The Los Angeles Police Commission today unanimously approved a revised use of force policy for the Los Angeles Police Department to comply with a California law that goes into effect on Jan. 1.
Ahead of temperatures reaching the low 40s and high 30s over the next week, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority has opened a majority of its winter shelters throughout Los Angeles County.
Two Los Angeles County supervisors pressed unsuccessfully today for a delay in implementing new boundaries for the five supervisorial districts, expected to be set Dec. 15 by the Citizens Redistricting Commission.
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.
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.
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.
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.
According to ABC News, 17-year-old Jasyre Robinson was found safe; the status of update came directly from his family.
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.
Infrastructure improvements are planned to beautify the Manchester-Broadway corridor located in Council District 8 in South Los Angeles.