA Times – Orange County
- Sheriffs bust suspected catalytic converter theft ring across L.A. and Orange counties
The Orange County Sheriff's Department announced this week that deputies arrested five men in connection with a catalytic converter theft ring. The recovered car parts are estimated to be worth $4.3 million.
- Shaikin: What's in a team name? In Anaheim, maybe the future of the Angels
Stan Kroenke is buying the Angels with great leverage he carries into negotiations with Anaheim over development of Angel Stadium and its parking lots.
- Brush fire briefly closes Glendale Freeway as larger blaze blackens 200 acres in O.C.
The northbound Glendale Freeway was closed briefly for a small brush fire. To the south, fire crews battled a blaze in Orange County that quickly burned more than 200 acres.
- O.C. surgeon who successfully fought sex assault charges loses his medical license
An Orange County orthopedic surgeon once accused of drugging and sexually assaulting women in a case that grabbed international headlines has lost his medical license, state records show.
- Inside Stan Kroenke's deal to buy the Angels: 'Wherever he buys, he wins'
Mike Trout could not stop smiling, mirroring the optimism and goodwill at Angel Stadium on the day Stan Kroenke announced a deal to buy the Angels.