Two More Los Angeles Police Employees Test Positive for COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two more Los Angeles Police Department employees tested positive for the Coronavirus, authorities said today.
Reseda Man Arrested On Federal Charges Alleging Storage Unit Burglaries And Sale Of Stolen...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 LOS ANGELES – A San Fernando Valley man has been arrested on federal charges alleging he and two other men broke into self-storage units in Los Angeles County, stole dozens of firearms, and sold at least some of the weapons to convicted felons. Rick Eric Herst, 34, a.k.a. “Loyal,” of [...]
Coronavirus Kills Two More Los Angeles Residents; 59 New Cases Reported Countywide
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two Los Angeles residents died today from COVID-19, and 59 more people in the county have tested positive...
Third Los Angeles Police Officer Tests Positive for Coronavirus COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A third Los Angeles police officer has tested positive for the coronavirus and was exhibiting symptoms inside the...
URGENT Los Angeles Winter Advisory – From NOAA Weather
Winter Advisory - URGENT National Weather Service Los Angeles/Oxnard CA 602 AM PDT Sun Mar 22 2020 ...MODERATE SNOW OVER...
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Issues Temporary Restrictions To Help Slow Spread Of Novel Coronavirus,...
March 15, 2020 LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti tonight issued an emergency order to strengthen the City’s response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), placing temporary restrictions on restaurants, bars, and other establishments in the City of Los Angeles. The order includes temporary closure of bars and nightclubs that do not serve food, movie theaters and entertainment [...]
LAX Screening Returning Passengers for COVID-19 Causing Delays, Long Lines
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Long lines were reported this morning at Los Angeles International Airport, which has been designated as one of...
Two-Term City of Bell Councilman Nestor Valencia Appears Headed Towards Defeat
BELL, CALIFORNIA - Bell City Council Member Nestor Enrique Valencia appears to have been defeated in the race for city council. Los...
Los Angeles Airport, LAX, Officials Say They Continue to Take Steps to Prevent Coronavirus...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles International Airport officials have reiterated their plans to take steps to reduce the spread of germs...
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Criticizes L.A. Officials For Skid Row Hotel Issues
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Frustrated over what they said is a lack of attention and slow process to upgrade utilities at a...
Los Angeles City Sued Over Massive 2018 Fire At Boyle Heights Warehouse
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A company that was a tenant in a Boyle Heights warehouse where three firefighters were injured fighting a...
Jackie Lacey & Holds Lead in District Attorney Race But May Not Reach 50%....
UPDATE 3-4-20 10:AM Lacey has dropped below 50%. Run-off possible.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY, CA - The closely watched race...
San Fernando Valley Voters Looking At Another Clash in Los Angeles City Council District...
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY, LOS ANGELES - Voters in the North San Fernando Valley neighborhood s of Los Angeles are headed to the...
Tenants Call on L.A. to Buy Chinatown Complex After Rent Hike Notices
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Tenants of the Hillside Villa Apartments in Chinatown once again called on the city of Los Angeles today...
Wife Of LAPD Officer Sues City After Contracting Typhus Disease From Spouse
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The wife of a Los Angeles police officer assigned to the Central Community Police Station is suing the...
Los Angeles City Election Results – March 3, 2020 Super Tuesday
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Los Angeles Controller Reports City Expenses Rise In Wake Of `Economic Uncertainty’
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin released the city's annual revenue forecast today in which he highlighted projected revenue...
Protesters Say LA DA’s Husband Pointed Gun At Them
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Black Lives Matter protesters say the husband of the...
High-Stakes Los Angeles DA’s Race: Status Quo Vs. Reform
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jackie Lacey, the first black woman to lead the...
City of Huntington Park City Council Election 2020 – Meet Brenda Ramirez
The City of Huntington Park, California will hold an election for City Council on March 3, 2020. Three seats are open and...
L.A. Takes Steps to Limit Tour Buses from Causing Traffic, Safety Issues
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Los Angeles City Council committee today advanced a motion that would give the city's Department of Transportation...
“Extensive” Gas Leak Forces Evacuation Of Koreatown Apartment Building
LOS ANGELES (CNS) An "extensive'' release of gas occurring near a six-story residential structure in Koreatown today has forced the evacuation of...
Academy Announces Dec. 14 Opening Date for Motion Picture Museum Reconstructed from the Wilshire...
HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced tonight that its long-awaited museum dedicated to the history and...
Independent Money Favors Incumbent John Lee in L.A. Council District 12 Race
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Ethics Commission lifted the campaign-expenditure limit today in the primary election for City Council District...
Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell Announces New Safe Overnight Parking Lot in Echo...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell announced the launch of a Safe Parking Program site today in Echo...
Effort To Recall Los Angeles Garcetti Ends After Failure To Gather Enough Signatures
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An effort to recall Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti ended today, the petition leaders said, after it failed...
Fire Erupts In Two-Story Venice Hotel In Mid Los Angeles City; One Dead, Seven...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A man was killed and seven people were hurt today, including one in critical condition from injuries suffered...
Man, 19, Gravely Injured in Los Angeles High-rise Fire Dies
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A 19-year-old French citizen who was gravely injured when flames tore through a high-rise apartment tower this week...
Kobe Bryant, Eight Others Killed in Helicopter Crash in Calabasas California
CALABASAS (CNS) - Los Angeles Lakers legend Kobe Bryant and eight other people, including one of Bryant's daughters, were killed today when...
L.A. To Pay $5.75M To Family Of Man Who Died After Being Tased By...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a $5.75 million settlement today with the parents of a Marine...
Assault Suspect Arrested Following Barricade In Glassell Park
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A man wanted on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon was arrested today after barricading himself for...
City Council To Consider Asking MLB To Give World Series Titles To Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilmen Paul Koretz and Gilbert Cedillo will urge their colleagues today to pass a resolution...
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti To Meet With HUD Secretary, Attend Mayors Meeting In Washington
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is scheduled to fly to Washington, D.C., tonight to meet with Housing and...
L.A. Councilman Seeks To Turn Closing Los Angeles Hospital Into Housing For Homeless
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell has called on the city officials to explore the possibility of turning soon-to-close St....
Patrick Stewart Sinks Hands, Feet Into Cement In Hollywood
HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - Ten days before "Star Trek: Picard'' makes its streaming-service debut, star Patrick Stewart sank his hands and feet into...
Los Angeles Mayor And Entertainment Industry Leaders Launch “LA Collab” Initiative To Increase Latinx...
January 13, 2020First-of-its-kind effort will work to open doors to Latino creatives in television, film, and digital media LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today launched LA Collab, an unprecedented effort to connect Latinx talent, executives, and creators to opportunities in the entertainment industry — and double Latino representation in Hollywood by 2030. “Latinos are a [...]
MOCA To Begin Offering Free Admission At Both Locations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles will begin offering free general admission today at both of...
LAHSA Says It Needs More Volunteers For Jan. 21-23 Homeless Count
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority officials said today that they need more volunteers to sufficiently tally the county's...
Street Restoration Work Begins In Little Tokyo, Arts District For Rail Project
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will begin an eight-month street restoration project in the area of...
L.A. County To Take Over Skid Row Clinic From UCLA
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County will take over operation of a downtown skid row clinic at the Union Rescue Mission...
Fecal Bacteria In California’s Waterways Increases With Homeless Crisis
President Donald Trump, a self-described germophobe, has made no secret of his disgust with California’s growing homeless problem, which he has called a “disgrace”...
Bloomberg Meets With Garcetti In Los Angeles, Opens Campaign Office
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Former New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg discussed homelessness with Mayor Eric Garcetti today and opened a campaign...
Mayor Garcetti Celebrates Opening Of First HHH-Funded Supportive Housing Development
January 6, 2020 LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today celebrated the opening of 88th and Vermont, the first HHH-financed supportive housing development to be completed since the bond measure passed in 2016. The Mayor was joined at the ceremony by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, Councilmember Herb Wesson, as well as numerous community leaders. “88th and Vermont is [...]
Harvey Weinstein Charged With Rape, Sexual Assault In Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - As he prepares to go on trial in New York on similar allegations, former film producer Harvey Weinstein...
LAX Demonstration: Taxi Drivers March For Curbside Pickup At LAX; Could Jam Traffic
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Officials at Los Angeles International Airport are urging airline passengers to allow extra time to get to the...
Demonstrators Rally in L.A. Calling For U.S. Pullout in Middle East After Execution of...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Anti-war activists and their supporters staged a demonstration in downtown Los Angeles today to voice their opposition to...
Metro Announces Street Restoration Next Week For Little Tokyo, Arts District
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority will begin an eight-month street restoration project in the area of...
Los Angeles City Launches Sidewalk Permit Programs In Wake Of New Regulations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Department of Public Works announced today that it has established programs for property owners to...
Los Angeles Councilman Announces Candidacy For City Controller
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Most people likely aren't contemplating elections beyond this year, but Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Koretz announced today...
Man Stabbed To Death At Mexican Restaurant In Downtown L.A. By Homeless Man
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Homeless problem in downtown Los Angeles continues to worsen as yesterday a man was fatally stabbed yesterday...
Homeless Homicide Victims Rise In Los Angeles County
A previously unknown issue has come to light with the increase of the homeless population in Los Angeles County: Homicide. While only...
Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over This Holiday Season; LAPD Posts Schedule Of DUI...
News Release Thursday, December 26, 2019 Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over This Holiday Season The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) encourages everyone attending holiday parties and gatherings where alcohol may be involved to use a designated sober driver. This holiday season, from December 13, 2019, through the New Year, the LAPD will have more [...]
Downtown L.A., WeHo, Other Locales To Host New Year’s Celebrations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Tens of thousands of people are expected to descend on downtown Los Angeles tonight for the seventh annual...
Street Restoration Work Planned Near Little Tokyo/Arts District Station
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Contractors are scheduled to begin street restoration work in the area of Metro's Little Tokyo/Arts District Station next...
SoCal Rain Pauses, Coming Back Again Christmas Evening – Detailed Forecast
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Southern California will catch a break today from the weather, but a cold strong storm with the potential...
Masses, Music Center Program Set For Christmas Eve
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Christmas Eve in the Southland will be marked today by Masses at the Cathedral of Our Lady of...
Flames Destroy Two Propane Buses, Damage Third, at LAX
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles firefighters put out a fire that destroyed two liquid propane-powered passenger buses and damaged a third...
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Homeless Man Dies At L.A. City Hall Complex
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A 54-year-old homeless man was found dead today of apparent natural causes just outside City Hall East in...
L.A. Councilman Announces Financial Relief Fund For Residents In His District
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilman John Lee announced today that a $50,000 grant program has been created to provide...
Forever 21 Set To Close 12 Stores In Southern California
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Chapter 11 filing by the Los Angeles-based fashion retailer Forever 21 will soon lead to the closure...
Company Selected For Shipping Project Files Claim Against Port Of Los Angeles
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The developers of a $130 million project designed to streamline the handling of cargo at the Port of...
L.A. City Clerk Announces Qualified Candidates For March 3 Primary Election
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Clerk's Office today released the official list of 33 candidates who have qualified to...
Federal Judge Blocks Los Angeles from Enforcing NRA Contract Disclosure Law
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilman Mitch O'Farrell said today that his office is seeking what legal action it can...
Los Angeles Sues FAA Over Hollywood Burbank Flight Patters
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer announced legal action against the Federal Aviation Administration today over what he...
L.A. Councilman Asks City To Divest Public Pensions From Oil, Gas Companies
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilman Bob Blumenfield called today for a review of the city's civilian pension-fund investments, and...
Los Angeles To Create Task Force On Youth Development
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council today approved the establishment of a task force to help the city create...
Los Angeles City Council Approves Additional 60 Beds For Hollywood YWCA Shelter
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The number of beds at a Hollywood homeless shelter for women is about to double, City Councilman Mitch...
City Council Restricts L.A. Housing Land To Affordable Units
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council voted today to allow only affordable units to be built on city-owned land...
Ethics Commission Fines Former Los Angeles City Deputy $37,500 For Lobbying Violations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Ethics Commission fined a former City Council district planning deputy $37,500 today for failing...
Los Angeles City Council Votes To Create Office of Racial Equity
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council voted today to create an Office of Racial Equity, which will be tasked...
Pretrial Today – LA Assessor John Noguez & Associates Charged With Felonies in 64...
The 64 counts against Noguez, Salari, and McNeil are listed below in a PDF. WatchOurCity.com is the only orgainization to publish the...
Los Angeles Mayor Announces Major Infrastructure Investments In The L.A. River
December 6, 2019 LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced $3.55 million in State grants to help improve pedestrian, cyclist, and equestrian access to the L.A. River and support its wildlife habitat. “The L.A. River is central to our city’s history — and our investments now will ensure that it’s a natural treasure far in [...]
USC Will Face Iowa in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27 at SDCCU Stadium
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - USC will face Iowa in the Holiday Bowl on Dec. 27 at SDCCU Stadium in a matchup of...
California CEO and Seven Others Charged in Multi-Million Dollar Conduit Campaign Contribution Case
Ahmad “Andy” Khawaja, a Lebanese-American and the CEO of an online payment processing company called Allied Wallet Inc., conspired with George Nader,...
Dodgers Steve Garvey To Be Considered for Hall of Fame
Editors Update 12-8-19 9pm: Former Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman SteveGarvey failed to receive enough votes today to be elected to...
Candidates Filing For Most March Primary Offices Concludes in Los Angeles. Here’s a List
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The filing period has ended for most county, state and federal offices in Los Angeles County in the...
Los Angeles Cannabis Commission Laments Licensing Program, Vows To Make Improvements
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The executive director and general manager of the Los Angeles Department of Cannabis Regulation addressed concerns and expressed...
City Council Declares Los Angeles A `Welcoming City’ For Refugees
VAN NUYS (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council adopted a resolution today that declares the city a welcome place for refugees.Councilmen...
Los Angeles Based Hawaiian Gardens Casino Pays $3.15M To Settle Alleged Disclosure Violations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Gardens Casino in Hawaiian Gardens will pay $3.15 million to settle allegations that its operators failed to...
L.A. Council Members Seek to Commit City to Buying Cleaner Vehicles
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian said today the city should stop purchasing most types of vehicles that...
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (DWP) Sued By Federal Government Over 2017...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles and the Department of Water and Power is defending itself against a federal lawsuit that...
Free Shuttle Service Comes To Griffith Park
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Mayor Eric Garcetti, Councilmember David Ryu and the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks and Department of...
Los Angeles Bans Developers From Donating To City Officials, Candidates
LOS ANGLES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council voted today to prevent developers who have project applications pending at City...
L.A. City Council Committee Puts Trash Cleanup Teams on Notice
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Frustrated by the amount of debris on the city's streets, a Los Angeles City Council Committee today ordered...
Elon Musk Apologizes from Witness Stand to Man He Called a `Pedo Guy’
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the witness stand today in downtown Los Angeles and apologized to the...
Nury Martinez Elected As First Latina Los Angeles City Council President
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles City Councilwoman Nury Martinez was chosen by her colleagues today to become the next council president,...
Hollywood Christmas Parade Tonight, Access Hollywood Host Mario Lopez Grand Marshal
HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - With Thanksgiving in the rear-view mirror, Hollywood will begin celebrating the Christmas season tomorrow night as the 88th annual...
Hollywood Chamber Sued by Former Communications, Social Media Director
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The 50-year-old former director of communications and social media for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce is suing her...
LAPD Officer Wounded in OIS Involving Alleged Gang Member in Boyle Heights
BOYLE HEIGHTS (CNS) - A gang-detail officer from Los Angeles police's Hollenbeck Division was hospitalized in stable condition this morning with an...
Herb Wesson to Step Down As Los Angeles City Council President
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - After eight years as Los Angeles City Council President, Herb Wesson announced today he will step down from...
Los Angeles World Airports CEO To Step Down In March
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles World Airports CEO Deborah Flint will leave the Southland in March to become president and CEO...
County Says It Can’t Pay Extra For City Of Los Angeles’ Bridge Home Shelters
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Despite the city's hopes for additional funding for homeless services, the director of Los Angeles County's Homeless Initiative...
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Announces Transportation Strategy to Reduce Carbon Emissions
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the release of the Zero Emissions 2028 Roadmap 2.0, a strategy...
Whoa! Los Angeles “Happiness Salary” Now $204,855 Annually
A recent survey from Purdue University and GoBankingRates.com discovered that based on respondents, a person needs an annual salary of $204,855 in order...
Extortion Alleged by Los Angeles City Councilman Aide – Files $10 Million Claim
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An aide to Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar has filed a $10 million legal claim against the...
LAX Protest Could Affect Holiday Travelers Tuesday
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A planned labor protest at Los Angeles International Airport tomorrow could create some additional travel headaches for people...
Flash Flood Watch Issued For Southern California
Flash Flood Watch Issued For Southern California by National Weather Service9:18 PM PST Sun Nov 24 2019
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Major Storm Expected For Thanksgiving Week
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Rain, snow and unusually cold temperatures are coming to Southern California this week, setting the stage for a...
Garcetti: Strategy to House Homeless is Working, But More Needs to be Done
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Speaking at a summit of regional leaders, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti today said the housing affordability crisis...
