Author: Emilie St. John

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…

INGLEWOOD – The Inglewood city council approved establishing a business improvement program for its downtown corridor. The Destination Market Street Business and Tenant Improvement Program will use state funds received under Senate Bill 170 to offer grants to qualified businesses to improve their storefronts. Senate Bill 170 was supported by former California State Senators Steve Bradford and Sydney Kamlager-Dove and former Assembly member Autumn Burke which earmarked $8.5 million for the Market Street Streetscape Improvement Program and a Market Street Facade and Tenant Improvement Program now known as the Destination Market Street Program, according to the staff report on the…

SOUTH LOS ANGELES – A third person was killed by a hit-and-run driver in South Los Angeles Monday night. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to a pedestrian down at 104th Street and Figueroa Street around 6:50 p.m. Upon arrival, they located the pedestrian suffering from blunt trauma and was transported to a local hospital where they were later pronounced deceased. Their identity is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin. https://www.instagram.com/p/DGft7VrsDQh/ A woman was fatally hit by a driver late Saturday (Feb. 22) night at 66th Street and Normandie Ave. Another woman was fatally hit by a driver Sunday (Feb. 23)…

COMPTON – ‘It’s a great day in Compton’ when a member of the Compton Unified School District Board of Trustees goes out of their way to put smiles on the faces of the students they serve. Board Trustee Alma Taylor Pleasant established “Alma’s Boutique” as a way to reward students for their performance in the classroom.   Ms. Pleasant explained how Dominguez students will earn “Alma Bucks” from teachers and the principal for doing good things or doing well in the classroom. They will then be able to use those Alma Bucks in the boutique to purchase the clothing. Courtesy of…

INGLEWOOD – The city of Inglewood is scheduled to hold a Public Hearing on Feb. 25 at 2:00 p.m. to discuss permitting extended alcohol sales at the Intuit Dome between 2:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m. The agenda item seeks to accomplish two things: Affirm Categorical Exemption (EA-CE-2024-147); and Introduce an Ordinance Approving Zoning Code Amendment No. 24-00003 (ZCA24-00003) to extend the hours of the on-site sale of alcohol until 4:00 a.m. in the Sports andEntertainment (SE) Overlay Zone. The Inglewood Planning Commission approved extending VIP alcohol service at the Intuit Dome during the body’s Jan. 14 meeting. Inglewood Assemblywoman Tina McKinnor introduced…

LOS ANGELES – A member of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission (COC) that is tasked with monitoring the sheriff’s department has resigned alleging conflict with county lawyers over a pending criminal case against a former District Attorney (DA) advisor to former District Attorney George Gascon. Sean Kennedy, a prominent member of the COC is citing interference by county lawyers over the body’s efforts to dismiss charges against Diana Teran. “We have heard from the leadership of the department that they cannot give COC ad hoc committees confidential documents,” Kennedy said during Thursday’s special meeting. “They’re afraid that…