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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Beverly Hills man who was finishing a sentence in a prior fraud case pleaded not guilty Tuesday to federal charges of soliciting more than $9 million from victims with false claims they were investing in a hemp farm that did not exist.

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An eighth-grader from Diamond Bar advanced to the third round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee Tuesday, topping his performance from last year, while Orange County's lone speller also advanced to the third round.

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council voted 12-0 Tuesday to request a report on the financial impact of increasing the minimum wage for hotel workers to $25 an hour this year, with the goal of reaching $30 an hour by 2028.

LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Mayor Karen Bass Tuesday joined Los Angeles City Council members in observing Africa Day, which commemorates the founding of the African Union, an organization representing the continent and its population of 1.2 billion people.

MARINA DEL REY (CNS) - Authorities sought the public's help Tuesday to find a woman who went missing from Marina del Rey.

Los Angeles County's coronavirus numbers continue to gradually decline, according to the latest weekly update provided by the county's health department.

Law enforcement personnel in Los Angeles County and statewide are out in force over the Memorial Day weekend, on the lookout for people driving while impaired or otherwise violating traffic laws.

Long Beach police are searching for someone who shot a 16-year-old boy before fleeing in a vehicle, authorities said Saturday.

The motorist in a fatal hit-and run crash that killed a woman in Tarzana has surrendered to police, authorities said Saturday.

Detectives continued their investigation Sunday into the fatal police shooting of a man who threatened to shoot people at a Home Depot in Burbank.