LACo Supervisors Look to Assess Economic Impacts of Immigration Raids

Amid ongoing federal immigrant enforcement, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday will consider approving a motion to study the raids’ economic impact on small businesses. Intensified raids by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement have prompted daily protests in the streets of downtown Los Angeles and other LA County sites that have occasionally turned […]

Immigration Raids Expected to Continue

Despite ongoing community protests, immigration raids were expected to continue this week in the Southland amid Trump administration guidance focusing on cities run by elected Democrats, while cutting back on enforcement at farms, hotels and restaurants. “Our Nation’s ICE Officers have shown incredible strength, determination, and courage as they facilitate a very important mission, the […]

Two Dead After 101 Freeway Crash

Two people were killed Tuesday in a multi-vehicle crash on the Ventura (101) Freeway in Studio City. California Highway Patrol officers responded at 2:19 a.m. Tuesday to the westbound 101 and the Hollywood (170) Freeway junction with the Ventura (134) Freeway, near the Tujunga Avenue exit. They found that a black sedan, a gray SUV […]

Hearing on Trump’s Deployment of National Guard in LA Begins

A federal appeals panel will hear arguments Tuesday to determine whether President Donald Trump or California Gov. Gavin Newsom will control the state’s National Guard, a hearing stemming from a challenge to Trump’s decision to federalize the Guard, which a judge ruled last week was illegal and unconstitutional. U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San […]

LA Council to Consider Ratifying Curfew Emergency Order

The City Council is expected to consider ratifying an order Tuesday that Mayor Karen Bass used to enact a curfew in downtown Los Angeles, a decision prompted by vandalism and looting during protests over immigration enforcement. The full City Council will make a determination whether the mayor’s declaration of a local emergency will continue and […]

Driver Crashed into Hollywood Blvd 7-Eleven, Flees

Police Tuesday were searching for a driver who crashed a vehicle into the wall of a 7-Eleven in Hollywood and fled. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Division responded at approximately 10:15 p.m. Monday to 5763 Hollywood Blvd. and Taft Avenue, according to reports from the scene. Footage from the scene showed that […]

No Powerball Winning Tickets Sold

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing to $101 million. There were also no tickets sold with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. The numbers drawn […]

South LA Shooter Kills Man and Woman

A man and a woman were fatally shot in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of South Los Angeles and police Tuesday were investigating the circumstances surrounding the shootings. Officers from the Los Angeles Police Department’s Newton Division responded to the intersection of Central Avenue and 50th Street at approximately 11 p.m. Monday regarding a shooting. When they […]

LA City Charter Reform Commission to Select Five More Members

After conducting its inaugural meeting last week, the Los Angeles City Charter Reform Commission will convene Tuesday to select its last five members to join a panel that will recommend major changes to city governance. Once the seven-member commission has selected those five members, it will forward its recommendations to a City Council committee for […]

LA Convention Center Expansion Project to be Reviewed by Council

Ahead of a deadline to submit a project agreement for the modernization of the Los Angeles Convention Center, a City Council panel Tuesday will weigh in on a menu of cost reductions in the overall $2.2 billion plan, which could save the city at least $124 million. The five-member Economic Development and Jobs Committee is […]

Palmdale Shooting Victim ID’d

A 31-year-old man found shot to death in Palmdale was identified Monday. The shooting occurred at about 10:40 p.m. Sunday in the 1200 block of East Avenue S, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies responded to a call of an assault with a deadly weapon and found the victim with a gunshot […]