Four fire engines at the scene

Four fire engines were at the scene

Part of a flat on the third floor of the building was damaged by the fire

Four fire engines were at the scene

Firefighters rescued one man

Six fire engines attended the scene

The jazz musician's work won nearly a dozen Grammy Awards.

Nominated for an Emmy for "Night Court" and co-starred with Shirley MacLain in "Sweet Charity"

Author and playwright A.E. Hotchner, known for his friendships with Ernest Hemingway and Paul Newman, died Saturday at age 102.

Mickey Wright was named greatest female golfer in history in a poll of experts

Chance the Rapper, Nicki Minaj, 50 Cent and other rappers took to social media to honor Pop Smoke, a rising New York artist who was fatally shot Wednesday.

Hair Club for Men founder Sy Sperling has died in Florida after a lengthy illness.

The actress played the legendary Maria Callas at the Mark Taper Forum in L.A. before moving on to Broadway and winning her final Tony for the role.

Rita Walters advocated fiercely for equality through school integration and hiring practices, first as a member of the L.A. school board and then on the L.A. City Council

Former Xerox researcher Larry Tesler made computers more user-friendly for generations of people with editing commands also including 'find and replace.'

The painting of a Parisian street scene by Impressionist master Camille Pissarro hangs in a Madrid museum and is the focus of an ongoing legal battle.

Hosni Mubarak for decades kept a cold peace with Israel and crushed political dissent at home until a 2011 protest movement drove him from power.

Alleged to be a prolific killer, Franzese was finally released from prison when he was 100

David Roback, best known as the co-founder of influential L.A. alternative rock bands Mazzy Star and Rain Parade, has died at age 61.

After he retired, Tidwell pleaded guilty to taking hundreds of guns from evidence lockers

Ernesto Cardenal, the poet and cleric who became a symbol of revolutionary verse throughout Latin America, died Sunday at a Managua hospital at 95.

Fisher helped implement the reforms that rebuilt the Los Angeles Police Department after the Rodney G. King scandal and the 1992 riots.

Henri Richard, who holds the record for most Stanley Cup wins during his 20-year NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, died Friday at age 84.

Longtime partner of I.M. Pei also designed Boston's John Hancock Tower

McCoy Tyner, jazz piano legend who played with Coltrane, dead at 81

Swedish actor Max von Sydow, the stately import whose theater roots laid the groundwork for a vast onscreen career in nearly a dozen Ingmar Bergman productions, has died.

Barbara Neely's novels pushed past mystery and explored racism, class boundaries and violence against women.

Tonie Marshall addressed the issue of sexism in her film work and was a #MeToo crusader.

Yaro tutored the actor who played Animal, the rumpled photographer on "Lou Grant"

The artist, musician and iconoclast — best known as part of the influential industrial band Throbbing Gristle — had been battling leukemia.

Roger Mayweather, uncle and trainer to Floyd Mayweather Jr. who won 59 career bouts, died Tuesday at age 58.

Waggoner, who was battling cancer, died peacefully Tuesday at his Los Angeles-area home with his wife of 60 years, Sharon, at his side, according to a family statement.

A wartime correspondent, a hardened investigative reporter and a nurturing editor later in life, Wood had a long career as a journalist.

Norris also oversaw the installation of the Kinetic Light Installation at LAX, which helped change the airport's main gate.

Kenny Rogers, the beloved country music icon whose decades of hits included "The Gambler" and "Islands in the Stream" with Dolly Parton, has died at age 81.

Airickca Gordon-Taylor spent her life educating others about the black teenage lynching victim's legacy.

Terrence McNally, whose varied and prolific career as a playwright, musical librettist and screenwriter earned him five Tony Awards and an Emmy, died Tuesday.

Stuart Gordon, the theater and film director who died Tuesday at age 72, was known for cult horror films and his support of up-and-coming filmmakers.

Dr. Murray led the Pulmonary and Critical Care Division at UC San Francisco for 23 years and helped set up the study of lung disease as its own field.

Mark Blum, who was in several recent episodes of 'You' and was known for his role in 'Crocodile Dundee,' died from coronavirus-related complications.

All-Star hitter helped the Dodgers reach the World Series in 1974.

Joseph E. Lowery, civil rights leader who co-founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference with Martin Luther King Jr., has died. He was 98.

Polish composer and conductor Krzysztof Penderecki, known for his monumental orchestral and choral compositions, died in Krakow at 86.

Edward Howard saw hygiene as a civil rights issue and a matter of treating homeless people with dignity.

Joe Diffie, a country music star who enjoyed a career high in the 1990s, died Sunday of complications from COVID-19.

Adam Schlesinger, cofounder of "Stacy's Mom" rock band Fountains of Wayne and songwriter for film and television, died from complications related to COVID-19. He was 52.

Anwar, who had leukemia, struggled to find a donor match, underscoring the frustratingly high odds that people of South Asian descent face in such an endeavor.

Jeff Grosso, a skateboarder from Arcadia who rose to the greatness in the 1980s before falling to the depths of despair and making a comeback, died Tuesday at 51.

Henry Gonzalez was the first elected Latino official in South Gate and fought corruption in City Hall

Shirley Douglas, the Canadian activist and actress, mother to actor Kiefer Sutherland and daughter of Canada medicare founder Tommy Douglas, died Sunday. She was 86.