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Do You Have the Bug to Travel

Being couped up inside for the past couple of years many of us have been experiencing cabin fever and we cannot wait to get out. With the holidays knocking at our door, traveling is something that many of us are contemplating.

Lawyers for Cosby Accuser Seek to Limit Comedian’s Access to Medical Info

Lawyers for a Riverside County woman who filed a sexual battery lawsuit against Bill Cosby will get a hearing next month on their request to limit the extent the comedian’s attorneys can examine the plaintiff’s medical background. Santa Monica Superior Court Judge Craig Karlan is scheduled to hold a hearing Dec. 14 regarding a subpoena Cosby’s attorneys served on a physician who treated plaintiff Judy Huth, seeking all information related to her medical background. He is identified in Huth’s court papers only as Dr. A.F. “While plaintiff acknowledges that the defendant may be entitled to some of Dr. A.F’s records,

Civil Rights Groups Sue Feds Over Detention of Riverside County Man

Two civil rights groups today sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on behalf of a Riverside County man who allegedly was unlawfully transferred to an ICE immigration lockup for deportation proceedings even though he is a citizen. Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Asian Law Caucus and the ACLU Foundation of Northern California filed the federal lawsuit in Los Angeles on behalf of Brian Bukle, 62, of Corona. The lawsuit alleges that state corrections officials handed Bukle over to ICE on June 17, 2020, at a time when immigration detention centers were in the midst of a coronavirus outbreak. The lawsuit does not

LA Police Commission to Consider Department’s Proposed 12% Budget Increase

The Los Angeles Police Commission tomorrow will consider a proposed budget increase of $213 million, or 12.11%, in the 2022-23 fiscal year, but the City Council and mayor have final approval. The increase would take the department’s operating budget from $1.761 billion to $1.974 billion.

Racial Disparities in Kids’ Vaccinations are Hard to Track

In Michigan, Connecticut and Washington, D.C., white children got vaccinated at much higher rates than their Black counterparts. But in New York City, white children between 13 and 17 are vaccinated at lower rates than Black, Latino and Asian kids.

LA County To Probe Alleged Beating of Fostered Boy, DCFS Policies

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to have the Office of Child Protection investigate the circumstances of a 4-year-old boy who was allegedly tortured and beaten by his foster mother, leaving the boy in a coma. Supervisor Janice Hahn, who represents Norwalk, where the boy was living, called for the probe shortly after the boy’s extended family went public with his story. “If these allegations are true, we put him in the care of an abusive foster mother who hurt him so severely he had to be hospitalized,” Hahn told her colleagues during a virtual meeting Tuesday.

COVID Hospitalizations Tick Upward Again in LA County

COVID-19 hospitalizations in Los Angeles County ticked upward again in the latest data as health officials encouraged people to get vaccinated, and warning that unvaccinated residents are far more susceptible to becoming severely ill or dying if they get infected.

City Seeks Evaluation of LAPD Captain Who Alleges Stress From Nude Photo

The city of Los Angeles is asking a judge to order an independent psychological examination of a Los Angeles police captain who says she suffered physically and emotionally after a nude photo of a woman was circulated in the workplace amid false claims that the image depicted the plaintiff.