Mayor Karen Bass signed Friday the city’s revised $13 billion budget for fiscal year 2023-24, which she said charts a new course for the city — one that is “stronger, happier, healthier and safer.” The budget will take effect July 1. “Just last month, I stood in this room and said that the budget was […]
Gunman Convicted for Killing in Malibu Creek State Park
A man who fatally shot a research scientist as he slept inside a tent with his two young daughters in Malibu Creek State Park was convicted Friday of second-degree murder and other counts. Anthony Rauda, 46, who some dubbed the “Malibu Sniper” when authorities accused him of involvement in multiple shootings in or near the […]
SFV Man Pleads Guilty in Fake Basquiat Case
A former auctioneer from North Hollywood who admitted he helped create and verify 25 fake Jean-Michel Basquiat paintings that were seized from the Orlando Museum of Art last year pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges. Michael Barzman, 45, entered his plea to making false statements to the FBI during an interview in August, according to […]
Attorneys Make Closing Arguments in LOL Surprise Dolls Trial Dispute
An attorney for rapper Clifford “T.I.” Harris and his wife, singer-songwriter Tameka “Tiny” Harris, argued to jurors Friday that toy giant MGA Entertainment Inc. lifted the likenesses of their popular girl group for the hit OMG LOL Surprise doll line, but the toymaker’s attorney countered the group was relatively obscure and have failed to prove […]
Jurors Resume Deliberations in Rape Retrial of Actor Danny Masterson
Jurors resumed deliberations Friday in the retrial of “That ’70s Show” actor Danny Masterson, who is charged with raping three women at his Hollywood Hills home between 2001 and 2003. On Thursday afternoon, the downtown L.A. panel — which has spent about 5 1/2 days discussing the case — re-heard portions of testimony from one […]
One Killed, Three Injured in Wrong-Way Crash on Harbor Freeway
A head-on collision with a wrong-way driver left one man dead and three others critically injured Friday in downtown Los Angeles. The crash was reported at 2:49 a.m. and officers from the California Highway Patrol responded to the northbound Harbor (110) Freeway at Exposition Boulevard, where they found the victim and several vehicles — including […]
Mail Ballots Sent Out for LA Council 6th District Special Election Runoff
Vote-by-mail ballots have begun to be sent out to all registered voters in the Sixth City Council District for the June 27 special election runoff to fill Nury Martinez’s vacant seat, the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk announced Friday. Community relations manager Imelda Padilla and council aide Marisa Alcaraz took the two top spots in […]
Man Arrested in Sexual Assaults; LAPD Looking for Other Possible Victims
A Los Angeles man has been arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting and filming women, and detectives Friday urged other possible victims to contact authorities. Terrance Hawkins, 41, was arrested in downtown Los Angeles on April 26, and was being held on a no-bail warrant for multiple counts of forcible rape, stalking and “intimate partner violence,” […]
Hollywood Writers Strike Wrapping Up 4th Week; Union Rally Planned Downtown
As the Writers Guild of America strike wraps up its fourth week Friday — with no end in sight — the strikers will break from the picketing script that’s defined the first month of their walkout and will instead take part in what’s expected to be a large, multi-union rally in downtown. “We’re switching up […]
LA Honors Regional Mexican Band Grupo Firme
The Los Angeles City Council Friday honored Grupo Firme, a Latin Grammy Award-winning regional Mexican band, one day ahead the group’s performance at SoFi Stadium. Councilman John Lee led Friday’s presentation and welcomed the famous banda group into the Council Chamber. Amid loud and festive music, members of the public and city staff gathered to […]
Felon Sentenced to Nearly 200 Years in Prison for Robbery-Murder
A convicted felon who joined another offender in an all-night robbery spree that culminated in the slaying of a Riverside convenience store clerk was sentenced Friday to 170 years to life in state prison. A Murrieta jury in March convicted Roderick Lamar Grandison, 50, of Compton of first-degree murder and two counts each of armed […]
