LA Council Reviews LAPD Chief Appointment

Eight months after former Chief of Police Michel Moore retired, the City Council Friday will consider the appointment of Jim McDonnell as the 59th leader of the Los Angeles Police Department — the third largest law enforcement agency in the nation. Mayor Karen Bass nominated McDonnell to take on the role in October, following a […]

Dangerous Santa Ana Winds Batter LA,OC

Much of Los Angeles County was again coping with red flag critical fire conditions Thursday as a powerful and “particularly dangerous” Santa Ana wind event continued to combine with low humidity to raise the risk of wildfires. Winds battered much of the region Wednesday, with the National Weather Service reporting peak gusts in the mountains […]

LAFD, OCFS Join Fight Against Massive Mountain Fire in Ventura County

Crews from Los Angeles and Orange counties and across the state were among the hundreds of firefighters working Thursday to battle a massive wildfire in Ventura County that has forced thousands of people from their homes, left an unknown number of people injured and destroyed “numerous” structures amid fierce Santa Ana winds. The Mountain Fire […]

Newsom Calls Legislative Session to Prepare for Trump Administration

Following this week’s presidential election of Donald Trump, Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday summoned state legislators to attend a special session in December and “safeguard California values and fundamental rights,” a move quickly lambasted by some Republican lawmakers as a political stunt. The session will “focus on bolstering California legal resources to protect civil rights, reproductive […]

LA Shelter Program Returns for Winter Season

In preparation for the 2024-25 winter season, the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Thursday declared five sites across the county available to shelter unhoused residents. Last week, the L.A. county-city joint agency opened its Winter Shelter Program, offering 217 beds through March 31. Unhoused residents can receive three meals per day, a bed to sleep […]

Housing Affordability Improves in LA

Los Angeles city homebuyers got some good news in the third quarter of 2024 with housing affordability improving slightly from the previous quarter, while fewer county house purchasers could afford a home in the same quarter, the California Association of Realtors announced Thursday. Eleven percent of L.A. County households could afford to buy the $947,480 […]

Padilla Advocates Against Expanded Hangars at Van Nuys Airport

L.A. Councilwoman Imelda Padilla Thursday urged the Board of Airport Commissioners to deny a proposal to renovate hangars at Van Nuys Airport citing concerns the bidding process violated the City Charter. In closed session, the five-member board is scheduled to discuss a Los Angeles County Superior Courts lawsuit filed by Bonseph Helinet LLC, which alleged […]

Monterey Park House Fire Under Investigation

Fire damaged a home in Monterey Park Thursday, and may have left a person dead. Firefighters responded to blaze around 12:15 p.m. in the 2400 block of New Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. The fire was doused in about 30 minutes. KTLA5 reported that a person was pulled from the burning […]

Brush Fire Near Pyramid Lake Spread via Wind

A brush fire scorched dozens of acres of open terrain south of Pyramid Lake Thursday amid high wind conditions, but no injuries were reported and no structures damaged. According to the Los Angeles County Fire Department, firefighters responded to the 39000 block of Golden State Highway around 12:15 p.m. Thursday. The Frenchman Fire — so […]

Nurse Pleads Not Guilty in Car Crash Killing 6

A nurse pleaded not guilty Thursday to murder and vehicular manslaughter charges stemming from a high-speed, fiery crash at a Windsor Hills intersection that killed six people, including an unborn baby, in the Windsor Hills area just over two years ago. Nicole Lorraine Linton, now 39, remains jailed without bail in connection with the Aug. […]

Victim’s Mother’s Lawsuit Against Ed Buck Settled

A settlement has been reached on the eve of trial in a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the mother of one of two men who died of a methamphetamine overdose in the West Hollywood apartment of now-imprisoned ex-Democratic donor Ed Buck, it was announced Thursday. The civil suit, filed by LaTisha Nixon, mother of the […]