California
California State Parks Director Armando Quintero acknowledged Wednesday the total loss of Will Rogers’ historic ranch house and the Topanga Ranch Motel built by newspaper baron William Randolph Hearst.
Sports
The NFL says its partnership with Jay-Z, whose Roc Nation company is set to produce the Super Bowl halftime show, won’t change after a woman accused the rapper of rape in 2000.
Roger Penske, the legendary driver, team owner and now race-track executive, has bought the Long Beach Grand Prix, adding the race to a stable of open-wheel events that already includes the Indy 500.
City officials are warning people about fake QR codes posted by scammers at parking pay stations.
An imprisoned Bay Area killer has been found guilty of the 1986 murders of two young Northern California women after a DNA match, authorities said.
Lakers
The veteran forward has swelling in his left knee and the team is hoping for a return to game in 2025. He hasn’t played in a game since Feb. 1, 2024.
Business
Owners of the San Pedro Fish Market and Restaurant, a top-grossing restaurant that once sprawled across a wooden pier in the Port of Los Angeles, have signed a 49-year lease to rebuild at their historic waterfront home.
Plans for the 670 Mesquit development call for a hotel, hundreds of apartments, office space and retail shops in four towers along the Los Angeles River in the Arts District.
World & Nation
UNICEF estimates 2,500 ailing children need immediate evacuation from Gaza for treatment abroad amid the Israel-Hamas war. ‘These children will die.’
With the ink dry on the County of Los Angeles’ $200-million purchase of the Gas Co. Tower office building downtown, a fight is brewing over what to do with the 1960s-vintage headquarters it plans to leave behind.