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LA County to pay $47M over alleged misconduct by deputies

Los Angeles County will pay $47.6 million to settle lawsuits alleging misconduct by sheriff’s deputies, including $8 million to the family of a man whose killing prompted large

By Associated Press

/ 3 Nov 2022

LA County to pay $47M over alleged misconduct by deputies

Orange County declares health emergency due to viruses

A health emergency has been declared in Southern California’s Orange County due to rapidly spreading viral infections that are sending more children to the hospital, health officials said Tuesday.

By Associated Press

/ 3 Nov 2022

Orange County declares health emergency due to viruses

Judge OKs lawsuit against Angels over Tyler Skaggs death

A California judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against the Los Angeles Angels over the drug-related death of pitcher Tyler Skaggs. Orange County Superior Court Judge Glenn Salter on

By Associated Press

/ 3 Nov 2022

Judge OKs lawsuit against Angels over Tyler Skaggs death

4 workers injured by gas release at Los Angeles airport

Four workers were injured, including one critically, by a release of carbon dioxide early Monday in a Los Angeles International Airport utility room, authorities said. One man was initially in

By Editor

/ 1 Nov 2022

4 workers injured by gas release at Los Angeles airport

Santa Monica Pier unveils 100-year-old merry go-round horses artistically decorated for Dia de los Muertos

It has long been rumored that the 106-year-old national landmark Looff Hippodrome (aka Merry Go-Round Building) on the Santa Monica Pier has been visited by spirits. While that may or

By Editor

/ 1 Nov 2022

Santa Monica Pier unveils 100-year-old merry go-round horses artistically decorated for Dia de los Muertos

Fairview Branch Library reopens via self service and enhanced hours at all Library locations

The Fairview Branch reopens on November 1, 2022, via Open+ a comprehensive self-service model providing controlled access to the library. Community members who are pre-approved will be able to access

By Editor

/ 1 Nov 2022

Fairview Branch Library reopens via self service and enhanced hours at all Library locations

2 dead in Southern California shopping center stabbing

Two people were fatally stabbed Thursday at a Los Angeles County shopping center, authorities said. A woman was pronounced dead at the scene at the shopping center in Palmdale, a

By Associated Press

/ 28 Oct 2022

Trio charged in $3.4 million home improvement loan scam

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has announced that three people have been charged in a 159-count complaint with identity theft, grand theft and residential burglary in a home

By Associated Press

/ 28 Oct 2022

Trio charged in $3.4 million home improvement loan scam

Arson probed after major Los Angeles blaze and smaller fires

A raging fire destroyed a vacant commercial building in Los Angeles early Wednesday and numerous other small fires broke out in the same area, triggering an arson investigation, authorities said.

By Associated Press

/ 27 Oct 2022

Government funding vote fails again in Senate as hopes fade for quick end to shutdown

California carbon emissions fell 9% in pandemic’s 1st year

California’s planet-warming emissions dropped nearly 9% in 2020 compared to the year before as pandemic restrictions kept people at home, out of their cars and away from the workplace

By Associated Press

/ 27 Oct 2022

California carbon emissions fell 9% in pandemic’s 1st year

West L.A. Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison for Harassment Campaign Targeting Female Doctors at VA Facilities

A West Los Angeles man who engaged in a harassment campaign targeting two female doctors at the West Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and two other female doctors working

By Associated Press

/ 26 Oct 2022

West L.A. Man Sentenced to 18 Years in Federal Prison for Harassment Campaign Targeting Female Doctors at VA Facilities

Committee for Racial Justice presents: Who Is Running This Town?

The Nov. 6th monthly workshop sponsored by the Committee For Racial Justice (CRJ) is entitled WHO IS RUNNING THIS TOWN? That’s the question the leadership of CRJ and the

By Associated Press

/ 26 Oct 2022

Committee for Racial Justice presents: Who Is Running This Town?