LA City Council Seeks to Increase Sanitation Staff to Address Illegal Dumping

As part of a plan to address illegal street dumping across Los Angeles, the City Council took steps Wednesday to have the Bureau of Sanitation double the number of staff that responds to calls about the issue. The council’s motion, which passed 14-0, instructs the Bureau of Sanitation to expedite a plan to address illegal […]

Ex-LA Port Engineer Gets Three Years for Intentional Train Wreck

A former locomotive engineer at the Port of Los Angeles was sentenced to three years behind bars Wednesday for intentionally running a train at full speed off the tracks near the Navy hospital ship Mercy, claiming the vessel was docked at the port as part of a possible “government takeover.” Eduardo Moreno, 46, of San […]

AFI Receives Grant for Research on Short Films, Diversity in Early Hollywood

The American Film Institute announced Wednesday it has received a $350,000 grant that will enable it to study thousands of short films produced in the silent and early sound eras of cinema, as well as to explore diversity in the early days of Hollywood. The grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities will help […]

Actor Arrested for Alleged Online Sexually Explicit Communication with Minor

Los Angeles police reached out to the public Wednesday in search of people who may have been victimized by an actor arrested on suspicion of engaging in “online sexually explicit communication with a minor.” Joseph Gatt, 50, of Los Angeles, was arrested at his home April 6 by detectives from the Internet Crimes Against Children […]

LA Business Council Urges Policy Reforms For LA To Meet Housing Goals

The Los Angeles Business Council called Wednesday for the city to make sweeping reforms to meet its goal of creating nearly 500,000 new residential units by 2029. The City Council unanimously approved the Housing Element Update 2021-29 last year as a guide that lays the groundwork for creating 456,643 new units, with at least 184,721 […]

Car Crashes Down Embankment in Griffith Park

A car tumbled about 300 feet down an embankment in Griffith Park Wednesday, authorities said. The crash was reported about 6:40 a.m. near the 2800 block of West Observatory Drive, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. Firefighters and paramedics were sent to the scene to assess the woman, in her 60s, for possible injuries, the […]

Suspect Arrested After Leading Authorities on Chase in Northern LA County

An assault suspect in an allegedly stolen SUV was taken into custody in the Santa Clarita area after leading authorities on a chase Wednesday. The chase began at about 1:05 p.m., when officers went to the 10200 block of Ilex Avenue in Pacoima on a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, according to […]

Anaheim Police Arrested 4th Suspect in Fatal Shooting

A 21-year-old Fullerton man was arrested Wednesday in connection with the fatal shooting an Anaheim man in August. Miguel Urbina Pelaez is the fourth person arrested in the Aug. 15 killing of 28-year-old Edwin Richard Ramirez Hernandez, Anaheim police Sgt. Shane Carringer said. A second man was shot in the gang-related attack on Bellevue Drive […]

LA County Firefighter Killed in House Fire Died of Heart Attack

Authorities said Wednesday that Los Angeles County Firefighter Jonathan Flagler died of a heart attack after running out of air while battling a house fire in Rancho Palos Verdes earlier this year, and that the firefighter also had methamphetamine in his system. Flagler, 47, was among crew members from Fire Station 83 who responded to […]

Man Pleads No Contest in Attack on Boy on Long Beach City Bus

A Long Beach man has pleaded no contest to attacking a 12-year-old boy on a city bus, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday. David Manuel Santana Garcia, now 37, was sentenced Tuesday to 440 days in county jail and two years probation in connection with his plea to one […]

Police Arrest 16-Year-Old Boy in Connection with Fatal Shooting in NoHo

A 16-year-old boy was arrested for allegedly fatally shooting a 41-year-old man in North Hollywood, police said Wednesday. The shooting was reported about 11:20 a.m. Sunday in the 12000 block of Saticoy Street, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Efrain Garcia of Van Nuys died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County […]