$1.4M in Taxpayer Funds Quietly Went to Advocacy Group Through City Contracts
LOS ANGELES - SAJE has framed its work for more than 25 years around tenant rights, healthy housing, and what it calls "equitable development" - with a stated mission of building "community power" in Los Angeles neighborhoods. The City of Los Angeles has been telling a quieter story - by writing checks. The...
Sonar search of MacArthur Park Lake for possible bodies, guns stopped by park rangers,...
A planned sonar search of MacArthur Park Lake was halted Monday after Los Angeles Park Rangers stopped the unpermitted operation and threatened arrest, according to businessman John Alle. Alle said the search was intended to investigate rumors of weapons and possible human remains in the lake, citing concerns from...
Armed Woman Surrenders Peacefully After Standoff with Long Beach Police on East Wardlow Road
Last night, the Long Beach Police Department responded to what they characterized as a "no-hit shooting" on the 700 block of East Wardlow Road. According to the LBPD blotter, the incident unfolded around 10:35 p.m. A distressed adult female, who was barricaded in a vehicle and armed, was reportedly experiencing...
Video: Mountain lion spotted in S.F.’s Pacific Heights; city warns park-goers
Wildlife officials believe the mountain lion could have hunkered down in a San Francisco park and are warning visitors.
Thomas Syslo charged with murder in connection with 2023 overdose in Thousand Oaks hotel
VENTURA COUNTY, Calif. (KEYT) – Thomas Syslo of Torrance is facing a charge of second-degree murder as well as narcotics and money laundering charges after an investigation into a 2023 fatal overdose in a Thousand Oaks hotel room. On Aug. 4, 2023, deputies were called to the scene of...
Man in his 70s found dead with fatal stab wound in Los Angeles
Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a man believed to be in his 70s in Los Angeles’ Central-Alameda neighborhood early Monday morning. Officers responded to the area of East 57th and Bandera streets near Alameda Street around 5:11 a.m. after receiving a report of a stabbing. Sky5 was over the scene at 5:45...
Army vet wins $6.8 million from jury after suing LAPD over mental health ‘5150’...
Slade Douglas filed a lawsuit against the LAPD and City of Los Angeles over an August 2019 incident in which he says he was forcibly hospitalized and drugged after officers responded to a report that he might be suicidal.
Pre-Dawn Spark Sets Off New Wildfire Jitters in Los Angeles County
Early Monday, authorities reported a new wildfire burning in Los Angeles County. The blaze, identified as LAC-030955, was first discovered in the pre-dawn hours, and officials say the cause remains undetermined and containment has not yet been reported. Incident details. According to reporting by The Sacramento Bee,...
Los Angeles’s Oldest, Most Iconic French Restaurant to Close in March
Plus, new Maydan Market residency, breakfast at Bread Head, and more. Taix French Restaurant announced a permanent closure date last week, reports the Eastsider. March 29 will mark the end of a long era for classic French cuisine in an Echo Park historic building, as well as the beginning of construction for a...
3 men to be arraigned in ambush-style killing of 22-year-old aspiring singer in Northridge
Three men charged in the killing of 22-year-old Maria De La Rosa, an aspiring Latin singer who was shot to death in an ambush-style attack in Northridge, are scheduled to appear in court Monday for their arraignment.

















