The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors today approved a $2.75 million settlement with a Compton man who suffered from mental illness and was beaten by sheriff’s deputies who encountered him smoking cannabis in the summer of 2014.
Metro will host its first of three public meetings tomorrow to get feedback on the transit agency’s “mega-project” to connect the San Fernando Valley, the westside and eventually LAX through a high-capacity transit line.
The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals fell back below 600, declining from 610 on Saturday to 595, according to the latest state figures. Of those patients, 146 were in intensive care Sunday, unchanged from the day before.
Los Angeles County announced today the appointment of Laura Trejo as Executive Director of Aging and Community Services under the Department of Workforce Development, Aging and Community Services.
A Los Angeles man was charged today with murder and other counts stemming from the shooting of Jacqueline Avant, the wife of music executive Clarence Avant, during a robbery at the couple’s Trousdale Estates home in Beverly Hills.
Labor and civil rights leader Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the National Farm Workers Association with Cesar Chavez, endorsed Rep. Karen Bass for mayor of Los Angeles today.
Attorneys for the city and county of Los Angeles have filed motions seeking dismissal of a revised lawsuit demanding local government find shelter for the thousands of people camping on sidewalks and near freeways.
According to ABC News, 17-year-old Jasyre Robinson was found safe; the status of update came directly from his family.
A high-ranking member of the state Secretary of State’s Office has testified that no corporations have been fined for noncompliance since a law went into effect in 2018 requiring more women on corporate boards.
A two-year investigation into narcotics dealing in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles has resulted in 50 arrests and the seizure of various quantities of drugs, including more than 46,000 fentanyl pills, authorities said today.
An unidentified Los Angeles County resident was in isolation today, recovering from what was confirmed as the county’s first case of the COVID-19 Omicron variant originally detected in South Africa.
Rep. Adam Schiff endorsed Rep. Karen Bass for mayor of Los Angeles today, calling her an “incredibly knowledgeable voice, a great team builder and a great legislative strategist.”
The Los Angeles City Council today approved a Games Agreement with the Los Angeles Organizing Committee for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games — providing a framework for an array of details, including insurance for disasters and ticket loss and the city’s financial liability in the event of a deficit.
The Metro Board of Directors voted today to increase the transit agency’s current contracts with law enforcement agencies, while approving a motion aimed at pursuing alternatives to police through recommendations from the Public Safety Advisory Committee.
Devastating news broke on Wednesday, December 1, detailing the murder of Jacqueline Avant. The Beverly Hills Police Department held a conference on Thursday, December 2, 2021, to report the arrest of the suspect connected to the shooting.