South Gate News

Self-checkout lanes are a convenient way to purchase groceries -- and an easy way for minors to buy booze.

A suspect in a murder-kidnapping barricaded himself in a home in South Los Angeles today after a pursuit that began in South Gate, authorities said.

A barricade situation is under way in South Los Angeles at this hour. Authorities says it involves a murder-kidnapping suspect who led officers from South Gate through Compton and over three freeways before holing up at a home in the area of 55th Street and Hoover Street.

The safe and sane stands will be open for business beginning Wednesday in Lakewood.

Daniel Rothschild at Neighborhood Effects draws attention to a slide show of the 10 most expensive construction projects to receive money from the Generational Theft Act of 2009.

Compton resident Julian Balfour, while checking out flat-screen TVs at the Downtown Long Beach Wal-Mart on Saturday, said he is not against the sales tax increase Los Angeles County voters approved in November to fund public transportation projects.

A 25-year-old father has been arrested for investigation of driving under the influence and child endangerment after he flipped over his car on a Southern California freeway, causing him and his two young children to be ejected.

The City Council has approved a plan to bridge the city's budget gap with money meant for improvements to water facilities - and critics aren't so sure it's legal.

Juan Longoria, a 33-year-old Latino, was shot in the head and killed on Thursday, May 28, in the 5300 block of Ledgewood Avenue in South Gate, according to the Los Angeles County coroner's office.

Four people were injured when a car being chased by Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies crashed into a truck in Lynwood Monday.

TBA is an important contaminant at spills sites of gasoline that contains MTBE. The impact of TBA is particularly important in Southern California, where the State Action Level for TBA is 12 I1 4g/L and many communities produce ground water for drinking water from an urban landscape.

An investigation is underway after a man was found shot to death outside his home.

An explosion inside a motorcycle repair shop sparked a stubborn non-injury fire in South Gate Friday, authorities said.

It's been an eventful past few weeks for Mary Lou Schmidt even as her two-year stint as president of the Assistance League of Downey winds down and ends this month.

A motorcyclist who crashed into a motor home and died Monday on winding state Route 243 between Banning and Idyllwild was identified Tuesday as a Los Angeles County resident.

WHAT YOU'LL SEE: The 17-mile drive from South Gate to the 3,849-foot summit at Mount Diablo leads to a landmark perch for views and access to two great trailheads.

" Assemblyman Hector De La Torre has gained support for Assembly Bill 521, a proposal that would ease the development of recreational parks and open space on utility rights-of-way "at an affordable rate." The bill passed the Assembly floor last week with bipartisan support and a vote of 64 to 10.

For 50 years, overseas veterans of America's wars have shared comradeship and community service through their membership in Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9148 in La Mirada.

When a woman becomes pregnant, it is supposed to be a time of joy for her and her family.

Assemblyman Hector De La Torre was horrified to find language in the deed of his South Gate home prohibiting residence by "a person whose blood is not entirely that of the Caucasian race" unless they are servants or employees.