Gas prices in Los Angeles County are on the rise again, ticking slowly up since late December — and experts are not hopeful that the trend will reverse course anytime soon, according to the American Automobile Assn. In Los Angeles, the average price for a regular gallon reached $4.56 on Monday, with gas prices either increasing or remaining flat since …
Sheriff’s deputies arrested 19 suspects and recovered dozens of parts this week following a series of thefts of catalytic converters, which contain precious metals, making them valuable to thieves. “I’m doing it to kind of mess with them, or if they try to sell it.” The onus for preventing thefts largely falls on car owners like Mary Ann Holm, 58, …
