UCLA Police Chief Removed and Reassigned

Three weeks after law enforcement cleared a massive pro-Palestinian encampment from the UCLA campus and arrested more than 200 people, the university’s police chief has been removed from his job and reassigned. Chief John Thomas confirmed the move late Tuesday in a text message to the Daily Bruin campus newspaper. “There’s been a lot going […]

City Council Listens to Public’s Concerns for Mayor’s Proposed Budget

Residents of Los Angeles Wednesday urged the City Council to allocate funding for social programs and city services that would otherwise be cut in the mayor’s proposed budget for fiscal year 2024-25. After four hours of public comment, council members recessed their meeting until 10 a.m. Thursday, when they are expected to reconvene in the […]

Judge Grants Hunter Biden’s Request to Postpone Trial on Tax Charges

A federal judge in Los Angeles Wednesday granted Hunter Biden’s request to postpone his federal criminal trial on tax charges until September. President Joe Biden’s son is now scheduled to go on trial Sept. 5 in Los Angeles federal court on nine tax counts for allegedly refusing to pay his tax bill. His attorneys successfully […]

LA Forward Calls For Money to Support Alternatives to Police

Members of various community organizations Wednesday held a news conference outside of City Hall to urge the City Council to invest an additional $6 million to fund safety response measures that do not involve police. LA Forward, Represent LA Coalition, The TransLatin@ Coalition and others gathered to the discuss Mayor Karen Bass’ proposed $12.8 billion […]

Suspicious Package Causes Metro Closure

The discovery of a suspicious package prompted closure of the Metro B Line Hollywood/Western station Wednesday, but authorities safely removed the item. The item was discovered about 9 a.m. at the station near Hollywood Boulevard and Western Avenue, and a bomb squad was dispatched to the scene, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. The […]

Girl, 14, Reported Missing from South LA

Authorities Wednesday sought the public’s help to find a 14-year-old girl who went missing from the south Los Angeles area. Brooklyn Collins was last believed to have been in the 1100 block of West 94th Street about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. The teen is Black, 5 feet 3 […]

OC Releases Annual Spending Plan

Orange County officials Wednesday released a proposed $9.5 billion budget for the 2024-25 fiscal year, marking a slight increase from the current year’s $9.3 billion spending plan. The general fund budget, which is the more flexible part of the spending plan, is $4.8 billion, down from last year’s $4.9 billion. The rest of the money […]

Mayor Bass Celebrates Opening of Women’s Business Center in South LA

Mayor Karen Bass Wednesday celebrated the opening of the first federally recognized Women’s Business Center in South Los Angeles, which it is intended to help small businesses start, grow and develop in the city. Bass was joined by Isabel Casillas Guzman, of the U.S. Small Business Administration, to highlight the facility at the Vermont Slauson […]

Ohtani Scoops Up $7.8M Mansion in La Cañada Flintridge

Shohei Ohtani has found a way to spend some of his $700 million salary from the Dodgers. The Japanese slugger has picked up a swanky new pad in La Cañada Flintridge, paying $7.85 million for the five-bedroom, 6.5-bath mansion, it was reported Wednesday. According to the Los Angeles Times, Ohtani purchased the estate from comedian […]

Airport Official Urge Travelers to Plan Ahead for Memorial Day, Summer Trips

With record numbers of people expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend, Los Angeles International Airport officials Wednesday urged people to plan ahead and give themselves plenty of time to reach the airport and board their flights. Memorial Day traditionally marks the beginning of the summer travel season, and airport officials reminded travelers that passenger […]

City Announces Settlement With Hazardous Materials Storage, Handling Firm

City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto announced Wednesday that the statewide coalition her office is part of has reached a multimillion-dollar settlement of its lawsuit against a global freight and shipping company accused of violating California laws related to the storage and handling of hazardous materials. XPO Inc. and XPO Logistics has two facilities in the […]