Category Archives: Local
Garcetti to Launch Cyber-Security Initiative
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti will announce this morning the launch of an unprecedented initiative to share information about cyber-security threats with businesses in the city. Garcetti will announ...
Aug 15, 2017
Thousand-Acre Riverside Brush Fire: Evacuations Orders Lifted
Firefighters are battling a thousand-acre wildfire near U-C Riverside that came dangerously close to homes, prompting an evacuation order. The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection sai...
Aug 14, 2017
LAPD Launches Drone Pilot Program
Three years after it acquired a pair of drones but chose not to deploy them in response to protests about potential surveillance uses, the LAPD plans on taking its first step today in opening a drone ...
Aug 08, 2017
L.A. Councilman Slams Anti-Gentrification Vandalism in Boyle Heights
(NBC 4/CNS) – Los Angeles City Councilman Jose Huizar is denouncing the tactics some activists have used against a coffee shop in Boyle Heights at the center of anti-gentrification protests afte...
Jul 31, 2017
Battle Against Road Diets Intensifies as Cars Get Squeezed Out
The opposition continues in Mar Vista against traffic-choking road diets. Demetrious Mavromichalis runs the Venice Grind Coffee House. His is one of the businesses impacted by the new traffic calming ...
Jul 24, 2017
L.A.U.S.D. Board of Education Gets 174% Raise
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education members are getting a raise from 46-thousand dollars to 125 thousand dollars a year. That’s a 174 percent raise. Board members who rece...
Jul 11, 2017
High Surf, Rip Currents Keep Lifeguards Busy
With hundreds of thousands of people at the beaches this weekend, lifeguards had their hands full. The Orange County Register reports high surf and rip-currents created hazardous conditions. Lifeguard...
Jul 10, 2017
Violence Disrupts Santa Ana Soccer Game
A soccer match in Santa Ana turned into a brawl Sunday. It began as a contest between former players from two Mexican soccer clubs. But after a dispute on the field between players turned violent, abo...
Jun 26, 2017
Man Visits Disneyland 2000 Times … in a Row
Jeff Reitz likes Disneyland so much he has gone there every day since 2012. On June 23rd, he went to the Magic Kingdom for the 2000th time. "The whole magic of the park is what gets to me, from walkin...
Jun 26, 2017
Strikes at Port of LA Expand Today
Truck drivers and warehouse workers from companies serving the Long Beach and Los Angeles ports expanded their strike today to protest being classified as independent contractors, which they say is a ...
Jun 20, 2017