The Latest Breaking News from South Los Angeles

South Los Angeles Shooting Investigation: LAPD Establishes Perimeter Near Florence and Figueroa

Police detained a suspected gunman after a shooting at a South Los Angeles assisted living facility, where three patients were transported by ambulance as officers investigated conflicting accounts.

International Business Times UK · Sep 21

A Los Angeles theatre opened in 1932, then spent 15 years being rebuilt; its nearly $40 million restoration has finally brought the 729-seat landmark back

In 1932 a brand new theater opened in South Los Angeles showing movies and live shows to a growing neighborhood. Decades later, after years of decline and closure, that same building sat dark and deteriorating, its ornate interior hidden behind boards and dust. In 2011, the city of Los Angeles…

The Times of India · Sep 1

Hayden Panettiere Detailed Terrifying Withdrawal Where 'My Whole Body Shook' Prior to Her Death

Actress Hayden Panettiere has died at 36 in South Los Angeles, years after revealing a brutal battle with alcohol addiction and a doctor's warning that she might not survive.

International Business Times UK · Aug 17

They feed children who can’t hold a fork. But these LAUSD workers will strike

LOS ANGELES — For 24 years, Peniana Arguelles has worked as a special education assistant in Los Angeles public schools. At Menlo Avenue Elementary School in South Los Angeles she feeds children who can’t hold a fork, changes diapers, helps students choose colors for their paintings, doles out hugs when…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 17, 2023

Video adds to questions about police shooting of a double amputee holding a knife

LOS ANGELES — As they do every week during football season, the Lowe family gathered Sunday morning to watch the NFL games on two big flat screens in the South Los Angeles home of the family matriarch.

Los Angeles Times · Jan 30, 2023

Parents want more security in LA schools, but student activists push back. Inside the debate

LOS ANGELES — As a parent in South Los Angeles, Prentis Hill has no doubt where he stands in the debate over school police and whether to eliminate them. He wants more security in schools — citing an incident of a student allegedly bringing a gun onto his son's middle…

Los Angeles Times · Oct 20, 2022

Suspect in killing of rapper PnB Rock is extradited to LA to face murder charge

LOS ANGELES — A man wanted in connection with the slaying of rapper PnB Rock, who was gunned down last month at Roscoe's House of Chicken & Waffles in South Los Angeles, has been extradited to Los Angeles after his initial arrest in Las Vegas.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 19, 2022

3 charged with murder in slaying of PnB Rock at Roscoe’s restaurant

LOS ANGELES — Prosecutors have filed murder charges against three people — including a 17-year-old — in the brazen daytime robbery and killing of Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock at a South Los Angeles restaurant earlier this month, authorities said.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 29, 2022

Father, teenage son charged in killing of rapper PnB Rock

A man and his 17-year-old son have been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of rapper PnB Rock at a South Los Angeles restaurant

The Independent UK · Sep 29, 2022

Rapper PnB Rock fatally shot in Los Angeles restaurant

Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock was fatally shot during a robbery in South Los Angeles

The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2022