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Mayor Karen Bass is scheduled Monday night to deliver her second State of the City Address, during which she is expected to discuss progress made as well as priorities that lie ahead as Los Angeles faces a projected $467 million budget deficit, a continued homelessness crisis and rising crime, among other challenges. Bass will take the rostrum in City Hall’s Council Chamber at 5:30 p.m. in a speech that will be carried on LA CityView 35, the city’s government-access TV station, which is accessible on cable, online and through various social-media platforms. The speech will come two days short of a year since Bass, in her first State of the City Address, declared, “I am 127 days into my administration, and I cannot declare that the state of our city is where it needs to be.” Her speech Monday could well reflect a similar theme. The mayor is required annually to address the City Council before the release of the proposed city budget. Bass’ proposed spending plan for the 2024-25 fiscal year, which begins July 1, will be released later this month before it goes

For so-called superteams like the Dodgers included, there is a universal kryptonite from which even a $300-million payroll isn’t immune. Walks. In a 6-3 loss to the San Diego Padres on Sunday, the Dodgers issued 14 of them, shooting themselves in the foot again and again and again to drop a three-game weekend series at Chavez Ravine. Free passes hadn’t exactly been an issue for the Dodgers this season. Entering Sunday, they had the 11th-lowest walk rate in the majors. But between James Paxton’s wild command (he walked eight in five-plus innings) and more shaky performances from the underbelly of a worn-out bullpen (culminating with a tiebreaking three-spot against J.P. Feyereisen in the seventh inning), the team’s fifth loss in its last nine games felt entirely of its own making. Not since 1962 had a Dodgers pitching staff walked so many batters in a single game. And before he began his postgame news conference, manager Dave Roberts couldn’t help but huff a deep sigh of apparent frustration. “It’s hard to win a baseball game when you give up 14 bases by way of walk,” Roberts

A pilot and his dog paddled safely to shore Sunday afternoon after he crashed his small plane off Rancho Palos Verdes, according to law enforcement. Sgt. Jeffrey Velasco with the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said a call came in around 5:20 p.m. of a plane crashing into the ocean not far from Trump National Golf Club Los Angeles. The department posted on X that it sent an air rescue team for the small plane. Responding deputies said the pilot was unharmed. Los Angeles County Fire Supervisor Bernard Peters told the Los Angeles Daily News that the plane was a single-engine Piper Cherokee Six. The plane sank, the outlet noted. The circumstances surrounding the incident were unclear Sunday evening, including where the aircraft took off from or whether it was attempting an emergency landing. Edward Wargo, a U.S. Coast Guard spokesperson, said there was one person on board along with their dog. “Both were able to safely swim,” he said. Wargo said the Coast Guard will now focus on ensuring there’s no environmental damage from the plane’s fuel. . More to Read

Home surveillance footage captured the moment a driver lost control of their vehicle and launched airborne into a home in Riverside County earlier this month.   The incident, according to Riverside County Fire Department, occurred at around 6:30 a.m. on April 4 at a home in Jurupa Valley.   Footage from a neighbor’s doorbell camera shows the vehicle hit the curb and fly several feet into the air over one of two white pickup trucks parked in the driveway before violently crashing into the garage and landing on the front end of the second truck.   Home surveillance cameras captured the moment a driver launched their vehicle into the garage of home in Riverside County on April 4, 2024. (Richard Hernandez via Storyful) Home surveillance cameras captured the moment a driver launched their vehicle into the garage of home in Riverside County on April 4, 2024. (Richard Hernandez via Storyful) Home surveillance cameras captured the moment a driver launched their vehicle into the garage of home in Riverside County on April 4, 2024. (Richard Hernandez via Storyful) Home surveillance cameras captured the moment a driver

After nearly two weeks of fearing the worst, a family from Northern California says their daughter is safe and sound after disappearing in Los Angeles. Kellie Lynch — whose daughter Noelle Lynch — wrote a statement on Facebook saying that the 23-year-old has contacted the family. “We would like to extend our gratitude for all of your prayers for locating our daughter Noelle. Those prayers have been answered and Noelle has reached out to us,” Kellie wrote on the social media platform. “Please, we ask that you respect our family’s privacy at this difficult time. And know that we will share updates with you when we can. Thank you for your love and support.” On April 8, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that Noelle was missing, after not being seen or heard from since April 3. Authorities say Lynch was last seen leaving an apartment building around 5 p.m. on foot in the 900 block of East Redondo Avenue in Inglewood. Noelle Marie Lynch was reported missing in early April after she left the family home in Northern California. The 23-year-old disappeared in Los Angeles

Rescue crews in San Bernardino County have recovered the body of a man killed when his plane went down Saturday night, authorities announced Sunday.   Preliminary information from the FAA indicates the aircraft, a twin-engine Gulfstream AC95, crashed near Palm Avenue and West Verdemont Drive in the Verdemont neighborhood of San Bernardino around 8:21 p.m.  Authorities confirmed to KTLA that witnesses heard a plane sputtering and the sound of a loud crash followed by a red flash.   “Deputies from the Central Station and officers from the San Bernardino Police Department conducted a search of the area,” the San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department said in a news release. “However, the mountain area in question was not accessible via vehicle or on foot. The Sheriff’s Aviation Division attempted to assist, but the weather restricted their ability to fly.”   Video from the scene obtained by KTLA shows police tents set up near the scene of the crash. (OnSceneTV) On Sunday morning, rescue crews spotted the debris field in the mountains north of Devil’s Canyon from the helicopter.   A search and rescue team, along with an investigator

After another cold, wet, and windy weekend, temperatures are expected to rise across Southern California this week. The Southland dealt with more rainfall and gusty winds Saturday and Sunday, while parts of the mountain areas were hit with snowfall. But, the forecast calls for sunshine and warmer temperatures as we get into Tuesday, and the dryer conditions are expected to last through next Saturday and Sunday. “By Tuesday, into Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and, next weekend, we’re looking forward to above normal temperatures,” said KTLA 5’s Kaj Goldberg. “It will be nice and warm.” Monday looks like the coolest day of the week, with highs expected to be in the upper 60s. It will be hotter in Southern California from Tuesday through Sunday, with temperatures set to hit the low-to-mid 70s, and up to the 80s in certain parts of the Southland. It will be a welcome change for the region, with numerous storms passing through SoCal since the start of 2024. March saw several wet weather patterns impact the area, with temperatures being below seasonal norms. February was one of the wettest months on record