Category: Los Angeles

Emergency Broadcast Alert Telling Los Angeles Citizens to Evacuate Was Sent ‘In Error’

An emergency alert that appeared during TV programming on Wednesday telling Los Angeles residents to evacuate was sent “in error” by the county, according to officials. Shortly after the vague emergency broadcast system alert confused many Californians, the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that the message was sent by mistake. “The evacuation notice that was…


Newsom Pours Nearly $700 Million Into New Homeless Housing Units

Gov. Gavin Newsom awarded $694 million in funding toward 2,500 new homeless housing projects statewide for the program called Project Homekey. The governor announced the new projects last week in a news conference with U.S. Rep. Karen Bass and Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti. Newsom said Aug. 24 the program funded 12,500 new homes in…


Dapper Day at Farmers Market: A Historic Day in Downtown Los Angeles

Commentary People come from around the world to Los Angeles in search of one thing: Hollywood glamour. The modern film industry certainly doesn’t offer it, and most of the old Hollywood hotspots have been tarnished by encroaching technology. However, on Aug. 11, visitors to the Original Farmers Market at 3rd and Fairfax were transported to…


Thief Breaks Into Catholic School Using Crucifix

BELL GARDENS, Calif.—A Catholic school in Los Angeles County was robbed of nearly $5,000 by a man caught on security video using a crucifix to break in and steal the money, authorities say. Detectives with the Bell Gardens Police Department say the thief used the crucifix to pry open a window in the St. Gertrude’s…


Los Angeles Teachers Union to Boycott First of Four Extra School Days

A union representing teachers in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is going to boycott the district’s first of four optional instruction days, which its members said were added to this school year without labor negotiation. United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) announced Aug. 26 that 93 percent of its more than 34,000 members voted…


LA City Council Approves $2.9 Million to End Project Roomkey

After two years of Project Roomkey—a temporary emergency housing placement for the homeless in hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic—the Los Angeles City Council is calling for an end to the program. The council voted 11–0 Aug. 26 to approve $2.9 million to pay for closing the city’s remaining Project Roomkey sites along with emergency housing…


LAPD: Homeless Responsible for Most Home Robberies in Venice Beach This Summer

Ninety percent of home burglaries in Venice Beach reported this summer were committed by homeless people, according to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). Of the 11 home burglaries reported in the last four months, 10 of them were carried out by homeless people, Police Chief Michel Moore told the Police Commission on Aug. 23….


LAPD: Possible Hit-Run Motorist Comes Forward, Released Pending Investigation

LOS ANGELES—A man possibly responsible for the hit-and-run injury of a restaurant worker on a moped in the downtown Los Angeles area brought the car believed to have been involved in the crash to a police facility Aug. 25, and was released pending further investigation, authorities said. The man, who was not arrested, went to…


Newsom Grants $209 Million for Housing Projects in Los Angeles

Los Angeles received $209 million in funding through Project Homekey, a program that converts buildings into housing in an effort to address the state’s homelessness crisis, Gov. Gavin Newsom and city officials announced Aug. 24. The city will convert seven sites into permanent housing and contribute an additional $157 million in matching funds. In total,…


Group Urges Los Angeles to End Indoor Masking for Kids Playing Sports at City Facilities

The grassroots organization LA Uprising launched a campaign this week asking Los Angeles city officials to end an ongoing indoor mask mandate for youth sports at city facilities. Group organizer Ross Novie, a father of two Los Angeles public school students, said he started the effort after visiting Mar Vista Recreation Center last weekend and…