| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Wednesday, May 11, 2022 |
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City Council Approves Settlement of LA Homelessness Lawsuit The Los Angeles City Council approved a settlement with the LA Alliance for Human Rights Wednesday in which the city will spend up to $3 billion over the next five years to develop as many as 16,000 beds or housing units for the homeless, enough to accommodate 60% of the homeless population in each of […]
LA Seeks $8.45M in Measure A Funds for 10 Park Improvement Projects The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to seek $8.45 million in funding for 10 park projects through Measure A, the “Safe, Clean Neighborhood Parks and Beaches Measure” approved by L.A. County voters in 2016. Council members authorized the Department of Recreation and Parks to submit 10 grant applications to receive: — $440,000 for Hope […]
Mother Suspected in Mother’s Day Murder of Her Children Held in Lieu of $6 Million Bail A woman who police say admitted killing three of her preteen children in the family’s West Hills home — possibly with assistance from her 16-year-old son — made her initial court appearance Wednesday, but her arraignment on three counts of murder was postponed. Angela Dawn Flores, 38, was arrested Sunday — Mother’s Day — and […]
Los Angeles Renames Gladys Park for Skid Row Activist General Jeff Page The Los Angeles City Council voted Wednesday to rename Gladys Park in the Skid Row area for General Jeff Page, an activist and hip-hop artist who became known as the “mayor of Skid Row” before he died last October. The City Council’s vote comes after Councilman Kevin de León introduced a motion on Feb. 23 […]
Disney+ Subscriptions Surge, Boosting Disney Q2 Revenue The Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. Wednesday reported nearly $19.25 billion in revenues for the second quarter that ended April 2, a 23% jump from the same quarter a year ago, along with strong growth in subscriptions to the Disney+ streaming service. The revenue figure for the quarter included a $1 billion reduction the company attributed […]
LA City Council Votes to Expand City’s Adaptive Sports Programming The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approved a motion Wednesday aimed at creating an expanded citywide sports program inclusive of people with physical disabilities. The motion was introduced by Councilmen Paul Krekorian and Mitch O’Farrell on March 22. “Today’s vote means that kids, transition-aged youth, adults and seniors from across Los Angeles will soon have […]
`Spider-Man,’ `Euphoria’ Lead MTV Movie & TV Award Nominees “Spider-Man: No Way Home” collected a leading seven nominations Wednesday for the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards, while the HBO teen drama “Euphoria” earned six and “The Batman” and “RuPaul’s Drag Race” each earned four. “Spider-Man” and “The Batman” were both nominated for best movie, along with “Dune,” “Scream,” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of […]
Fire Burns Acre of Grass, Trees in Boyle Heights A brushfire scorched an acre of grass and trees in Boyle Heights Wednesday, causing a full closure of a stretch of the westbound Pomona (60) Freeway before the blaze was knocked down in just under two hours, authorities said. A stretch of the freeway remained closed at Euclid as a precaution during the firefighting effort, […]
Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run Crash in Torrance; Suspect Arrested A pedestrian was fatally injured Wednesday in a hit-and-run in Torrance, and a suspect was arrested, police said. The pedestrian was injured about 1 a.m. at Pacific Coast Highway and Calle Mayor and died at the scene, the Torrance Police Department reported. Her name was withheld, pending notification of her relatives. “As the investigation continued, […]
Proposed Settlement of Lawsuit Over Child’s Death to Cost LACo $32 Million Los Angeles County would pay $32 million under a tentative settlement of a lawsuit filed by relatives of a 10-year-old Lancaster boy who died in 2018 after allegedly being subjected to extensive torture by his mother and her boyfriend, attorneys said Wednesday. The settlement of the county’s portion of the lawsuit over the death of […]
Woman Shot and Killed in Van Nuys Area, Man Arrested A woman was shot to death Wednesday in the Van Nuys area, and a man was arrested in the killing, authorities said. The victim, who was in her 20s, died at the scene of the shooting, which was reported at about 1:35 a.m. near Ranchito Avenue and Oxnard Street, according to the Los Angeles Police […]
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