Friday’s LA Council Meeting Canceled as de León, Cedillo Defy Calls to Resign

Friday’s scheduled Los Angeles City Council meeting will not take place, with Acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell saying Thursday the “people’s business cannot be conducted” until Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo resign their council seats. The two council members were included in a recorded October 2021 conversation in which racist statements were made as […]

Biden Tours LA Metro Subway Construction Site, Touts Infrastructure Funding

President Joe Biden paid a visit to a Metro subway construction site in West Los Angeles Thursday, touting federal investments in the nation’s infrastructure and saying the dollars will support projects across the Southland, including transit improvements for LAX and the ports. Overlooking the future Metro D (Purple) Line subway terminus near the West Los […]

Caretaker Appointed After Nury Martinez Resigns, Special Election Considered

Following Nury Martinez’s resignation from the Los Angeles City Council, the city’s Chief Legislative Analyst will serve as a non-voting caretaker of the Sixth District effective immediately, under an appointment by Acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell Thursday. In a statement, O’Farrell also said he will begin exploring holding a special election to fill Martinez’s seat. […]

Bad Bunny Leads American Music Award Nominations with 8 Nods

Bad Bunny, who just performed two sold-out shows at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, scored a leading eight nominations Thursday for the 2022 American Music Awards, while Beyonce, Drake and Taylor Swift each earned six nods. Harry Styles and The Weeknd both collected five nominations for the awards, which will be presented Nov. 20 at the […]

Art and Country Music Festivals and Dine Week LA Kicks Off: What to Do In LA This Weekend

This weekend enjoy an art festival or attend one of the three country/folk/country-rock music festivals happening around Los Angeles. All weekend you can check out the Superfine Art Fair in DTLA, or find yourself at Pasadena’s ArtNight on Friday or Beyond the Streets art gallery’ Print Bazaar and the Getty Indigenous People’s Day celebration on […]

Authorities Investigating Call of Shooter at Monrovia School

Authorities Thursday cleared a reported threat of an active shooter at Monrovia High School that turned out to be unfounded. According to a statement early Thursday afternoon from the city of Monrovia, Monrovia police “received a single call of an active shooter at Monrovia High School,” prompting a lockdown of the school and Monroe Elementary […]

Sentencing Delayed for Hollywood Producer in Paycheck Protection Scam

A scheduled sentencing hearing for the former head of a Hollywood production and distribution company who attempted to swindle the coronavirus-relief Paycheck Protection Program out of about $1.7 million was delayed Thursday until Tuesday. William Sadleir, 68, pleaded guilty in March to one federal count each of bank fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors said the […]

Motorcyclist Killed in Crash in Marina del Rey

A motorcyclist was killed early Thursday in a crash in Marina del Rey. The crash was reported at 12:04 a.m. at Via Marina and Marquesas Way, according to the California Highway Patrol. Andrew Chilcott, 39, of Marina del Rey, was pronounced dead at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office. The circumstances […]

Feds: OC Prosecutors, Sheriff Violated Inmate Rights With Jailhouse Informants

Over the course of a decade, the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and Sheriff’s Department “systematically” violated the rights of criminal defendants through the use of jailhouse informants to elicit incriminating statements from inmates awaiting trial, the U.S. Department of Justice concluded Thursday. Federal prosecutors said the use of jailhouse snitches violated inmates’ Sixth and […]

Property Owner Loses Round in Court in Spat Over Mansion Lease to NBA Star

A homeowner who sued James Harden over a contractual dispute related to a Beverly Hills mansion the NBA star leased in 2019 lost a round in court Thursday when a judge ruled that the Philadelphia 76ers guard was not properly served with the summons. George Santoprieto’s Los Angeles Superior Court suit states that Harden paid […]

Man Charged With Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Boy at Park

A Los Angeles man was charged Thursday with kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy at El Sereno Park, northeast of downtown Los Angeles. Edward William Banks, 27, was charged with one count each of kidnapping to commit another crime, forcible oral copulation of a minor 14 or older, forcible sodomy of a minor 14 […]