FBI Raids Home, Office of LA City Councilman
FBI agents raided the home and office of a Los Angeles City Council member Wednesday morning under the authority of a federal search warrant.
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Police Killing
Los Angeles police officers pointlessly shot the unarmed Christian Escobedo to death on Jan. 14 for the unforgivable sin of sleeping on a sidewalk, his family claims in a federal complaint.
Read moreJudge Ready to Advance Spat Between Car-Sharing App & LAX
A federal judge on Monday tentatively advanced claims by car-sharing app Turo that Los Angeles misclassifies it as a rental car company and charges “unconstitutional” fees for connecting drivers at Los Angeles International Airport.
Read moreLA School District Settles Molestation Case for $5M
Just as jury selection was about to begin, the Los Angeles School District agreed to pay $5 million to settle a case with a former student whose math teacher sexually abused her when she was in middle school.
Read moreWhite Nationalists Accused of Violence Appear in Court
Three members of a California white nationalist group appeared in Los Angeles federal court on Wednesday after the FBI arrested them for organizing and participating in riots across the state.
Read moreJudge Permanently Blocks DOJ’s Sanctuary City Cuts
A federal judge on Friday permanently barred the Trump administration from withholding policing grants from California, San Francisco and other so-called sanctuary jurisdictions across the nation.
Read moreSuge Knight Gets 28 Years in Prison for Fatal Hit-and-Run
At the sentencing of rap producer Marion “Suge” Knight on Thursday, family of the man Knight ran over in a Compton parking lot in 2015 said they were forced to watch the man’s death multiple times as surveillance footage leaked by TMZ played out in the media.
Read moreLA County Pushes Back on Newest Anti-Immigration Rule
With about 3.5 million immigrants in Los Angeles County, officials on Tuesday said a proposed Trump administration immigration policy limiting green card access for those who receive public assistance is dangerous.
Read moreMary J. Blige
Golden Venus LLC claims in court that former tenant Mary J. Blige owes $58,200 in unpaid rent and damages on a Beverly Hills home.
Read moreHistoric LA Times Building Wins Wrecking-Ball Reprieve
Officials in Los Angeles on Thursday recommended making the Art Deco former digs of the LA Times a cultural-historic landmark, putting a wrinkle into redevelopment plans by the building’s new owner.
Read moreLA Scurries to Ban Most Fur Sales by 2020
Fur is out. Or that’s the plan the city of Los Angeles set in motion Tuesday as officials voted on a proposal to ban the sale and manufacture of fur products by 2020, including clothing and accessories.
Read moreLA Wins Round in Fight Over Justice Department Grant
A federal judge on Thursday ruled the Trump administration exceeded its authority when it withheld a 2017 public safety grant from Los Angeles over its refusal to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.
Read moreDamaged Wetlands
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power reached a $5.4 million settlement Wednesday with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for damaging 8 acres of wetlands in Granada Hills.
Read moreLos Angeles Opens First Temporary Homeless Facility
The city of Los Angeles opened its first temporary homeless facility – what some are calling a “pop-up shelter” – downtown on Wednesday, despite pushback from neighbors.
Read more12 Years
Lamont Tarkington claims in a federal complaint that he was wrongly imprisoned for 12 years after Los Angeles County sheriff’s officers fabricated evidence to convict him of a bank robbery he did not do.
Read moreLA Weekly Investor Sues Co-Investors, Claiming Mismanagement
The LA Weekly, once revered as an alternative news source for Angelenos, has been mismanaged by a group of investors to the “point of no return” according to an investor who accused the owners of hurting the publication by firing most of the editorial department, drying up revenue streams and using the publication’s name to fund other ventures.
Read moreSpot Zoning
Reversing for the city of Los Angeles, a California appeals court approved of spot zoning for a Super Target store because the ordinance was in the public interest and compatible with the general plan.
Read moreWestern Water
Mono County sued Los Angeles and its Department of Water and Power for reducing water deliveries to 6,400 acres and increasing the amount of water LA exports from the county.
Read moreFeds Sued Again Over ‘Sanctuary City’ Grants
The city of Los Angeles sued the Trump administration Wednesday for withholding federal funds from “sanctuary cities” that don’t comply with federal immigration policies, adding another lawsuit in a series of disputes with the Justice Department.
Read moreLA Agrees to Pay $1.95 Million in Police Shooting Settlement
Los Angeles city officials agreed to pay $1.95 million to the family of a homeless man fatally shot by on Skid Row, as part of a settlement agreement approved on Tuesday.
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