New York real estate heir Robert Durst will finally go to trial Sept. 3 on charges he murdered his close friend Susan Berman 18 years ago, a Los Angeles Superior Court judge declared Tuesday. At that trial, the jury will also hear that the 75-year-old eccentric multimillionaire killed and dismembered a neighbor in Texas, Morris Black, less than a year after Berman’s death.
Read moreA Justice Department attorney said in opening statements of a federal grand jury trial Tuesday that a former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy intentionally covered for his fellow officers when he lied to federal investigators about a 2011 beating in LA’s central jail.
Read moreOn day two of the Los Angeles teacher strike, educators in red rallied outside a charter school’s headquarters Tuesday to highlight their frustration over what they call the privatization of public schools.
Read moreSeveral major constructions projects slated for downtown Los Angeles are under scrutiny as it was revealed over the weekend an FBI corruption probe focused on two city council members and former city hall employees who are being investigated for bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering.
Read moreRain fell on more than 30,000 Los Angeles Unified School District educators as they picketed and marched outside classrooms and schools Monday, the first day of a strike demanding class size reductions, more social workers and librarians and better pay for teachers at the nation’s second largest public-school districts.
Read moreFilm studio Alcon Entertainment sued French auto company Automobiles Peugeot Thursday for failing to spend $40 million to promote “Blade Runner 2049” in exchange for prime placement of its auto trademark in the film.
Read moreThe Los Angeles public school teachers’ union rejected the district’s latest labor contract offer Friday after a fruitless bargaining session ended without a result that would avert Monday’s strike.
Read moreLos Angeles public school teachers can begin their strike on Jan. 14 after a judge ruled Thursday that the school district could not extend the strike delay even further or block it altogether.
Read moreHauling the teachers’ union to court ahead of a strike on Thursday, the Los Angeles Unified School District says the planned work stoppage would constitute a breach of contract.
Read moreA teachers’ strike is still on for the nation’s second-largest school district, but the union representing Los Angeles teachers says the walkout could be delayed if a judge sides with the school district, which claims the union did not notify it of the strike for later this week.
Read moreLos Angeles’ city attorney sued The Weather Channel on Thursday, claiming it fraudulently and deceptively uses its Weather Channel App “to amass its users’ private, personal geolocation data,” not, as advertised — “to provide them with ‘personalized local weather data’”— but to monetize the information by selling it to third parties.
Read moreJust before 30,000 teachers are set to walk out of classrooms in Los Angeles next week during a scheduled strike, the public school district asked a federal judge Thursday to grant an injunction that would keep teachers of special needs students available during the strike.
Read moreA smartphone app launched Thursday by Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is the first publicly available app in the nation that can alert residents if a major earthquake has struck, potentially granting precious seconds for people to evacuate and prepare.
Read moreA dehydrated, disoriented hiker who was rescued by L.A. sheriff’s officers claims in a federal complaint that, as he was “sharing his story about his spirituality and the spiritual meaning behind the subject hike,” one officer was “not too keen on (plaintiff’s) verbose and talkative demeanor,” and punched him in the face, breaking his jaw.
Read moreChris Brown has been charged with monkey-related misdemeanors.
Read moreThe second largest school district in the country may see a teacher strike early next year if no deal is reached with the teacher’s union, which announced a plan to walk after a report found the school district has $1.8 billion in reserves.
Read moreHarith Iskander claims in court that the Laugh Factory owes him $70,005 for winning the $100,000 grand prize in its 2016 Funniest Person in World contest.
Read moreAfter more than a decade of deliberations, county officials on Tuesday approved an expansive development project set to bring 19,000 homes to undeveloped Los Angeles County – much to the dismay of environmental preservationists.
Read moreLOS ANGELES (CN) –The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office charged an officer with manslaughter on Tuesday for shooting an
Read moreResidents from poor black and Latino neighborhoods who sued the city over policies that placed oil wells close to schools and homes in their neighborhoods argued in court on Friday that they have been swept up into a lawsuit filed by the oil industry, who want to hold them accountable for enacting change within the city’s internal zoning laws.
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