2 LA County deputies injured in West Hollywood crash
Two Los Angeles County Sheriff's deputies were hospitalized after a crash Thursday at a West Hollywood intersection. The crash, which occurred as the deputies were responding to an assistance call, was reported at about noon at North Fairfax Avenue and West Sunset Boulevard. Two deputies in a patrol vehicle collided...
Fentanyl Hits Black Men Hard, One Pill Can Kill
Fentanyl, once known as a white suburban and rural youth problem stemming from “pill mills” of the southeast and midwest, has now morphed into an inner city Black men problem, where overdose deaths are rising faster than all other groups. Early on in the epidemic, health providers generously...
Man killed in intentional hit-and-run crash in South Los Angeles, police say
Police are searching for the driver who they say intentionally ran someone over in South Los Angeles overnight.
LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt vows ‘zero encampments’ of homeless, no fentanyl on streets
Los Angeles mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt laid out a plan to eliminate homeless encampments, crack down on public drug use and investigate local nonprofits.
LAUSD union employees rally on March 18 amid layoff notices and contract negotiation
The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is nearing a potential strike as unions push back against planned layoffs, insufficient raises and staffing shortages amid contract negotiations that have stretched on for more than a year, according to union representatives. Negotiations between the LAUSD and its...
New Details About Grand Jury Testimony Of D4vd’s Ex Friend Revealed
Neo Langston, a former friend of singer D4vd, testified in front of a grand jury for at least 40 minutes
New transparency ordered for LA County payouts to executives
The county will now create a public dashboard of settlements with its executives in response to LAist reporting.
Investigators seek more victims after SoCal Boys & Girls Club employee is arrested
Authorities are looking for additional victims who were sexually assaulted by an employee at Boys & Girls Club of Santa Clarita, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said as it released the picture of the suspect. NBC Los Angeles reported exclusively last week that 32-year-old Elizabeth Eiizarraraz was...
Operation Hard Money: FBI Swarms Hollywood Mansion Owned By Scam Network
The FBI has taken down a sprawling international identity theft ring connected to an international organized crime syndicate that allegedly used identities stolen from monied elderly homeowners to defraud lenders. Ten defendants were indicted this week after a series of dramatic law enforcement raids across the Los...
We visited an LA building with 89 registered hospices. Here’s what we found.
Advocates said the Van Nuys building looked like an example of "clustering" — a red flag for hospice fraud.
