Law Targeting Pregnancy Service Centers Could Come Before LA Council Soon

A proposed law that would prohibit pregnancy service centers from misleading people about reproductive health services, including abortion, with tactics such as false advertising is expected to come before the Los Angeles City Council soon after it was moved along by a council committee Tuesday. The ordinance, proposed by City Attorney Mike Feuer, was forwarded […]

Gunman Who Killed Rapper PnB Rock Was Led by Social Media Post

A search was continuing Tuesday for the person who gunned down rapper PnB Rock inside a well-known South Los Angeles restaurant, with police saying a social media post apparently led the attacker to the eatery to rob the singer of his jewelry. The shooting was reported at 1:23 p.m. Monday at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles […]

USC: COVID-19 Mutations Accelerated By Virus-Fighting Enzyme

Findings published Tuesday by a team of USC researchers could help scientists predict new coronavirus variants and subvariants and give them a leg up on producing effective vaccines. The researchers say they’ve found the first experimental evidence explaining why the COVID-19 virus produces variants, such as delta and omicron, so quickly. The findings, published Tuesday […]

2-Year-Old Boy Abducted Inside Stolen Van in Buena Park Found Safe

A minivan with a 2-year-old boy inside was stolen Tuesday from a Buena Park school, prompting authorities to issue an Amber Alert, but the boy was found safe a short time later. According to Buena Park police, the gray 2017 Toyota Sienna was taken around 9:30 a.m. from outside the Emery School in the 8600 […]

LA County Moves Forward on Local Rules to Control Gun Sales

The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday directed its attorneys to draft a series of ordinances aimed at regulating gun sales and possession in the county, including a ban on the sale of .50-caliber handguns and ammunition in unincorporated areas. Another proposed ordinance would require “buffer zones” between gun/ammunition dealers and “sensitive areas” such […]

Whitewater Prosecutor, Ex-Pepperdine Law Dean Ken Starr Dies at 76

Ken Starr, an attorney and former appeals court judge who spearheaded the Whitewater probe of Bill and Hillary Clinton that led to the president’s impeachment, and who later became dean of the Pepperdine University School of Law, died Tuesday in Texas at age 76. According to a statement from his family, Starr — who also […]

Teachers Across LA to be Honored by College Football Playoff Foundation

Educators across Los Angeles will be honored during the USC football game on Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, it was announced Tuesday. The in-game recognition is part of plans by the College Football Playoff Foundation, the Los Angeles College Football Playoff National Championship Host Committee and the LA84 Foundation to highlight teachers in […]

$236,000 Donated to Repair Fire-Damaged Playground at Pan Pacific Park

The Los Angeles Parks Foundation received a $236,000 donation to rebuild a playground at Pan Pacific Park that was damaged by a fire, park officials announced Tuesday. The donation was made by the Hackman Capital Partners-owned television studio Television City, and is intended to repair the damage caused by the July 13 fire at the […]

LA Commission Staff Member Sues, Alleging Gender Discrimination, Harassment

A woman is suing the city of Los Angeles, alleging she was harassed and overworked by a member of a city commission on which the plaintiff serves as the panel’s one-member support staff. Bianca Swan’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges gender discrimination and harassment, retaliation, failure to take corrective action, whistleblower protection and intentional […]

LAPD Seeks Stiffer Laws for Street Racing

The Los Angeles Police Department is seeking legislation that would allow stiffer penalties to help it crack down on illegal street racing, Chief Michel Moore told the city’s Police Commission Tuesday. Los Angeles has grappled with an increase in street takeovers over the past year. Police say 705 street takeovers have been prevented or disrupted […]

Man Charged with Attack of Woman in Santa Ana

A 23-year-old man was charged Tuesday with attacking a woman, who police say was assaulted moments after the suspect and victim got off a bus in Santa Ana. Eric Yiovani Oliveros Chavez was charged with assault with force likely to produce great bodily injury, kidnapping and false imprisonment effected by violence, menace, fraud or deceit, […]