Man shot by police after holding girlfriend hostage, LAPD says
A use-of-force investigation is underway after officers fired their weapon at a domestic violence suspect, who is accused of threatening his girlfriend with a firearm while holding her hostage in Northridge. The initial incident began at 2 a.m. Sunday when officers responded to the area of Balcom Avenue and Rayen...
Californians Vandalize Waymo Car After Beloved Bodega Cat’s Death: ‘Because if it Won’t Stop...
KitKat was a well-known bodega cat in the Randa’s Market in San Francisco, California. Unfortunately, KitKat was fatally wounded in late October by a Waymo robotaxi, which is part of a new wave of transportation services monitored by artificial intelligence, meaning that they do not have drivers. Now, San Francisco...
Report: ICE Shot a US Citizen Trying to Help Kids
Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. For the second time in a little over a week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers reportedly shot someone in Los Angeles, California. This time, it was a US citizen who ICE officers shot...
‘A Title Bomb’: How Forged Deeds and a County Clerk Glitch Are Stealing Homes...
You paid your mortgage for 20 years. You have the deed. You have the keys. You pay your property taxes. And in the eyes of the State of California, none of it matters. A new, terrifyingly simple scam is exploding from LA to the Bay Area. It’s called “title fraud,” and it’s a quiet bomb that detonates your life.
Palmdale mobilizes emergency food distribution as CalFresh benefits are suspended
The City of Palmdale is rising to meet a potentially unprecedented need for food following the anticipated suspension of CalFresh Program benefits, affecting 1.5 million people across Los Angeles County. Beginning Monday, Nov. 3, South Antelope Valley Emergency Services (SAVES) will mobilize by switching to an...
Lynwood father, grandmother appear in court after boy found dead in ice-filled cooler
The father and grandmother of a young boy who was found dead inside a cooler in a Lynwood apartment made their first court appearance on murder, torture and child abuse charges.
Vehicle fire on SR-14 spreads to nearby brush
A vehicle fire broke out on the northbound side of State Route 14 of the Golden Valley Road off-ramp on Monday afternoon, according to an official with the California Highway Patrol Newhall-area Office. The white sedan was on fire on the right shoulder near the off-ramp, according to Officer Carlos...
A Photographer Spent 18 Months Documenting an LA Psychiatric Hospital in the 1970s
In 1979, photographer Merrick Morton (@merrickmortonphoto) received a California state grant to document the Volunteer Program at a psychiatric hospital in Los Angeles, a project that led him to return again and again over the next year and a half. Warning: Some of Morton’s photos are distressing. Viewer discretion...
No, Everyone, there was No Los Angeles Streetcar Conspiracy
Greetings! Though this is a Bunker Hill blog, I will on occasion cover tangentially-related subjects (like Chavez Ravine or Cooper Donuts, or even Disneyland), especially if there’s debunking to be done. Today’s debunking, though, is altogether unrelated to Bunker Hill. After being told for the millionth time that...
Rowdy fans, street takeovers prompt dispersal orders after Dodgers win World Series
The LAPD also announced a series of road closures.
