LAPD Increases Presence in Anticipation of Dodgers Clinch

With the Dodgers on the brink of winning the World Series Tuesday evening in New York, Los Angeles area law enforcement agencies will be on the lookout for unruly celebrations, authorities said. The Los Angeles Police Department will activate a command post dedicated to monitoring the situation and deploying law enforcement personnel to maintain a […]

Actor Teri Garr Dies at 79 Following Battle with MS

Actress Teri Garr, best known for her roles in Mel Brooks’ “Young Frankenstein,” “Tootsie” and “Mr. Mom,” died Tuesday at age 79 following a battle with multiple sclerosis. “Actress Teri Garr passed away this morning after a long battle with MS,” according to a statement from her publicist, Heidi Schaeffer. “She was in Los Angeles […]

LAPD Looks for Hit and Run Motorist

One person was killed and another person was injured in a hit-and-run accident Tuesday in the Westlake area of Los Angeles, and police sought the public’s help to find the motorist. Officers were sent to the area of Third Street and Virgil Avenue about 5:50 a.m. Tuesday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. A […]

No Systemic Corruption Found in LACo

An audit of Los Angeles County contracting processes — requested after former Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas’ indictment on fraud and bribery charges — found no systemic pattern of corruption in the system, but auditors offered a series of recommendations for improving operations and oversight, according to a report presented Tuesday. Ridley-Thomas was convicted last year after […]

LA Council Approves Motion for Eviction Protection to Unit Remodeling

The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion Tuesday aimed at preventing evictions as a result of a substantial remodel effort to the housing unit. The council voted 11-0 to instruct the Housing Department and City Attorney’s Office to update the Just Cause for Eviction Ordinance with respect to evictions caused by a “substantial remodel,” […]

UCLA Will Temporarily Return to Baseball Field at VA

UCLA is set to resume temporary use of its previously shuttered baseball stadium on Veterans Affairs grounds in West Los Angeles Tuesday after coming to an agreement with a federal judge about placement of emergency housing for needy vets on adjacent parking lots. U.S. District Judge David Carter wrote in an order filed Monday that […]

Glendale Settles Rockhaven Sanitarium Dispute with Nonprofit

A nonprofit preservation group has settled a legal action taken against the city of Glendale that alleged the Rockhaven Sanitarium, founded by a psychiatric nurse more than a century ago, had fallen into disrepair. The Friends of Rockhaven petition had challenged what the group said was the failure of the city of Glendale, and its […]

Seven LA Inmates Hospitalized for Exposure to Substance

Seven inmates at the Men’s Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles were hospitalized Tuesday, one in critical condition, after apparently being exposed to an unknown substance at the facility, authorities said. Paramedics were sent to the jail in the 400 block of East Bauchet Street at about 6:50 a.m., according the Los Angeles Fire Department. […]

Rodney King’s Attorney Pleads Guilty to Tax Charge

William Grimes, the Los Angeles attorney who won a $3.8 million civil claim on behalf of police brutality victim Rodney King in 1994, pleaded guilty Tuesday to failure to pay over $2.4 million in taxes. Grimes entered his plea to one federal count of tax evasion, resolving allegations that the lawyer failed to pay taxes […]

Francis Ford Coppola Honored by AFI

Legendary film director Francis Ford Coppola was named Tuesday the 50th recipient of the American Film Institute’s Life Achievement Award, billed as the nation’s highest honor for a career in film. “Francis Ford Coppola is a peerless artist — one who has created seminal works in the canon of American film, and has also inspired […]

LACo Seeks Exit From Lawsuit Filed by Ex-Ram DeSean Jackson

Attorneys for Los Angeles County are asking a judge to dismiss their client as a defendant in a civil rights lawsuit filed by retired Los Angeles Rams wide receiver DeSean Jackson, who alleges he was wrongfully arrested by a deputy sheriff at a Ralphs in Marina del Rey in connection with a car theft. Jackson […]