Los Angeles, Ca
Taco Bell’s Live Mas LIVE event postponed
Taco Bell will not be holding its second annual Live Mas LIVE event at the Hollywood Palladium on Tuesday as announced last month.
The company decided to postpone the event due to the L.A. County wildfires.
“To ensure the focus remains on the ongoing recovery and rebuilding efforts, we are postponing our upcoming Live Más LIVE 2025 and investor events to prioritize the safety and well-being of Los Angeles residents and the surrounding community,” a statement on the company website said.
Taco Bell held its first Live Mas Live event during Super Bowl weekend last year to announce upcoming menu plans.
The company didn’t announce when the postponed event would take place, but did outline how Yum! Brands, Taco Bell’s parent company, and its sister brands supported L.A. County amid the wildfires.
The support included a $250,000 donation to the Red Cross Disaster Responder Program.
Taco Bell and The Habit Burger & Grill, the latter of which is based in Irvine, have also sent food trucks to feed first responders.
Los Angeles, Ca
Eaton Fire victims return to the rubble of their home
ALTADENA, Calif. (KTLA) – Courtney Holmes and her son Xavier, 13, returned to what was left of her family’s home in Altadena on Thursday to reflect on its history and weigh their path forward after the Eaton Fire.
Holmes told KTLA’s Annie Rose Ramos that her grandmother purchased the home in 1952, and it had been the center of her family’s lives ever since.
“Just to see it like this… to see my son’s room and the living room all sunk in and gone, it’s just devastating,” Holmes said.
Los Angeles, Ca
Man found shot to death inside vehicle in Compton
Authorities are investigating after a man was found shot to death inside a vehicle in Compton.
On Tuesday, Los Angeles County deputies responded to reports of a shooting on the 2200 block of East Rosecrans shortly before 10:30 p.m.
Arriving deputies found the victim with several gunshot wounds, sitting in the driver’s seat of his vehicle. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The events leading up to his death remain unclear and no suspects were located nearby.
The shooting remains under investigation by homicide detectives. The victim’s identity was not released.
Anyone with information on the case is urged to call the LASD’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500.
Anonymous tips can be provided to L.A. Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or online at lacrimestoppers.org.
Los Angeles, Ca
Driverless vehicles coming to Los Angeles freeways
LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Robotaxis are taking a big step for any young driver: They’re taking on Los Angeles freeways.
Waymo vehicles, which have already been operating in Los Angeles, will now drive the freeways as well, though the service will be limited to employees of the company at first, Waymo announced on X, formerly Twitter.
The company told KTLA that four freeways will be part of the initial rollout: the 10, 110, 405 and 90.
In its social media post, the company included a short video showing how using freeways can cut the time it takes to drive from Santa Monica to downtown Los Angeles in half.
The autonomous nature of the vehicles has drawn its share of praise and criticism.
Angeleno Thomas Nagano told KTLA that “they’re a lot safer than anything else on the road because they have three different methods of identifying problems on the road,” referencing the cars’ use of cameras, sensors and radar.
Others, like Chris Korn of Venice Beach, said they still don’t feel comfortable about the idea of being in a car without a human driver.
“I still don’t trust the technology. It’s a little more questionable without that driver in the car,” he said.
CHP Officer Roberto Gomez told KTLA’s Carlos Herrera that drivers should treat Waymo vehicles as just another car, and they should stop if there happens to be a collision. Waymo should then contact the other driver through the vehicle.
“It’s just like a regular crash. Something happens and it’s staying on scene and resolving whatever the incident [is] that occurred,” he said.
Some in Los Angeles haven’t been so calm, even going so far as to trash a Waymo vehicle.
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