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Councilman Jose Huizar Arrested by FBI on Federal Racketeering Charges
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Case Alleges the Politician Operated a ‘Pay-to-Play’ Scheme in Which Real Estate...
Los Angeles City, County Homeless Populations Rise Again, Latest Count Shows
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Even before the coronavirus struck the nation and the Southland, the homeless population in the city and county...
ACLU Sued: Black Attorney Alleges ACLU SoCal Discriminated Against, Wrongfully Fired Her
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A black former attorney for the ACLU of Southern California is suing the civil rights organization, alleging she...
Manhunt Targets Suspect Who Wounded California Deputy
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hundreds of California police officers were searching Thursday for a gunman suspected of opening fire at a police...
L.A. Processions Honor George Floyd; Prosecutors To Address Curfew Violators
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Attorney's Office Monday is expected to outline how they will handle the cases of...
Red Flag Conditions Return to Southern California: High Winds, Low Humidity
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A red flag warning signifying a high risk of wildfire will be in effect in the Southland through...
National Guard to Begin Leaving California Cities
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — National Guard troops will be pulled out...
Councilwoman Monica Rodriquez Breaks Promise to Los Angeles Police Officers
LOS ANGELES - In a video that has recently gone viral, Los Angeles Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez is seen in a heated exchange...
At Least A Dozen Police Protests Planned Sunday in Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Thousands of people are expected to take to the streets in Los Angeles County again Sunday, as at...
Protests and March Scheduled in Los Angeles and Orange Counties
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - At least 30 protests were scheduled for Saturday in Los Angeles and Orange counties to call for justice...
Los Angeles County Announces 36 More Deaths Due To COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County health and elected officials have again highlighted disparities in COVID-19 deaths among black residents and...
Protest Marches Continue Today In Southland As Curfews Lift
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - At least nine separate protests against police brutality were scheduled for Friday, including demonstrations in Los Angeles, Long...
Los Angeles Mayor Announces End Of Curfews For 2nd Largest US City
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Widespread peaceful conduct across California at demonstrations to protest the death of George Floyd brought an end to...
Two Black Activists Scoff at Proposed Reductions in “Bloated” LAPD Budget
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two prominent black civil rights activists say a city plan to cut up to $150 million from the...
Los Angeles Protests and Riots Create 400 Tons of Trash, Rocks, Bricks, and Burnt...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Department of Public Works said Wednesday that its staff and hundreds of volunteers collected nearly...
More Anti-Police-Brutality Protests Held Across Southern California
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Protesters took to Southland streets again Wednesday to decry police brutality and condemn the in-custody death of George...
Los Angeles Police Officers Attacked, Businesses Looted in Downtown Demonstrations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Police worked Saturday morning to disperse crowds in downtown Los Angeles as multiple businesses were looted following demonstrations...
Los Angeles Archdiocese Lays Out Plans For Restarting Church Services
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Churches in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles were directed Wednesday morning to prepare to resume church services as...
Big Oil loses appeal, climate suits go to California courts
BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. appeals court ruled Tuesday against major oil companies in...
Los Angeles Police Department To Pay Bonuses Despite Budget Crisis
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - City officials are defending plans to go ahead with nearly $41 million in raises for Los Angeles police...
RNC Sues Newsom Over Order to Send Mail Ballots to All California Voters
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Gov. Gavin Newsom has been sued by the Republican National Committee and two other party organizations for his...
Lock Your Cars! Vehicle Theft Spikes In COVID-19 Pandemic
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The coronavirus hasn’t been kind to car owners.
Los Angeles Beaches, Stores Open Ahead Of Memorial Day Weekend
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County has reopened some beach parkinglots as Memorial Day weekend continues and authorized retail businessesinside enclosed...
Density, Poverty Keep Los Angeles Struggling Against The Virus
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — While most of California welcomed more places to eat, shop...
Investigators Open Criminal Probe Into Los Angeles Explosion
By STEFANIE DAZIO and FRANK BAKER ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police and fire investigators launched a criminal...
40 New COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - COVID-19 deaths continue to mount in Los AngelesCounty, with 40 new deaths reported along with nearly 1,100 new...
California Homeless Quarantine In Hotels, More Rooms Needed
By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JANIE HAR Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Anxiety mounted every time someone at the...
40 New COVID-19 Deaths Reported in Los Angeles County
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - COVID-19 deaths continue to mount in Los AngelesCounty, with 40 new deaths reported today, along with nearly 1,100...
Coronavirus Deaths Rise Again In Los Angeles County As More Businesses Open
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Another four dozen coronavirus deaths werereported in Los Angeles County today as more businesses were permitted toreopen with...
Locked Down Neighbors Let Loose At ‘Quaranchella’ Concerts
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For 15 years, Adam Chester has subbed for Elton...
Los Angeles Bribery: Consultant to Plead Guilty to Role in LA City Councilmember Pay-to-Play...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A real estate development consultant agreed todayto plead guilty to a federal racketeering charge for his role in...
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti Says People Must Wear Masks or Facial Coverings While in...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - People are now required to wear masks or facialcoverings while in public in Los Angeles, Mayor Eric Garcetti...
Hollywood Bowl Summer Season Falls Victim to Coronavirus – Season Cancelled
HOLLYWOOD (CNS) - For the first time in almost a century, theHollywood Bowl will be silent this summer, with the Los Angeles...
Settlement Talks Continue in Los Angeles Skid Row Homelessness Lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Settlement talks are expected to continue today ina lawsuit seeking to house thousands of people in danger of...
Trails Reopen in Los Angeles County as 1,011 More COVID-19 Cases Reported
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County health officials have announced another 1,011 cases of COVID-19 and 44 additional deaths, while hiking...
Los Angeles Rams Still Hoping for Guests at SoFi Stadium Opening Party
By GREG BEACHAM AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Rams finally have a date and...
Los Angeles Panel Hears Appeal in Ashley Judd/Harvey Weinstein Case
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - An attorney for actress Ashley Judd today appealed a Los Angeles federal judge's dismissal of her sexual harassment...
Los Angeles to Allow Some Businesses to Reopen Friday
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County officials say some "non-essential" retail businesses will be allowed to reopen Friday with curbside pickup...
Southern California Heat Wave Promises One More Day of Torrid Heat
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The region will be bedeviled by one more day of torrid heat today, with Woodland Hills forecast to...
Los Angeles Enters Second Day of Heat Wave. County Temperature Forecasts.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The region's second heat wave of 2020 entered its second day today, threatening temperatures approaching triple-digit territory.
LAPD Officer to Be Arraigned for Off-Duty Shooting of Fellow Officer
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Los Angeles police officer who allegedly shot a fellow officer in the shoulder during an off-duty camping...
Coronavirus Cases in Los Angeles County Near 25,000 As Testing Increases
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Health officials have announced 38 more deaths in Los Angeles County from the coronavirus and 691 additional cases,...
Los Angeles Attorneys Say Company Sold Antibody Tests Not Approved By FDA
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - City Attorney Mike Feuer and Los Angeles District Attorney Jackie Lacey today announced a lawsuit against a company...
Dana Point, Huntington Beach Resist Newsom’s Beach Closure Order
Beach to call on officials to relax the state's stay-at-home orders. Fred Fourcher can be reached at [email protected] or 949-417-4111.  NEWPORT BEACH...
After One-Day Hiatus, Average L.A. County Gas Price Resumes Dropping
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
Garcetti To Serve As Biden Vice Presidential Selection Committee Co-chair
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -Â Â Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will be among four co-chairs of the Vice Presidential Selection Committee for former Vice...
Los Angeles Controller Releases Data Map, Info Hub On COVID-19 Resources
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Controller Ron Galperin today unveiled a COVID-19 Resource Hub website that gathers the latest federal, state...
Garcetti To Serve As Biden Campaign Co-chair
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Former Vice President Joe Biden's presidential campaign committee today named L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti as one of four...
California Southland To Experience Rough Seas Through Monday; New Heat Wave On The Way
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Powerful northwest winds will generate rough seas today as the Southland's first heat wave of 2020 dissipates, only...
Streak Of Dropping L.A. County Gas Prices Ends At 59th Days
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -Â Â A 59-day streak of decreases that dropped the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los...
Los Angeles Sewing Group Seeks Volunteers To Provide 30,000 Cloth Masks
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A group of sewers seeking to create 30,000 cloth face masks for front-line health care workers in Los...
Coronavirus Deaths Hit 1,000 In L.A. County
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County has reached a grim milestone, with COVID-19 deaths topping 1,000.  The county Department of Public...
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops For 59th Consecutive Day
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -Â Â The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today for the 59th...
New FBI Counterterrorism Leader In Los Angeles Named
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Amir Ehsaei has been named the new special agent in charge of the Counterterrorism Division of the Los...
L.A. County To Consider $35.5 Budget, Warning Of Cuts To Come
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors is set today to consider a preliminary $35.5 billion budget for...
Pedestrian Struck By Patrol Car, Hospitalized
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Los Angeles police officer responding to a call struck and injured a pedestrian today in the El...
California Southland Heat Wave Enters Second Week
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Gusty crosswinds will swirl in the Southland today, with the strongest occurring along the Interstate-5 corridor in the...
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops For 57th Consecutive Day
LOS ANGELES (CNS) -Â Â The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today for the 57th...
L.A. County Reports 440 New Cases Of COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County's coronavirus toll is nearing 20,000 cases today, with more than 900 cases.  Officials Sunday reported...
Hahn, Kuehl Propose Vote-By-Mail Ballots For All L.A. County Voters
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County Supervisors Janice Hahn and Sheila Kuehl are proposing sending a vote-by-mail ballot to all eligible...
City Of Los Angeles Opens Cooling Centers In Wake Of Heat Wave
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles, Department of Recreation and Parks announced today it has activated four cooling centers to help...
LA Metro To Close Entrances To Some B Line Rail Stations To Clean For...
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority says it will temporarily close some of the entrances to rail...
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops For 54th Consecutive Day
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
L.A. Councilmen Continue Call For Federal Rent Freeze During Coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Two Los Angeles Councilmen echoed their call today for the federal government to enact a suspension of rent...
COVID-19 Deaths Continue To Rise As Cases Top 16,000
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles County's coronavirus toll stood at more than 16,000 cases today, with more than 700 dead.  More...
L.A. County Waives Pet Adoption Fees
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control said today it is waiving adoption fees for...
High Winds, High Heat Combine To Bedevil Southland
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Powerful winds will sweep areas of the Southland today while temperatures continue to climb in the region's first...
Multi-Vehicle Fire Spreads to Home, Apartment Building, Extinguished
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - At least nine vehicle in three garages were damaged this morning by a fire in the Arlington Heights...
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops To Lowest Amount Since February 2017
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
COVID-19 Deaths Continue To Rise As Cases Top 16,000
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - More than 60 additional fatalities due to COVID-19 were reported today in Los Angeles County, pushing the total...
Property Owners Sue L.A. County Over Damage to Road During Woolsey Fire
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A group of property owners is suing Los Angeles County for the damage workers allegedly caused to a...
Chipotle Agrees To Pay $25M To Resolve Tainted Food Allegations
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Newport Beach-based Chipotle Mexican Grill agreed today to pay a a record $25 million fine as part of...
LAPD Chief Seeks To Make Budget Cuts While Keeping Department Staffed
 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore said today that the department will continue to hire sworn officers as...
Lung Association: L.A. Still Has Nation’s `Worst Ozone Pollution’
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles remains the city with the worst ozone pollution in the nation, the American Lung Association says...
Fire Damages Part Of Vision Theatre In South L.A.
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Firefighters extinguished flames that damaged part of the Vision Theatre in South Los Angeles today, but no one...
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops To Lowest Amount Since February 2017
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. Says 57 Employees Tested Positive for COVID-19
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department reported today that 57 employees have tested positive for COVID-19 since the...
L.A. Chargers Unveil New Uniforms For 2020
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles Chargers today unveiled new uniforms for the team's first season in its new SoFi Stadium...
1,724 Jail Inmates Quarantined as Sheriff Pushes for More Funding
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Nearly 15% of the Los Angeles County jail population is currently in quarantine, Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced today,...
Edison and Employees Donate Nearly $300,000 To L.A. Regional Food Bank
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Edison International -- the parent company of Southern California Edison -- and its employees have donated nearly $300,000...
Ex-L.A. Councilman Mitchell Englander To Plead Guilty On June 4
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A June 4 hearing date has been scheduled for ex-Los Angeles City Councilman Mitchell Englander to formally enter...
Garcetti to Release Budget Proposal Likely To Include Service Cuts, Furloughs
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Mayor Eric Garcetti will release his proposed budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year today, having warned that the...
New Coronavirus Testing Sites To Open This Week in L.A. County
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A handful of new COVID-19 testing sites are coming to Los Angeles County this week as officials continue...
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops For 50th Consecutive Day
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
CSUN Professor Creates Map To Track COVID-19 In Every L.A. Neighborhood
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A Cal State Northridge professor has created an interactive map to track the progress of coronavirus throughout each...
Working Group Publishes Plans for Upper Los Angeles River Revitalization
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A plan to revitalize the Upper Los Angeles River and its tributaries has been approved by a state...
Los Angeles Mayor Garcetti: Creating “Cares Corps” Would Aid America’s Recovery From Covid-19 Crisis
April 17, 2020 LOS ANGELES — Mayor Eric Garcetti is calling for the creation of CARES Corps, a federally-funded initiative that would strengthen America’s response to COVID-19 and help accelerate economic recovery from the crisis. The Mayor — with co-authors Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt and Dr. Mark McClellan M.D., Director of the Duke-Margolis Center [...]
USC Survey: Coronavirus Leaves More Than Half Of L.A. County Unemployed
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Economic turmoil brought on by coronavirus-mandated business closures and cutbacks has left more than half of Los Angeles...
Light Rain Forecast In Southland
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Light rain is expected in the Southland today, and there's a chance of thunderstorms tonight, according to the...
Average L.A. County Gas Price Drops To Lowest Amount Since February 2017
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
ACLU In L.A. Files Suit Against ICE For Alleged Warrantless Searches
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Immigrant rights advocates today filed suit in Los Angeles seeking to stop ICE agents from allegedly conducting warrantless...
More Than 50 Coronavirus Deaths Reported in L.A. County; Highest 1-Day Total
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - More than 50 deaths due to coronavirus were reported in Los Angeles County today, the highest single-day total...
L.A. City Senior Meal Program To Double In Size Amid Coronavirus
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Los Angeles today will double the size of its senior meal program to assist thousands of home-bound seniors...
City Says LAPD Media Rep’s Lawsuit Doesn’t Deserve A Trial
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The City Attorney's Office, responding to a lawsuit filed by an LAPD sergeant who alleges he was prohibited...
Operator Of L.A. Company Charged In Telemedicine Scheme
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The operator of a Los Angeles company is facing federal charges for his alleged participation in a massive...
LA Superior Court Delays Trials, Non-Essential Matters For Another 30 Days
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The presiding judge of Los Angeles County's Superior Court system announced today that courtrooms will remain closed for...
Los Angeles Traffic Lights Adjusted To Prevent Unsafe Speeds During Pandemic
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Traffic lights in Los Angeles have been adjusted to attempt to reduce speeding on the uncongested streets during...
Coronavirus Deaths Continue To Mount In L.A. County
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The number of coronavirus deaths in Los Angeles County officially topped 400 today, while nearly 500 new cases...
Average Southland Gas Prices Drop To Lowest Amount Since July 2017
LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped today to its...
