OPINION: In MacArthur Park, a Fence Won’t Fix Homelessness or Addiction But It Might...
LOS ANGELES - The city struggles to balance its humane responses to addiction and homelessness with its more instant but often less durable alternatives - police action. MacArthur Park, a 35-acre space in the heart of L.A.'s Westlake neighborhood, is proving to be a frustrating testing ground. Neighbors want a safer...
Immigration raid in LA’s El Salvador corridor
Vendors from the El Salvador corridor in the Pico Union area are still shaken after an immigration raid that happened on Sunday around 11 a.m. There are estimates that between six and 10 people were detained. Vendors said the federal agents focused on 11th and 12th Streets, where the majority...
Burglars in Pico Rivera get away with thousands of dollars in narcotics after pharmacy...
Surveillance footage shows masked men making their way into the store through the metal entrance before shattering a glass door.
Deputies: Man arrested on suspicion of assault after family dispute
A 19-year-old Newhall man was arrested on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon after an alleged family dispute escalated and he held his family hostage with a box cutter on the 24200 block of Pine Street on Sunday afternoon, according to an official with the Santa Clarita Valley Sheriff’s Station.
Los Angeles Man Accused of Holding Woman Hostage and Engaging in Shootout with LAPD...
In the early hours of November 2, officers from the Los Angeles Police Department's Devonshire Patrol Division were summoned to address a disturbance reported to involve fighting and a female in distress on the 8900 block of Balcom Avenue. At the scene, they encountered Louis Jordan Cortez, now known to have been...
Los Angeles man indicted for attempting to pimp Colorado women
A Colorado grand jury indicted a 36-year-old man on seven charges related to organized crime throughout the state in 2023. Andrew Dominguez was recently indicted on one count of violation of the Colorado Organized Crime Control Act (COCCA), two counts of attempted pimping, two counts of criminal impersonation, one...
“The Deadly Weapon In Question Was A 15-ounce Umbrella”
LOS ANGELES— As dusk settled over the Los Angeles skyline and chants echoed off the walls of the Metropolitan Detention Center, federal officers moved in on a familiar crowd of protesters.
Inside LAPD’s nearly $400M settlement crisis that’s bankrupting LA
Subscribe to LA Public Press to get stories like this in your inbox every week. Taxpayers are covering civil rights violations and officer misconduct while basic city services face cuts—and a new audit could reveal whether LAPD is doing anything to stop the pattern.
More than $2 million in cargo recovered after San Bernardino County train burglaries
Three Los Angeles County residents were also arrested when deputies served a series of search warrants across Southern California last week.
California owns dozens of vacant houses in Los Angeles County. It’s paying millions to...
The California Department of Transportation has spent more than $17 million since 2020 to guard the homes, which it purchased to make way for a freeway that was never completed.
