Category: Los Angeles

Los Angeles Homeless Agencies Fail to Spend $150 Million Federal Funding

The three main homeless service and housing agencies in Los Angeles failed to spend almost $150 million in federal housing grants between 2015 and 2020, according to a newspaper report. The unused funds were returned to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The Los Angeles Housing Services Authority (LAHSA)—the lead agency servicing both…


Evacuation of UCLA Science Building Caused by Accidental Explosion: Police

LOS ANGELES—An “environmental hazard” that prompted the evacuation of University of California—Los Angeles’s (UCLA) Molecular Sciences Building was caused by a student who accidentally created a by-product that exploded, police said Sept. 30. Campus police and fire department units responded to the building just after noon Sept. 29 on reports of the initially unspecified hazard…


Evacuation of UCLA Science Building Prompted by Accidental Explosion: Police

LOS ANGELES—An “environmental hazard” that prompted the evacuation of University of California—Los Angeles’s (UCLA) Molecular Sciences Building was caused by a student who accidentally created a by-product that exploded, police said Sept. 30. Campus police and fire department units responded to the building just after noon Sept. 29 on reports of the initially unspecified hazard…


Hackers Set Oct. 3 Deadline for LA Unified to Meet Ransom Demand

LOS ANGELES—An international hacking syndicate claiming responsibility for a cyberattack that forced a shutdown of Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) computer systems has set a Monday, Oct. 3, deadline for the district to pay a ransom or the organization will publish undisclosed information it claims it obtained in the hack. In a dark web…


LAPD: 2 Arrested in Wilmington Shooting That Killed 12-Year-Old Boy

WILMINGTON, Calif.—Two men were in custody Sept. 30 in connection with a December shooting in Wilmington that left a 12-year-old boy dead and a woman and a girl injured. Damian Martinez, 21, and Gabriel Martinez, 19, of Wilmington, were arrested Sept. 27, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The men, who are cousins,…


Third Suspect Arrested in Rapper PnB Rock’s Killing

COMPTON, Calif.—A third suspect sought by police in the shooting death of rapper PnB Rock at a South Los Angeles restaurant was arrested in Las Vegas Sept. 29. Freddie Lee Trone, 40, was located and arrested at about 1 p.m. Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. He was booked in Las Vegas and…


5 Young Men Arrested in Residential Burglary in Burbank

BURBANK, Calif.—Five young men were in custody Sept. 29 in connection with a residential burglary in Burbank that led to a vehicle chase. The burglary occurred about 2:30 p.m. Sept. 28 in the 1800 block of Catalina Street, said Burbank police Sgt. Brent Fekety. “The victim called the police and said she was not home…


How Rick Caruso Can Become the Next Mayor of Los Angeles

Commentary If I could have a thousand lives, I could live them all in Los Angeles, and never tire of this beautiful city. There aren’t enough words in the English language to describe greater Los Angeles—the way the sunlight reflects off the ocean, bounces off high mountains to the east, and dances in the haze;…


Amid Increase in Violent Crime, LAPD Urges People to ‘Step Away’ From Heated Arguments

LOS ANGELES—Hoping to combat an increase in violent crime, the Los Angeles Police Department Sept. 28 released a “Step Away LA” public service announcement urging residents to actively de-escalate confrontations to avoid violence. The roughly two-minute video released by the department features members of the LAPD, the City Attorney’s Office, stakeholders, residents, and community partners…


LAPD: Mental Health Response Team Handling Just 32 Percent of Related Calls

LOS ANGELES—Less than one-third of calls to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) involving people experiencing a mental health crisis is being handled by a co-response team that includes a mental health clinician alongside a sworn officer, Police Chief Michel Moore told the Board of Police Commissioners Sept. 27. The LAPD instituted a program last…