LOS ANGELES—Repairs to a water pipeline connecting the Colorado River to customers in Los Angeles County have been completed two days ahead of schedule, and residents and businesses are allowed to resume limited watering outdoors, it was announced Sept. 19. The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California completed repairs on a leak on a 36-mile…
Metropolitan Water District Complete Pipeline Repairs 2 Days Early
September 19, 2022
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Los Angeles Federal Judge Orders Changes at Jail Inmate Reception Center
LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles federal judge has signed off on a temporary restraining order addressing what the American Civil Liberties Union called “abysmal” conditions at the county jail system’s booking center, where mentally ill detainees were reportedly kept shackled to chairs for days at a time and others were crammed together, sleeping head-to-foot on concrete…
Port of LA Expects Slower Holiday Season but Supply Chain Crisis Not Over: Expert
The number of arriving cargo ships at the Port of Los Angeles likely won’t surge as the holiday season comes around, but the supply chain crisis is not yet over, according to experts and port officials. The National Retail Federation, the world’s largest retail trade association, reported a slowdown in the cargo surge this month….
Pair Charged With Burglary at Home of Karen Bass
LOS ANGELES—Two men were charged Sept. 16 with breaking into the home of mayoral candidate Rep. Karen Bass in the Baldwin Vista section of Los Angeles and stealing two guns. Patricio Munoz, 42, and Juan Espinoza, 24, pleaded not guilty to one felony count of first-degree residential burglary and two counts of grand theft of…
LA Council Bans Sharing of Mobility Service Data With Law Enforcement
September 16, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles’s Department of Transportation will be prohibited from disclosing mobility service data via its open source tool to law enforcement agencies after the city council voted to update the municipal code Sept. 13. The ordinance seeks to address privacy concerns over Mobility Data Specification, which exchanges data with shared mobility device providers and…
Ridley-Thomas Co-defendant to Plead Guilty in Bribery Case
September 15, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—A former dean of the University of Southern California (USC) School of Social Work has agreed to plead guilty to a federal bribery charge in a political corruption case involving suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas, prosecutors announced Sept. 15. Marilyn Louise Flynn, 83, of Los Feliz, is expected to plead guilty in…
Sheriff’s Department Searches LA County Supervisor’s Home Over Corruption Allegations
The home of Los Angeles County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl was searched the morning of Sept. 14 by the sheriff’s department as part of a public corruption investigation. Kuehl, elected in 2018 to represent District 3, was escorted out of her home around 7 a.m. by the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (LASD). The supervisor was accused…
Man Rescued From Fuel Tank at LAX
A 30-year-old man was hospitalized Wednesday when he fell into a fuel tank at the Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It was around 12:30 a.m. when Los Angeles Fire Department personnel responded to a 911 call from FedEx employees at the airport where a colleague of theirs had fallen into the confines of a fuel tank….
2 Teenage Boys Shot to Death at Lincoln Heights Carnival
September 14, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore will join with homicide investigators and victims’ family members Sept. 14 to ask for the public’s help in solving the killing of two 17-year-old boys in a shooting at a street carnival in Lincoln Heights. Investigators are seeking witnesses to the shooting that occurred around 9 p.m….
72 Percent of Los Angeles Students Fail to Meet Math Standards
September 13, 2022
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More than half of students across all grade levels in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) failed to meet state testing standards in subjects like mathematics and English for the 2021–22 school year. According to data released by the district Sept. 9, only about 42 percent of students met the state testing standards in…
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