Inside her home in Southern California, Mary Izumi sits at her piano flipping through the yellowed pages of her old songbooks. Along with her high school yearbook, they are the last remaining artifacts from her time growing up in a Japanese fishing village that once thrived on an island in the ports of Los Angeles before it was destroyed at the onset of World War II.
Read moreEleven employees and former employees of Au Fudge Restaurant brought overtime claims in Superior Court against the business and its part-owner Jessica Biel, an actress who is married to Justin Timberlake.
Read moreThe Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to issue a series of bonds totaling $300 million that will finance the construction of housing for the homeless.
Read moreMayor Eric Garcetti announced Monday that Michel Moore will head the Los Angeles Police Department, a veteran of the force and a crime statistics expert who says he wants to build trust between police and communities.
Read moreA pair of Democrats running for California governor met with black faith leaders in Los Angeles on Friday, promising to invest in early childhood education, hold police accountable in wrongful death cases and back a public option for health insurance if they are elected in November.
Read moreCalifornia law enforcement agencies fall short in identifying and reporting hate crimes, according to a state audit released Thursday.
Read moreThe Los Angeles City Council approved a plan Tuesday to spend voter-approved tax revenue to build housing with social services for homeless residents and endorsed state legislation that would funnel $2 billion to cities to immediately house the homeless.
Read moreMore than 500 law enforcement officers participated in an operation Wednesday targeting 32 members of the Mexican Mafia who controlled drug smuggling, narcotics sales and the extortion of prisoners inside the Los Angeles County jail system.
Read moreNeighbors of a proposed emergency homeless shelter shouted and booed speakers in favor of the project at Los Angeles City Hall on Tuesday, citing safety concerns and an overall lack of communication by city officials.
Read moreThe Los Angeles City Council approved a $9.9 billion spending plan for the next fiscal year on Monday, boosting contributions to the city’s cash reserves and funding for housing projects for the homeless.
Read moreAn attorney for a former Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy who was found guilty of obstructing a federal investigation argued on Friday that her superior is to blame for her imprisonment and job loss.
Read moreThe Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office lacks expert support in handling cases involving noncitizens, increasing their danger of deportation and other immigration-related consequences, a report released Wednesday says.
Read moreOver 65,000 people were arrested and booked by the Los Angeles Police Department in 2017 and were levied over $3.6 billion in bail money, according to a study released Tuesday.
Read moreAll of Us or None-Los Angeles Chapter accuses the Los Angeles County Registrar of improperly disenfranchising thousands of felons who are not in prison or on parole, in a class action in L.A. Superior Court.
Read moreA three-judge panel at the Ninth Circuit said Monday that two homeless residents shot by police officers who entered their shack should have protections against warrantless searches and questioned whether probable cause was properly established in the lead up to the confrontation.
Read moreSheriff’s deputies say a suspect is in custody following the shooting of a student at a Los Angeles County high school on Friday morning.
Read moreLos Angeles is taking legal action against eight defendants after a multi-agency investigation found that thousands of misbranded and counterfeit medications were sold to the public.
Read moreSpaceX, Elon Musk’s rocket company, received approval from the Los Angeles City Council Tuesday to construct spaceships and interplanetary rockets at a 19-acre Port of Los Angeles plot in San Pedro.
Read moreA coalition of privacy protection advocates on Tuesday demanded that two Los Angeles Police Department crime predicting programs be dismantled, claiming they disproportionately target those who are low-income or people of color and that they collect data on individuals without consent.
Read moreThe choice by Los Angeles commuters to ditch their beloved cars and instead hop on public transit would decrease their risks of heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, according to a health impact study released Thursday by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
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