LA Council Calls for Halt to Benedict Canyon Hotel Project

A divided Los Angeles City Council Wednesday called for a halt to a much-debated hotel project in Benedict Canyon that has drawn the ire of some neighbors who expressed concerns about the impact the project would have on the environment and public safety. The council voted 8-6 to support a motion introduced by Councilwoman Katy […]

Off-Duty LA County Sheriff’s Deputy Fatally Shot by Fontana Police

Authorities Wednesday identified an off-duty Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy who was fatally shot by police on a golf course in Fontana. Alejandro Diaz, 45, of Fontana, was shot at about 3:55 p.m. Tuesday at the Sierra Lakes Golf Club in the 16600 block of Clubhouse Drive and later died at a hospital, according to […]

Music Industry Giant Jerry Moss Dies at 88

Jerry Moss, whose last name provided the “M” in A&M Records and who helped grow the label from a small, jazz-oriented operation into a rock powerhouse, died Wednesday at his Bel Air home at age 88. “They truly don’t make them like him anymore and we will miss conversations with him about everything under the […]

Bass Announces Federal Agreement to Increase Housing Placement

A federal agreement with the city of Los Angeles will allow Angelenos living in temporary housing to find and be placed into permanent housing at a faster rate, Mayor Karen Bass announced Wednesday. In May, Bass and four other cities signed a memorandum of understanding with the White House to work on relaxing regulations that […]

Hotel Workers Union: Beverly Hills Suit Violates Picketers’ Free Speech

A co-leader of a union representing striking hotel workers said Wednesday that a Beverly Hills lawsuit alleging citizen complaints of noise from early-morning protests outside two hotels infringes on the picketers’ free-speech rights. The Los Angeles Superior Court public nuisance complaint was filed Tuesday against Unite Here! Local 11. The city seeks a court order […]

LA Fire Chief Kristin Crowley Appointed to Homeland Security Advisory Council

Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley has been tapped as the newest member of the Department of Homeland Security’s Advisory Council, the federal agency announced Wednesday. The decision to appoint the 22-year LAFD veteran comes in light of an “increased focus on the increasing proliferation of fire as a threat to community safety and […]

Fire Destroys 3 Mobile Homes in Newport Beach

A fire destroyed three mobile homes and damaged three others Wednesday in Newport Beach, but no one was hurt. The blaze broke out about 10 a.m. at the Beach/Bay Mobile Home Port at 7204 West Coast Highway, said city spokesman John Pope. The cause of the fire was unknown, but it started in one of […]

Jason Sudeikis, Olivia Wilde Force Arbitration of Nanny Suit’s Arbitration

Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis won a round in court Wednesday when a judge granted the former couple’s motion to compel arbitration of a lawsuit filed by a former nanny who alleges Sudeikis wrongfully terminated her in 2022. Plaintiff Ericka Genaro alleges in her Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit that after Wilde, 39, moved out […]

LA County Program Targeting Encampments Moves 59 Homeless Indoors

Nearly 60 people who were living in homeless encampments or RVs in the Lennox, Hawthorne and Inglewood areas were moved into temporary housing in the first operation organized under Los Angeles County’s Pathway Home program, county officials announced Wednesday. Similar to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ Inside Safe program, the county’s Pathway Home is an […]

Black Women Reach Tentative Settlements in Suits vs. Trader Joe’s

Trader Joe’s Co. and two Black women who allege they experienced racial discrimination while working at company stores in Atlanta, then found many of the same conditions after transferring to locations in Southern California, have reached tentative settlements with the grocery store chain. Josey Chappell, who is co-represented by civil rights attorney Benjamin Crump, and […]

Lawsuit Dropped Over Fatal Santa Monica Freeway Accident

Relatives of a man killed in a 2020 traffic crash in the Pico-Union area have dropped a lawsuit against the driver of a rental car who allegedly rear-ended the vehicle in which the decedent was riding. The Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit originally also named EAN Holdings Inc., also known as Enterprise Rent-a-Car, as a […]