LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Singer Chris Brown was arrested Tuesday in Los Angeles on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, police said, following an hours-long standoff after a woman alleged he pointed a gun at her. Police said the troubled singer, who has had numerous brushes with the law, was being transported to a police station to be booked on the assault charge. The Los Angeles Police Department earlier said that officers from […]
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NBA: Los Angeles pays tribute to Kobe Bryant
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Five-time NBA champion Kobe Bryant will be honored Wednesday with a ceremony in Los Angeles, the city where he played his entire 20-year professional career. As part of the tribute ceremony, to be held at city hall, officials in the southern California city have declared Wednesday as Kobe Bryant Day. “It is Los Angeles’ way of thanking him for his single-minded dedication to excellence, the fans and the entire […]
More than 82,000 flee California fires: authorities
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A rapidly spreading fire raging east of Los Angeles forced the evacuation of more than 82,000 people Tuesday as the governor of California declared a state of emergency. Around 34,500 buildings were threatened by the blaze, according to the multi-agency Inciweb information site. Governor Jerry Brown declared the state of emergency for San Bernardino County, located just 60 miles (100 kilometers) east of Los Angeles, where the blaze, which […]
Johnny Depp and Amber Heard settle divorce case
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Amber Heard and Johnny Depp have reached an out-of-court settlement to end their 18-month marriage, they said Tuesday, after the actress withdrew allegations that her husband physically abused her. Heard filed papers to withdraw her claims of abuse, dropping an application to extend a restraining order against the Oscar-nominated actor, Los Angeles Superior Court said in a statement. “Our relationship was intensely passionate and at times volatile, but always […]
Early menopause may speed up aging in women: study
MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Women who enter menopause early may age faster than women in whom menopause arrives later, said a study Monday that could help pinpoint women at highest risk of age-related diseases. The findings could settle a long-standing debate, said Steve Horvath, a professor of human genetics and biostatistics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles. “For decades, scientists have disagreed over whether menopause causes […]
Massive sewage spill forces closure of Los Angeles beaches
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Several beaches in the Los Angeles area were shut down on Tuesday after nearly 2.5 million gallons (9.5 million liters) of sewage spilled out from a ruptured line, officials said. The spill — described as one of the biggest in recent memory — began Monday afternoon, when the top of a sewer pipe collapsed, sending debris into the pipe and causing overflow. Repair crews managed to stop the leak […]
El Nino brings sharks, other marine life to California coast
by Veronique DUPONT LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Shark encounters and sightings along California’s coast are at their highest level in decades, scientists say, warning that warmer waters mean beachgoers will have to be on the lookout for the predators all summer. The latest near-deadly encounter came in late May when a 52-year-old woman was mauled by a shark near Los Angeles, prompting beach closures for several days. Chris Lowe, director of California State […]
Urban Exploration — Rediscovering Los Angeles
(Eagle News) — Los Angeles was not always a car town. In this urban exploration video of Eagle News correspondent Ashlei Joy Latag, EBC’s Southwest California Bureau traced the history of Los Angeles, looking back at LA as a city that once relied on public transportation, and even passageways such as the stairs all around the city that were once used by hillside residents. Now, urban explorers rediscover these stairs and more as the […]
Netflix recreates drug kingpin Escobar’s death
by Frankie TAGGART Los Angeles, United States (AFP) — Slumped on a terracotta rooftop, Pablo Escobar succumbs to multiple bullet wounds, blood leaching from his chest, signaling the end of the drug lord’s reign of terror in Colombia. The death of the feared Medellin Cartel’s “Don Pablo” has been recreated in painstaking detail by the cast and crew of Netflix hit “Narcos,” its showrunner revealed after filming wrapped on the second season. “Escobar had a photographer who […]
Preparations underway in Hollywood for the Oscars
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, United States (Reuters) — Preparations were underway in Hollywood on Monday (February 22) for the the biggest event in the global entertainment calendar, the 88th Academy Awards. The Oscars ceremony, which will bring together the biggest names in the film industry, will take place at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on Sunday (February 28). “Well we closed down the Boulevard last night at 10 o’clock. We’re starting to assemble all the […]
Massive California gas leak permanently capped
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A gas well leak that spewed tons of methane into the environment and forced thousands of Los Angeles residents from their homes has been permanently capped, state officials said Thursday. The announcement confirmed earlier reports by the Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) that a leaking well at its facility in Porter Ranch had been plugged. The news put an end to a four-month-long drama that saw thousands of Porter […]
Robert Kennedy assassin Sirhan Sirhan faces parole board again
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, USA (Reuters) — Sirhan Sirhan, the assassin of Democratic presidential candidate Robert Kennedy in 1968, faces a California parole board for the 15th time on Wednesday (February 10). Sirhan, 71, will have a suitability hearing at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility near San Diego, the California Board of Parole Hearings said on its website. The Palestinian-born Sirhan is serving a life sentence for gunning down Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los […]
