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With most movie theaters back open for business, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a reversion to pre- pandemic Oscar eligibility rules Wednesday, requiring films to debut in theaters -- not on a streaming service -- to qualify for award consideration.

Orange County's COVID-19 infections are on the rise, but hospitalizations have held steady and the county did not log any deaths since Friday, according to the latest data released by the Orange County Health Care Agency.

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday will review the 2022-23 fiscal year budget that was proposed by Mayor Eric Garcetti and revised by the council's Budget and Finance Committee.

A Southland wildlife center is being inundated with sick and injured Brown Pelicans, with more than 55 patients arriving in the past four days and more expected this week, officials said Wednesday.

A person fell or jumped from a high-rise building in downtown Los Angeles today and died, authorities said.

A person who apparently was hit by one or more vehicles on the southbound Golden State (5) Freeway in the Los Feliz area was found dead Wednesday, authorities said.

A 51-year-old man joined with two others to run a marijuana dispensary worker with a backpack stuffed with cash off the road in Santa Ana, gunning him down and stealing the loot and the victim's cell phone, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.

Authorities Wednesday identified a man who was killed by another man while riding a bicycle in downtown Los Angeles, as investigators continued their efforts to solve the crime.

Tributes continued Wednesday for Dr. John Cheng, who charged a gunman inside a Laguna Woods church and struggled to disarm him, sacrificing himself in an act authorities say saved the lives of the Taiwanese congregation targeted by the attacker.

Los Angeles County's top prosecutor called Wednesday for implementation of "reasonable gun control" in the wake of three recent mass shootings in Orange County, Buffalo, N.Y., and Milwaukee that left nearly a dozen people dead and almost 30 injured.