LA Council Passes Resolution Condemning Azerbaijan

The Los Angeles City Council passed a resolution Friday supporting legislation that would condemn Azerbaijan’s attack on Armenian territory. Los Angeles County is home to the largest population of Armenians in the United States, with an estimated 214,628 residents in the county, according to the 2011 American Community Survey. Azerbaijan has engaged in attacks on […]

LA Council Votes to Proceed with Removing Gender References from City Code

The City Council Friday called for the drafting of an ordinance that would remove all references to gender from the city’s municipal code. Council President Paul Krekorian’s motion cites at least 200 instances in the city code that presumes the gender of city officials and members of the public to be male. The ordinance would […]

LAPD Sergeant Charged with Causing Injury Crash While On Duty

A Los Angeles Police Department sergeant was charged Friday with a misdemeanor count of reckless driving causing injury for allegedly running a red light while responding to call and slamming into a sedan. Ruby Aguirre is scheduled to be arraigned April 17 in downtown Los Angeles, according to the District Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors said that, […]

Ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig Pleads Not Guilty in LA to New Federal Charges

Three months after ex-Dodger Yasiel Puig withdrew from a plea agreement in an illegal sports betting case, the former Major League Baseball outfielder pleaded not guilty Friday to new federal charges. Puig, 32, who now plays professional baseball in South Korea, entered his plea to two counts: making false statements and obstruction of justice, crimes […]

COVID Numbers Stable in LA County; Officials Urge Continued Caution

COVID-19 infection and hospitalization rates held steady at a relatively low rate over the past week, according to data released Friday by the county Department of Public Health, which reported 1,482 new cases and 22 additional virus-related deaths. According to health officials, the county’s seven-day rate of new infections was 69 per 100,000 residents over […]

Metrolink Train, Vehicle Collide in Covina; 2 Injured

A collision involving a Metrolink train and a car in Covina Friday left two people injured. Paramedics were sent to North Barranca Avenue and East Front Street about 10:25 a.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. One person was injured in the car and another person was injured on the train, according to […]

OC Supervisor Wagner Announces Re-Election Plans

Orange County Board Chairman Don Wagner announced Friday he would seek another term as supervisor in 2024. Wagner won a special election to join the board in 2019, and then won a full term in 2020. The former Irvine mayor and Assemblyman made his announcement at the Old Orange County courthouse in Santa Ana. Orange […]

Former Deputy Charged in Fatal Shooting Waives Preliminary Hearing

A former Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy charged in the fatal on-duty shooting of an unarmed man in Willowbrook waived his right Friday to a hearing in which a judge would have been asked to determine if there was sufficient evidence to allow the case against him to proceed to trial. Andrew Lyons, 38, was […]

Suspect Shoots Man on Metro Line Platform, Crashes SUV at Construction Site

Police have taken into custody Friday a man suspected of shooting another man on a Metro Gold Line platform, then carjacking an SUV and crashing it a half a mile away. A man in his 20s was standing at the Metro Gold Line Pico/Aliso station on 1st Street near Utah Street when the suspected gunman […]

Tentative $100,000 Accord Reached in Internet Expense Reimbursement Dispute

An employee of a game technology studio who alleges that she and other co-workers were wrongfully being denied reimbursement for personal internet expenses for work done at home is asking for preliminary approval of a $100,000 settlement. According to plaintiff Meghan O’Sullivan’s proposed Los Angeles Superior Court class-action lawsuit against Mythical Games, she and the […]

Nelson Rising, LA Developer and Political Insider, Dies at Age 81

Nelson Rising, a Los Angeles-based real estate developer and political insider who helped shape the city’s skyline and history, has died at age 81, his family said Friday. Rising died Thursday at his Pasadena home of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, his family said. During a career spanning more than five decades, Rising led the development […]