Jasmine “Jaz” Mendez is an editorial assistant at the Los Angeles Times. She previously was a reporting intern for the Metro Desk, covering housing in Los Angeles. Mendez graduated from Cal State Northridge with a bachelor’s degree in political science and a minor in Spanish-language journalism.
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A defaced mural at the Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center was restored after an act of antisemitic vandalism. Community members gathered in solidarity.
Former NFL guard Jordan Devey, who won Super Bowl 49 with the New England Patriots, died this week. He was 38.
Authorities are investigating a hate crime after a mural at the site of the burned Pasadena Jewish Temple & Center was vandalized with an antisemitic message and swastikas last week.
Cedric Eneluna joined the U.S. Air Force in March 2024. On Thursday, he died in an incident involving heavy machinery at the Vandenberg Space Force Base.
Repair crews worked through the night Friday and into Saturday to replace the more than 100-year-old broken pipe with a new steel pipe. Sunset Boulevard remains closed near the site of the spill.
Authorities said the man charged in the death of a 19-year-old nursing student at a Compton party. Police have made no arrests in a second fatal shooting at the same party.
Two U.S. Forest Service employees working in a remote area of the Shasta-Trinity National Forest were kidnapped, zip-tied and held inside a trailer for more than 17 hours before being rescued Friday morning, authorities said.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, fire crews found multiple cars engulfed in flames in a parking lot at 1104 W. Pacific Coast Highway around 8:30 p.m.
A group of men who advertised work online in Pacific Palisades and collectively bid up to $1.27 million for construction in the fire-ravaged community now face potential penalties.
Lineage, which operates the facility, accused Altus Power, the solar panel subcontractor whose rooftop equipment is suspected of potentially sparking the June 17 fire, of obstructing demolition efforts.