Scott has been a reporter for over 25 years, covering a diverse range of subjects from sub-atomic cold fusion physics to scuba diving off the Great Barrier Reef. A convert to the church of local journalism, he continues to report breaking news from the West Coast of Los Angeles.
The Long Beach corridor will get dozens of crosswalk and signal upgrades, new medians, transit improvements and extensive pavement work.
The city is negotiating the future of the 5.6-acre arts center, where at least 707 affordable homes could rise while retaining cultural uses
Santa Monica knows how many people may need to evacuate, but a $150,000-plus study of whether its roads can handle them remains unfunded.
Land movement has slowed dramatically as Rancho Palos Verdes works to keep winter rain from raising groundwater levels.
Ronaldo Perez underwent brain surgery after being struck by two vehicles while riding his motorcycle home from work.
The Moomat Ahiko Way ramps are expected to close as crews demolish the final section of the old Santa Monica Pier bridge.
Police are asking for help identifying a black sedan that struck 65-year-old Juvenal Banderas before leaving the scene.
Single-lane traffic will remain in place on Palos Verdes Drive South through February during a major sewer rehabilitation project.
A boy and girl were hospitalized after a weekend shooting on Lemon Avenue, where another teenage girl was wounded earlier this month.
Police told Patch Friday that a vehicle description remains under investigation after a man was struck and killed on Anaheim Street.
Crews are reinforcing the battered Peninsula shoreline as forecasters warn Hurricane Polo could bring high surf and further erosion early ne
Police said a Long Beach man was buying firearm parts online, finishing the weapons at his home and illegally selling them.
Police said K-9 Wouter was injured while helping SWAT officers arrest an armed, wanted felon barricaded inside a Wilmington home.
The 82-year-old woman was struck while walking in a marked crosswalk at 5th Street and Wilshire Boulevard, police said.
Two suspects were arrested in unrelated incidents on consecutive days, according to Palos Verdes Estates police.
The six fatal crashes come as Long Beach reaches the target year of its Vision Zero plan to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injuries.
Detectives are investigating the 27-year-old model's suspected overdose, while SMPD says it is too early to discuss possible charges.
A 46-year-old Long Beach man was arrested more than two weeks after Madison Coldiron, 31, was fatally shot on Long Beach Boulevard.
Four people suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the early-morning shooting near Crenshaw Boulevard and Rosecrans Avenue, police said.
The landmark neon sign was originally expected to come down in January, but nine months later its long-awaited restoration is approaching.
