Category: Los Angeles

San Francisco, Los Angeles Top List of Cities Homebuyers Looked to Leave in 2022: Report

San Francisco and Los Angeles were the two top cities people were looking to leave at the end of 2022, according to Redfin, a national real estate company. About 50,000 people on the company’s website searched to leave those two cities in the last three months of the year, it reported Jan. 23. San Diego…


LA Charity Seeks Court Order Allowing Demolition of Own Building

LOS ANGELES—Catholic Charities Inc. is seeking a court order allowing it to demolish a 100-year-old building in the Westlake District which it purchased in 2018, but has been thwarted thus far from doing so by the city, initially on historical grounds and subsequently over environmental issues. The Los Angeles Superior Court petition states that the…


3 People Hurt, 2 Critically, in Reseda Vehicle Crash

RESEDA, Calif.—Three people were injured, two critically in a Reseda crash Jan. 29. The crash happened at 6800 N. Lindley Avenue, at the corner of Vanowen Street, around 6:10 p.m., said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey. Two people became trapped in the vehicle and required extrication, Humphrey said. Those two were hospitalized in…


SoCal Restaurants Make a Respectable Standing in Yelp’s Annual US Top 100 List

Yelp released Jan. 25 its 10th annual Top 100 Places to Eat in the United States, 19 of which are in Southern California. This list, according to Yelp, is based on reviews submitted by Yelp users, whose suggestions were ranked by the total number of submissions, ratings, and reviews. Of those named in Los Angeles, Orange, and…


UCLA’s Laboratory Elementary School Teachers Strike Over Alleged Unfair Labor Practices

Teachers at a K–6-grade school at the University of California–Los Angeles (UCLA) were on strike over what they said are unfair labor practices from the university. The UCLA Lab School—which serves about 450 students—is privately run by the university’s School of Education and Information Studies as its laboratory, with its education leaders developing innovative curricula…


LA Uses Homeless and COVID Crises to Justify Government Takeover of Rental Market

Commentary The progressive mantra, as articulated by former Chicago mayor and Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, is, “You never want to let a serious crisis go to waste.” From the beginning, many such policymakers seized upon the COVID-19 pandemic crisis to implement new measures, mostly through “state of emergency” orders, which they could previously…


California Legislator Calls on State to Ban Homeless Encampments Near Schools, Parks

California Assemblyman Josh Hoover (R-Folsom) is calling on state legislators to ban homeless encampments from within 500 feet of schools, daycare centers, parks, and libraries. While some cities have been implementing such rules locally in recent years, Assembly Bill 257 would make the ban statewide. Hoover introduced the bill Jan. 23, saying in a statement that it…


Los Angeles County Extends COVID Eviction Ban Again, Following City of LA

Following in the footsteps of the Los Angeles City Council earlier this week, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has voted to extend the COVID-19 era emergency protections for renters—this time for for another two months. The protections were set to expire on Jan. 31. Under the emergency order, tenants eligible for such protection…


California Shootings: Who Died in Monterey Park and Half Moon Bay Attacks?

Back-to-back mass shootings in California have claimed the lives of people who loved to dance at a studio in Monterey Park and farm workers in the coastal community of Half Moon Bay. Monterey Park Victims Eleven people were killed when a 72-year-old gunman opened fire late Saturday during a celebration of the Lunar New Year…


LAPD Asks Retired Officers to Return Amid Staffing Shortage

Los Angeles Police Department’s effort to solve a staffing shortage by asking retired cops to return to service is falling short as hundreds file paperwork to leave or retire. The department expects 600 officers to leave next year—about a 20-percent increase since 2022. To make up for the loss, LAPD is using an existing program…