The Simin Hope Foundation joined forces with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for their annual holiday tradition of the Winter Wonderland & Toy Giveaway.
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Southwest Community Relations Division hosted its first Town Hall Meeting of the year on April 9 at the Department of Water & Power Community Room in South L.A.
Myrtle Hill, the first Black female bail bondsperson in Los Angeles, passed away on October 19. She was 94 years old.
On April 7th, the two youngest Black state representatives serving in the Tennessee legislature, Justin Jones, 27, and Justin Pearson, 28, were expelled from the body.
The Los Angeles Rams partnered with the L.A. Police Department, Carl’s Jr and the L.A. Fire Department to host a fundraiser for a player from the Watts Rams who was involved in a fireworks accident.
According to the Los Angeles Police Department, there has been a 5.5% increase in gun violence since July 2021. To combat this statistic, the Los Angeles Rams and Inglewood Mayor James Butts, partnered with Students Demand Action Los Angeles Summer Leadership Academy to host this year’s Impact Day at SoFi Stadium to review, discuss, and judge proposals on how to prevent gun violence. Founded in Summer 2019, the Summer Leadership Academy (SLA) initiative prioritizes removing barriers that keep marginalized students from becoming leaders in the gun violence prevention movement. SLA is a nationwide organization with many chapters across the country.
The Los Angeles City Council voted on Feb. 8 to instruct the City Attorney’s Office to draft an ordinance that would prohibit people from assembling or disassembling their bicycles in the public right-of-way.
Ravipudi said the letter was sent immediately after the shooting “to
make sure that all of that evidence is saved” and available to attorneys
throughout the investigation.
The Los Angeles Police Department announced it will have additional officers on patrol during the holiday season on the lookout for impaired motorists.
Prosecutors filed charges Monday against a 29-year-old man in the fatal shooting of philanthropist Jacqueline Avant, the wife of legendary music executive Clarence Avant, last week at their Beverly Hills home.
A man is dead after being shot in the Hyde Park neighborhood of South Los Angeles and police today are continuing their
investigation into his death.
Officers responded to a call of shots fired at approximately 10 p.m. Monday at 6725 Fourth Ave. near South Van Ness Avenue and found a 25-year-old man with gunshots wounds, said a Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman.
As Los Angeles sets out to achieve 100% renewable energy by 2035, city officials announced a $30 million investment today in a municipal solar and storage program using city-owned buildings across departments.
“We’re celebrating not just another milestone in our fight against climate change, but also a step to build a more sustainable city starting with buildings that the city owns, the city controls and the city can lead by example in making sure that we have renewable energy,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said at a downtown news conference.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s home in the Windsor Square area of Los Angeles was vandalized overnight.
Top staff of the Los Angeles Police Department made an earnest plea for help with increasing the number of Black law enforcement officers during the African American Community Forum recently hosted by the agency.
The program is intended to reduce recidivism and enhance public safety