Los Angeles city and county officials on Tuesday announced a new strategy to speed up the process of getting homeless people into permanent housing that is modeled on the federal government’s response to natural disasters.
Read moreA woman seeks punitive damages from La Luz del Mundo, claiming she was “enslaved, trafficked, and sexually abused by (its) leaders,” and that the religious organization “has made the economic and sexual exploitation of children and others a centerpiece of its operations for decades,” in L.A. Federal Court.
Read moreA free hotline used by immigrants held in detention facilities to connect them with legal resources or family members was ordered to be restored by a Los Angeles federal judge after federal officials blocked a nonprofit from operating the service.
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A university professor active with the organization Black Lives Matter sued the Los Angeles Police Department, claiming police wrongfully arrested her at a turbulent police oversight meeting in 2018 and later filed false criminal charges against her.
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced Monday his office will investigate the Los Angeles Police Department’s use of a statewide gang database after reports revealed officers falsely labeled residents as gang members.
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Investigators found no sign of engine failure in debris from a helicopter that crashed last month and killed NBA superstar Kobe Bryant, his daughter and seven others, the National Transportation Safety Board reported Friday.
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Almost three years after residents of Los Angeles’ Skid Row lost a bid to form their own neighborhood council, a California judge declined Wednesday to invalidate the results of the election, even though the city acknowledged records of online votes were destroyed.
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The helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others that crashed into a rugged hillside outside Los Angeles was flying in foggy conditions considered dangerous enough that local police agencies grounded their choppers.
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Los Angeles City Council members voted Tuesday to repeal an ordinance requiring businesses contracted with the city to disclose any ties to the National Rifle Association.
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The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to demand awarding two World Series titles to the LA Dodgers in the wake of a sign-stealing scandal currently rocking Major League Baseball.
Read moreLos Angeles County will be required to appoint a committee to redraw its voting district lines after a battle with California over the implementation of 2016 legislation that pushed a new method of determining the electoral boundaries.
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Former Vice President Joe Biden said Friday that if elected president in 2020 he’ll call on Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti to help restore U.S. support for the international climate agreement signed in Paris in 2016.
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Joe Biden, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for president, secured an important endorsement Thursday afternoon when Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti threw his rising political capital behind the former vice president.
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Attorneys for New York real estate heir Robert Durst acknowledge he penned a note tipping off police to the location of the body of a friend he’s accused of killing, according to court documents.
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Prosecutors in Los Angeles are reviewing eight cases accusing disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault, an official said Thursday.
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The Ninth Circuit Tuesday denied Los Angeles’ petition for a rehearing of a decision that allowed the Justice Department to withhold law enforcement funding from sanctuary cities that do not comply with its immigration policies.
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Speaking to donors at a Democratic National Committee gala Tuesday, presidential candidate and South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg urged them to not only picture the day when President Donald Trump leaves the White House but to also consider the work that comes after.
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The city of Los Angeles sued the Federal Aviation Administration on Thursday over a shift in flight patterns for planes departing Hollywood Burbank Airport that has dramatically increased noise levels for residents and businesses.
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