After nearly a year of lockdowns, social distancing, widespread infection and Covid-19-related death in Los Angeles, residents are preparing for the next chapter of the pandemic: the vaccination period.
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Newly elected Los Angeles City Councilman Kevin de León’s solution for the homelessness crisis is a bold one: Build 25,000 housing units in the next four years.
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The LAPD’s promise of robust oversight for facial recognition technology in police work hasn’t quelled concerns from civil liberties groups that the tools will perpetuate harm in communities of color.
Read moreA Southern California developer agreed to pay $1.2 Million to resolve a criminal probe into its relationship with ex-L.A. City Councilman Jose Huizar, who was indicted on racketeering charges. The developer admitted it made $75,000 in pollical contributions in exchange for a reduction of the affordable housing requirement for one of its real estate projects.
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A federal judge Monday again denied a California church’s request to block state restrictions on indoor gatherings, saying the church is still free to hold outdoor religious services and that lifting the rules would likely contribute to the spread of Covid-19.
Read moreIn a settlement approved by a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge, the owners of a luxury hotel in Santa Monica, California, which was built without required permits, have agreed to pay $1 million in penalties and restitution, in addition to the $15.6 million penalty already paid to the California Coastal Commission.
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After a lengthy legal analysis and at least one threat of a lawsuit, Los Angeles will consider a ban on all oil drilling within the city limits.
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Federal prosecutors pulled back the curtain on an ongoing corruption probe at Los Angeles City Hall, revealing charges Monday against a former deputy mayor and two businessmen accused of bribing former Councilman Jose Huizar for favorable votes on downtown development projects.
Read moreThe Ninth Circuit upheld a ruling in favor of a Los Angeles police officer who shot and killed a 14-year-old boy. Although a member of the jury in this excessive force case was in social media groups that closely followed law enforcement activity, and didn’t disclose that fact, such an affiliation “would not have provided a basis for a challenge for cause.”
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Federal agents arrested a Los Angeles resident Thursday on charges of recklessly flying a drone into a Los Angeles Police Department helicopter.
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The extreme economic pressures wrought by the coronavirus pandemic have turned hundreds of thousands of tenants against tens of thousands of landlords in what one federal judge has called “but for the shooting, a war in every real sense.”
Read moreA federal court in California denied a Los Angeles police officer’s motion for summary judgment in a wrongful death suit alleging unreasonable use of deadly force during an altercation in a gym locker room that ended with the officer shooting a man multiple times. There’s a genuine question as to whether the man posed a threat to justify such a response.
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The city of Los Angeles agreed to pay nearly $2 million in fines for bulldozing over nine acres of a state park in the Santa Monica Mountains and trampling an endangered plant species while replacing power poles near the affluent coastal neighborhood of Pacific Palisades.
Read moreVeteran screenwriter Jeffrey Scott claims in a suit filed in federal court in California that the Walt Disney Company misappropriated his “award-winning contributions” to the “Muppet Babies”television show.
Read moreA Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy was properly convicted of making false statements to the FBI about an incident in which several other deputies assaulted a jail visitor and brought false charges against him, the Ninth Circuit ruled.
Read morePart of a copyright case against Post Malone can continue, a federal court in California ruled. Canadian musician Tyler Armes claims he co-authored Post Malone’s song Circles and deserves a larger share of the royalties.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department watchdog group voted unanimously Thursday to demand Sheriff Alex Villanueva resign immediately, saying his obstruction of accountability and reform efforts and his inability to rid the department of deputy gangs has shut the door on cordial oversight.
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The operators of the now-shuttered Exide Technologies battery recycling plant in Los Angeles County have proposed a plan to abandon the site through bankruptcy and avoid cleaning it and the surrounding, predominantly Latino neighborhoods, where residents have reported lead poisoning and other health issues for decades.
Read moreThe Los Angeles County subsidiary of a Chinese developer will pay over $1 million to resolve a criminal investigation into bribes paid to an LA city councilman and illegal contributions to other political figures, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.
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