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The dual Hollywood strikes are history, but production has been slow to return in Los Angeles, especially for television projects. The city and county’s film office said today that local on-location filming declined by 8.7% the first quarter, recording only 6,823 shoot days from January through…

UPDATED, APRIL 17, 2:11 PM: Les Moonves has settled his debts with the City of Los Angeles, at least financially. In a meeting of L.A.'s Ethics Commission on Wednesday afternoon, the body voted for a second time on a payout from the multimillionaire former CBS boss. Unlike the February 21 meeting…

Cosm, a 5-year-old provider of immersive production services for tech and media companies, is branching into physical venues. The company announced Tuesday it will launch its first in-person site at LA’s Hollywood Park, across Century Boulevard from the also-soon-to-open Intuit Dome. With a capacity…

Local TV newscasts in Los Angeles lit up today with reports about fireballs streaking across the Southland sky early this morning. The fast-moving cluster of lights was visible over most of the region around 1:30 a.m. Video shows a group of glowing objects streaking through the firmament — possibly a…

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health has issued an ocean water use warning through April 3 at 8 a.m. The reason? Recent rain, which causes more bacteria and debris from nearby streets and mountain areas to flow into the ocean and contaminate waters, particularly around storm drains…

Four days after the last rain in Los Angeles, Topanga Canyon Boulevard remains closed from Grand View to PCH and two sections of PCH in Malibu are cordoned down to one lane due to continuing, active landslides. “The City Public Works Department is constant communication with Caltrans on the closures…

The Los Angeles County average for a gallon of regular gas is now at $5.035. That’s an overall increase in the state of nearly 35 cents compared with the average a month ago, according to the American Automobile Assn. Orange County drivers are seeing average prices of slightly less than $5 a…

The National Weather Service in Los Angeles/Oxnard just issued a Flash Flood Warning for Southwestern Los Angeles County until 10 p.m. A flash flood warning means flash flooding is in progress, imminent, or highly likely. At 5:53 p.m., the NWS reported that Doppler radar indicated heavy showers…

It's that time of year again — when Hollywood residents, tourists and businesses must prepare for some serious disruptions. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the City of Los Angeles have released the street and sidewalk closures for the 96th annual Academy Awards on March 10 at the Dolby…

UPDATED, 5 PM: A man who shot two people to death in a Southern California movie theater in 2021 has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Joseph Jimenez was convicted in December for the killing of TikTok star Anthony Barajas, 19, and college student Rylee Goodrich, 18, at a Regal…

Hollywood loves a sequel, but maybe not this one. On the heels of a massive storm that clobbered the region earlier this month with more than 10 inches of rain in some areas, California’s atmospheric river has again brought days of rain to the region, with another band due…

Here we go again. A steady rainfall triggered flash-flood warnings for parts of Los Angeles County today as the latest atmospheric river event brings a three-day storm to the area. The flood alert is in place until 6 p.m. in Beverly Hills, West Hollywood, Calabasas and other Southland neighborhoods…