Deadline Wednesday for LA Candidates Who Want to Appear on June 7 Ballot
Wednesday is the deadline for candidates for Los Angeles elected office to submit nominating petitions with a sufficient number of signatures to appear on the June 7 primary ballot. The petitions are due to the Los Angeles City Clerk at 5 p.m. Wednesday. Each candidate for mayor, city attorney, controller and City Council seats must […]
LA County COVID Hospitalizations Fall Again, Reaching Mid-December Levels
The number of COVID-19-positive patients in Los Angeles County hospitals continued to plummet Tuesday, nearing the 700 mark for the first time since mid-December, according to figures released Tuesday. State figures showed 706 COVID-positive patients in county hospitals, down from 731 on Monday. The number of those patients being treated in intensive care units was […]
LA Police Commission Forwards Report into 2021 Police Shootings to Council
The Los Angeles Police Commission Tuesday reviewed a report requested by the City Council on all shootings by LAPD officers in 2021 — a year that saw the highest number of such shootings since 2017 — and sent the report to the council’s Public Safety Committee. Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who chairs the committee, had introduced […]
Thousands Honor Huntington Beach Police Officer Killed in Helicopter Crash
Thousands of friends, relatives and co-workers packed into Honda Center Tuesday to say farewell to Huntington Beach Police Department Officer Nicholas Vella, who died in a helicopter crash last month. Hundreds of law enforcement officers took part in an early morning procession, escorting Vella’s body from Huntington Beach to Anaheim for the service, which was […]
LA City Council Condemns Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a resolution Tuesday to strongly condemn “the egregious actions of (Russian) President Vladimir Putin for ordering the invasion of Ukraine.” The resolution — which was led by Councilman Paul Koretz and introduced by five council members — also includes a call for international or federal divestment of all […]
Los Angeles County Minimum Wage to Increase to $15.96/Hour Starting July 1
The minimum wage in unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County will increase to $15.96 an hour as of July 1, the Department of Business and Consumer Affairs announced Tuesday. The rate marks a 6.4% increase over the current $15/hour minimum wage. The rate has risen steadily since 2016, when the county adopted a minimum wage […]
Man Shot to Death at Baby Shower in Hawthorne
A man was shot to death at a baby shower in Hawthorne, and authorities were seeking his killer Tuesday. Witnesses said the victim was arguing with another man late Monday in the 3900 block of W. 118th Street when the argument turned violent and the suspect shot him several times. The suspect, described as a […]
Cannabis Task Force Reducing Unlicensed Activity in Los Angeles
Los Angeles’ cannabis task force seized 257,732 pounds of cannabis and $2,127,112 in 2021, police said Tuesday. The task force, headed by the Deputy Mayor’s Office of Public Safety, is made up of the Los Angeles Police Department, the Los Angeles Fire Department, the Department of Water and Power, the Department of Building and Safety […]
Man Shot to Death in Whittier Identified
A 30-year-old man who was shot to death in Whittier was publicly identified by authorities Tuesday. The shooting was reported at about 4 p.m. Monday at a parking lot in the 13200 block of Imperial Highway, near Zimmerman Park, according to Deputy Lizette Falcon of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Andrew Gonzalez, whose city […]
Ukrainian Model Describes Harrowing Journey Out of War-Torn Country
With Russian helicopters roaring above, Ukrainian model and former Miss Ukraine Veronika Didusenko, along with her 7-year-old son, braved the horrors of war to escape the city of Kyiv, traveling through four other countries to reach safety, she said Tuesday alongside Los Angeles attorney Gloria Allred. “On Feb. 24, my 7-year-old son and I were […]
The number of COVID-positive patients in Riverside County hospitals declined Tuesday, decreasing from 172 on Monday to 155, while 15 additional virus-related deaths were reported. Of those hospitalized patients, 30 were in intensive care, down from 31 the previous day, according to the Riverside University Health System. The county’s number of COVID hospitalizations had climbed […]
