LGBTQ+ Disney Workers Propose Walkouts Over Company Response to Florida Bill
The Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. was dealing with more fallout Tuesday from its response to a Florida bill that would restrict school instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in early grades, with some LGBTQ employees calling for a week of worker walkouts in protest. A letter attributed to “members of the LGBTQIA+ community” across […]
Police Commission Orders Monthly Reports on Out-Of-Policy Shootings
Following a report from the inspector general showing that nearly 41% of Los Angeles Police Department officers who shot at people in violation of department policy were not disciplined between 2015 and 2020, the city’s Police Commission voted Tuesday to have a similar report updated each month and published on the department’s website. “I think […]
A group of parents upset about the continuing indoor mask-wearing mandate at Los Angeles Unified School District campuses rallied outside the teachers’ union headquarters Tuesday, demanding an end to the COVID-19 requirement that has already been lifted at most other schools statewide. Chanting and holding signs with slogans such as “Stop child abuse,” “My kid […]
LACo to House Youth Offenders at Camps in Malibu, Santa Clarita, Commerce
Despite continued community opposition — particularly in Santa Clarita — the county Board of Supervisors advanced plans Tuesday to house and provide rehabilitative services to juvenile offenders at a trio of probation camps, rejecting a proposal to convert a troubled youth hall in Sylmar into a centralized facility. Following a debate that featured a heated […]
Orange County’s COVID-19 Metrics Remain Steady
Orange County’s COVID-19 hospitalizations and infection rates remained about the same, according to data released Tuesday by the Orange County Health Care Agency. Patient levels inched up from 139 to 140, according to the latest data released Tuesday. The number of intensive care unit patients remained at 31. The new case rate per 100,000 people […]
Glendale Police Investigate Shooting; At Least One Injured
Glendale police Tuesday were investigating a report of a shooting that left at least one person injured. Officers went to Windsor Road and Adams Street at about 1 p.m., and the area was closed while the investigation was conducted, the Glendale Police Department reported. One person was taken from the scene in unknown condition to […]
County Increases Reward in Mitrice Richardson Disappearance, Death
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday increased and extended a reward offered for information leading to a conviction in the death of Mitrice Richardson, a woman who went missing after being released from the sheriff’s Malibu-Lost Hills Station in 2009. Richardson was released Sept. 17, 2009, from the sheriff’s station in Calabasas about […]
Investigation: LAFD Chief Deputy Likely Intoxicated While at City Hall East
A law firm hired by the city to investigate an allegation that a Los Angeles deputy fire chief was intoxicated while overseeing the agency’s operation center during the Palisades Fire found that he was likely impaired at the LAFD headquarters in City Hall East, but it cleared him of any wrongdoing, according to documents obtained […]
LA County Approves $3.8M Settlement Over Fatal Struggle with Deputies
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed Tuesday to pay $3.84 million to settle a federal lawsuit filed by relatives of a man who went into cardiac arrest and died following a struggle with sheriff’s deputies who responded to a call that the man had threatened to kill his mother and sister. The board […]
Fired Physician Wins $2.1 Million in Retaliation Suit Against LA County
A former Harbor-UCLA Medical Center physician who said he was wrongfully fired in 2018 for exposing alleged wrongdoing in the treatment of patients was awarded $2.1 million Tuesday in his lawsuit against Los Angeles County. A Los Angeles Superior Court jury had deliberated since late Thursday afternoon in the lawsuit brought by Dr. Timothy Ryan, […]
Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff Tests Positive for COVID-19
Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, tested positive Tuesday for COVID-19, according to Harris’ office. Harris has tested negative for the virus, according to her deputy press secretary, Sabrina Singh. But “out of an abundance of caution,” Harris skipped a Women’s History Month event at the White House. Harris and Emhoff live in […]
