Television
Janis Paige, a performer from Hollywood’s Golden Age, died Sunday of natural causes in her Los Angeles home. The scene-stealing star of ‘Silk Stockings’ was 101.
June 3, 2024
California
A Los Angeles police officer is under investigation for allegedly recording the questions to a promotional exam on a pair of camera-equipped smart glasses.
Sept. 18, 2024
Entertainment & Arts
Acclaimed American classical pianist Byron Janis, credited with helping to thaw the “musical iron curtain,” died Thursday in New York City at the age of 95.
March 17, 2024
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said she intends to pick the city’s next police chief by the end of the month. She has refused to name the finalists, but two candidates were seen visiting her residence this week and a third is also said to remain in the running.
Movies
The ‘Mean Girls’ movie musical contains any number of updates to the 2004 original — but none as significant, or meaningful, as its treatment of Janis.
Jan. 13, 2024
Metro is sued over a $730-million subway car order after labor advocates said the agency failed to implement its jobs program.
Sept. 16, 2024
Hollywood Inc.
California has a film and TV production problem. Industry professionals and experts are trying to determine what can be done to fix it.
An L.A. County sheriff’s deputy who was relieved of duty two years ago was charged this month with sexually assaulting a teenage girl.
The Airport fire is burning near homes in south Orange County and has forced evacuations. Here are details on the fire.
Sept. 10, 2024
The body was found Saturday during a welfare check in Palmdale, the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department said in a news release.
Sept. 1, 2024