Mayor Karen Bass Makes Progress for LA Businesses

Mayor Karen Bass’s office Friday released its first progress report regarding her executive directive No. 4, which aims to foster and support small businesses in Los Angeles, and it outlines four solutions that are intended to bolster business prior to the end of the year. “Our city is open for business,” Bass said in a […]

Three Migrants’ Buses Arrive in Downtown Los Angeles

Three buses carrying migrants from Texas arrived in downtown Los Angeles Friday, marking the 17th, 18th and 19th such arrival since June. On X, formerly known as Twitter, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights confirmed the arrival of three buses with a total of 109 asylum seekers from Texas. According to the group, which is […]

Fire Crews Knock Down Shed Fire in North Hills

Fire crews quickly extinguished a blaze in a shed behind a single-story home in North Hills Friday, and no injuries were reported. According to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey, firefighters responded to the 9600 block of North Noble Avenue between Lassen and Plummer streets around 2:10 p.m. Crews knocked down the fire in […]

Pedestrian Hit By SUV, Injured in Santa Monica

A 56-year-old man was struck by a vehicle in Santa Monica Friday and was transported to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to the Santa Monica Police Department, officers responded to the intersection of Ocean and Marguerita avenues Friday around 8:34 a.m. to a report regarding a traffic collision. Police said a man was hit […]

Man Killed in Traffic Crash on 170 Freeway in North Hollywood Area

A man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on the southbound Hollywood (170) Freeway in the North Hollywood area, authorities said Friday. The collision was reported about 11:30 p.m. Thursday at Magnolia Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the fatally injured man, who was in […]

`Trailblazer’: Sen. Dianne Feinstein Dies at 90

Sen. Dianne Feinstein, who was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1992 to become the first woman to represent California in that body, died at her home in Washington, D.C., Thursday night, her chief of staff confirmed Friday. She was 90. “Sadly, Senator Feinstein passed away last night at her home in Washington, D.C. Her […]

Lancaster Woman Sentenced for 7-Month-Old Son’s Death

A Lancaster woman who pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in connection with her 7-month-old son’s death in November 2018 was sentenced Friday to 21 years and four months in state prison. Anaiyah Alise Perry, now 25, also pleaded guilty to four felony counts of child abuse involving the boy, and waived her right to file […]

VA Affairs Police Officer at West LA Campus Charged with Assault

An officer with the Veterans Affairs Police Department has been indicted on civil rights and assault charges that allege he used a department-issued baton to illegally strike a man about 45 times in 41 seconds at the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center, officials announced Friday. Juan Anthony Carrillo, 45, was named in a two-count […]

Striking Hotel Workers Reach Tentative Contract With LA’s Biltmore Hotel

Days before it marks its 100th anniversary, the Millennium Biltmore hotel reached a tentative labor agreement with striking hospitality workers, their union announced Friday, becoming the second major Los Angeles hotel to strike a contract deal. According to the Unite Here Local 11 union, the tentative labor deal affects 300 workers at the historic downtown […]

LA City Rental Assistance Application Closes Monday

While the application for the city of Los Angeles’ latest rental assistance program will close Monday, the Community Investment for Families Department announced Friday Angelenos can receive in-person assistance to apply. The CIFD manages a network of 15 centers, FamilySource Centers, which are providing in-person, step-by-step guidance to help renters apply for the United to […]

Fire Damages Vacant Commercial Building in Mid-Wilshire Area

A fire damaged a vacant commercial building in the Mid-Wilshire area Friday, but no one was hurt. Firefighters sent to the 900 block of South Crenshaw Boulevard about 12:25 p.m. extinguished the flames in the single-story building in about 15 minutes, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. The firefighters went into a defensive mode and […]