LAUSD Expected to Delay Student COVID Vaccine Mandate Until July 2023
Los Angeles Unified School District Superintendent Alberto Carvalho recommended Thursday that the district align with the state and delay implementation of its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for eligible students until at least July 1, 2023. The mandate for district employees remains in place. “The ability of our system to pivot shows that we are a science-based […]
Chargers Have 17th Choice In NFL Draft’s First Round
The Los Angeles Chargers have the 17th choice in the first round of the NFL draft Thursday with analysts nearly split evenly between whether the choice will be an offensive or defensive player. Among the 42 analysts cited on the team’s website, 22 predict the choice will be an offensive player, either a lineman or […]
2nd Sheriff’s Official Files Damages Claim Alleging Villanueva Cover-Up
Another high-ranking sheriff’s official filed a damages claim Thursday against Los Angeles County, alleging she was retaliated against and demoted by Sheriff Alex Villanueva as part Villanueva’s effort to cover up his knowledge of an altercation in which a deputy knelt on the head of a handcuffed inmate for three minutes. Former Assistant Sheriff Robin […]
Pasadena’s interim police chief — the first woman to achieve that rank in the city’s history — is retiring, authorities announced Thursday. Cheryl Moody, a nearly 30-year veteran, will retire effective May 23, said Lisa Derderian of the city of Pasadena. Moody was named interim police chief in January. On Feb. 3, 2020, Moody had […]
Pair Who Allegedly Took Over USC Lectures to Remove YouTube Video Postings
Two men who were already barred from USC for allegedly barging into classrooms during live lectures and creating disturbances they posted on YouTube have agreed to take down the social media posts and stop disparaging the university, according to new court documents. The accord between the university, Ernest Kanevsky and Yuguo Bai was outlined in […]
NBC Executive Says Chyna/Rob Kardashian Relationship Reached a `Sad Place’
An NBC Universal executive testified by video deposition Thursday that the second season of “Rob & Chyna” did not go forward because the relationship between its stars, Rob Kardashian and Blac Chyna, had reached a “sad place.” NBC is the parent company of the E! cable network. Frances Berwick worked on the costs for a […]
CHP Officers Hit by Vehicle on 105 Freeway in Downey Area; Motorist Detained
Three California Highway Patrol officers were injured Thursday when an allegedly impaired driver slammed an SUV into a patrol vehicle that was stopped on the eastbound Glenn Anderson (105) Freeway in the Downey area, causing the CHP vehicle to erupt in flames and forcing an hours-long closure of the highway. The crash occurred at 1:24 […]
Three Men Arrested in Connection with Assault and Robbery in Beverly Hills
Three men were arrested Thursday in connection with an assault and robbery that left a man with minor injuries in Beverly Hills, police said. Three suspects attacked the man about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday as he was walking in the 9600 block of Wilshire Boulevard, according to Lt. Giovanni Trejo of the Beverly Hills Police Department. […]
LAPD Chief Speaks to Committee About Budget Requests For Next Fiscal Year
A Los Angeles City Council committee spoke to Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore Thursday about his department’s funding needs for the next fiscal year as part of the process to review and make changes to Mayor Eric Garcetti’s 2022-23 budget proposal, which would give the department a record $1.9 billion operating budget. In the […]
Man Killed, Woman Injured in Two-Vehicle Crash in Burbank
A man was killed and a woman was seriously injured in a two-vehicle collision in Burbank Thursday. The collision involved a white SUV and a blue sedan about 12:30 p.m. in the area of Front Street and Magnolia Boulevard, near the Golden State (5) Freeway, according to the Burbank Police Department. Responding officers found the […]
LMU Survey: More LA Residents Than Ever Fear Repeat of Racial Unrest
Thirty years after the riots that devastated Los Angeles, residents’ fear that racial unrest could again boil over into violence has surged to its worst level in the past three decades, according to a Loyola Marymount University survey released Thursday. According to the survey by LMU’s Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Center for the Study of […]
