Category Archives: Local
Assemblyman: state lacks funds to complete high speed rail line
A legislator says California's high speed rail project is under-funded by billions of dollars. Assemblyman Jim Patterson says "high speed" is a misnomer. "They're building in three little segments and...
Jul 31, 2018
Disneyland wages vote
After months of protesting for higher wages, it's looking like Disneyland employees have something happy to be about. https://cdn.socast.io/6616/sites/320/2018/07/25165715/disneyland-wages-vote-W1-JR....
Jul 25, 2018
Advocate: Anti-car ideologues obscure reality of L.A. street traffic
An advocate for safer L.A. streets says the Los Angeles Times is wrong to blame the increase in pedestrian fatalities on the upward creep of speed limits on major boulevards and avenues. Jay Beeber, e...
Jul 25, 2018
LAUSD Board Member Rodriguez resigns
Los Angeles Unified School District board member Ref Rodriguez pleaded guilty today to a felony conspiracy charge and four misdemeanors for reimbursing donors to his 2015 election campaign, and he res...
Jul 23, 2018
Witness to Trader Joe’s horror: “I’ll never get that image out of my head”
A short exchange of gunfire between LAPD officers and 28-year-old Gene Atkins following a police pursuit Saturday left the manager of the Silverlake Trader Joe’s dead. Christian Dunlop lives nex...
Jul 23, 2018
Real ID creates long lines at DMV
The DMV says you can now fill-out your driver license renewal online. So why the long lines? Spokesperson Jessica Gonzalez says the DMV has been pushing online services for years. "But now with...
Jul 23, 2018
New L.A. homeless shelter construction runs over budget
A new homeless shelter set to open next month in L.A.'s historic El Pueblo has run into cost overruns. The "Los Angeles Times" reports "expedited construction" helped boost the cost of the 7,000-squar...
Jul 17, 2018
Reporter exposes worker’s comp abuses by L.A. city workers
Los Angeles city employees who've been collecting big workers' comp payouts are being exposed for excessive "skin and contact claims." Jack Dolan, investigative reporter for the L-A Times, says...
Jul 17, 2018
L.A. streets still hazardous for pedestrians and cyclists despite Vision Zero effort
Los Angeles is the most dangerous city in the U.S. when it comes to getting around by bicycle. That's according to a new report published on Yourlocalsecurity.com. That statistic appears to back up wh...
Jul 12, 2018
O.C.’s first cat café opening soon
There's a cat caf coming to Orange County later this summer. Catmosphere Laguna owner Gail Allyn Landau says she's not afraid to be identified as a crazy cat lady. "We call ourselves aficionados or fe...
Jul 10, 2018