Author: Emilie St. John

DOWNEY – The Downey Police Department announced the arrest of three Long Beach men in connection with an armed robbery that occurred on Jan. 11. “On February 13, 2025, Downey Detectives, in collaboration with the Long Beach Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, executed several search warrants at locations in Long Beach and Inglewood. All three suspects were apprehended during the execution of the search warrants, and several pieces of evidence indicating their involvement in the crime were located,” said the department in a statement. The men have been identified as Christian Javier Trujillo Culqui, 30,…

TORRANCE – A body was discovered on the southbound 110 Freeway in Torrance Tuesday afternoon. A 2UrbanGirls reader provided video footage of the crime scene which appears to show a homeless encampment erected alongside the freeway. https://www.instagram.com/2urbangirls/reel/DGzEkZ7SVTm/ Because of the rising costs of housing, it is not uncommon to see people living on various freeways around the southland. https://twitter.com/2UrbanGirls/status/1763214358442876962 The person’s identity is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin. Story is still developing.

LOS ANGELES – A five-member City Council committee Tuesday advanced a motion that intends to extend worker protections for fast food employees. In a 4-0 vote, the Economic Development and Jobs Committee approved the motion, which aims to provide fast food workers with more stable scheduling, paid time off, among other benefits. It would also mandate a six- hour paid training period to educate these workers on their rights. Councilman Adrin Nazarian, a member of the committee, was absent during the vote. The motion now heads to the City Council for a vote. If approved, council members would instruct the…

INGLEWOOD – The members of the city council entered into three new development agreements to build eighteen (18) new affordable homes. The council voted 4-0 to enter into Exclusive Negotiation Agreements with Habitat for Humanity during the March 4 city council meeting without any discussion. Councilwoman Gloria Gray was absent from the meeting. The agreements call for affordable homes to be built across three vacant parcels in the City. One parcel is located at 8244 Crenshaw Drive and 8205 Crenshaw Boulevard, 958 Orchard Drive and 708 W Beach Avenue. According to publicly available City documents, the Inglewood Housing Authority (IHA)…

INGLEWOOD – Planet Fitness has announced the addition of new fitness equipment to their two locations in Inglewood, California. “Planet Fitness clubs have added new plate loaded equipment and strength and cardio equipment for all fitness levels,” said a spokesperson for Planet Fitness. Strength training can improve your strength, balance and flexibility and can help reduce injuries. And, industry trends have shown consumers are looking for more strength equipment. To meet these demands, Planet Fitness added the new plate loaded equipment including Magnum Supine Bench Presses, Magnum Hack Squats and Magnum Seated Calf machines. The new strength equipment is designed to…

The 2025 Disney California Adventure Food & Wine Festival kicked off at the Anaheim resort Feb. 28. The media was given a preview of the new merchandise and food offerings specially curated for this year’s festival and they are AMAZING! Media friends sampled all of the new food offerings and my favorites were: Corn Chip Chili Pie (David Nguyen/Disneyland Resort) Mac & Cheese (David Nguyen/Disneyland Resort) Birria mac & cheese from Sonoma Terrace and Mercado de Antojos: enriched with onion-cilantro sauce and tortilla crunch; Corn chip chili pie featuring Impossible™ Beef from Peppers Cali-ente and Cozy Cone Motel: with spicy…

CARSON – A person sustained minor injuries after colliding with a Metro bus late Friday night. Emergency responders from the Los Angeles County Fire Department, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department and the California Highway Patrol were dispatched to the intersection of 228th Street and Vermont Avenue following a report of a collision involving a vehicle and a Metro bus around 10:43 p.m. When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found that the crash resulted in only minor injuries. No individuals were believed to have been transported to the hospital. https://www.instagram.com/2urbangirls/reel/DGqpT7cSRec/ Preliminary investigations revealed that an Infiniti sedan crossed the…

LOS ANGELES – A man has died after falling from the rooftop of a downtown Los Angeles parking garage early Saturday morning. Los Angeles Police Department officers and Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to reports of a man’s falling death near 8th Street and Grand Street around 3:00 a.m. According to a sergeant speaking off-camera, a 20-year-old male fell from the top floor of a parking garage after possibly slipping off the railing. https://www.instagram.com/p/DGqdX4wvU_J/ Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics declared the male deceased at the scene. Several of the man’s friends who witnessed the incident are cooperating with investigators,…

‘Alabaster’ is one of the most well-written body’s of work I have seen on stage in a while. Written by playwright Audrey Cefaly, ‘Alabaster’ is set in northern Alabama in the town of Alabaster and is a funny and poignant new play about healing and the power of women. For three years since the death of her family in a tornado that left her covered in scars, June has been living and creating “outsider” art in an isolated Alabama farmhouse, with only her goats for company. When a New York photographer working on a series about women with scars arrives,…

An investigation is underway after a deputy responding to a San Bernardino County home was involved in a shooting that left one person hospitalized late Monday night. The deputies were called to the home in the 10700 block of Central Road in Apple Valley around 10 p.m. “The investigation is still ongoing, but preliminarily, deputies responded to the location and a lethal force encounter occurred. A male subject was struck and transported to the hospital. As soon as we can, we will release additional information,” said Gloria Huerta, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Department. https://www.instagram.com/p/DGgar-0P1AS/ One person was observed in Sheriff’s…