City Controller Mejia Endorses Raman for LA Mayor
City Controller Kenneth Mejia Thursday endorsed Councilwoman Nithya Raman in her bid for mayor of Los Angeles. Mejia joined Raman for a news conference Thursday morning in downtown where he announced his support her campaign. Mejia — who was elected in 2022 and reelected in the June election after receiving more than 60% of the…
OC Demands $4M From Firm Over Hazardous Materials Cleanup in Garden Grove
Orange County is demanding $4 million from the owner of a Garden Grove plastic manufacturing plant where a chemical leak forced thousands of people from their homes earlier this year, officials said Friday. County Counsel Leon Page sent a letter to GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems Inc. on Friday demanding payment of $4,071,305 for resource deployment…
USC Survey Finds Angelenos Wary of Driverless Cars
Most Los Angeles County residents have yet to embrace autonomous ride-hailing services such as Waymo and remain skeptical of their safety, according to a survey released by USC. The survey, conducted among 1,280 county residents between Feb. 20 and May 10, found only 5% of respondents had used an autonomous ride-hailing service during the previous…
Cleanup and Repairs Continue at WeHo Water Main Break
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power crews raced to repair a ruptured main that turned streets in West Hollywood into raging rivers that opened sinkholes, pushed around cars and flooded garages while shifting massive chunks of asphalt and concrete slabs. Workers toiled round the clock using backhoes to expose the broken section of the…
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Riverside County’s Jobless Rate Rises in June
Payroll losses offset gains throughout the regional economy, pushing Riverside County’s unemployment rate back above 5% in June, according to figures released Friday by the California Employment Development Department. The countywide jobless rate last month, based on preliminary EDD estimates,…
Warehouse Operators Hit with More Violations As Spoiled Food is Trucked Out
As the herculean task of cleaning up tons of rotting food from a cold storage warehouse in Boyle Heights continued Friday after the eight-day fire broke out a month ago, air quality violations were piling up Friday for the facility’s…
Ye Appeals Jury’s $140K Award to Handyman in Home Demolition Work Case
Ye is appealing a jury’s award of $140,000 to a handyman who alleged he was not fully compensated for work overseeing a renovation project at the Malibu mansion of the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, who maintained the plaintiff…
405 Lane, Ramp Closures Begin Friday evening in Sepulveda Pass
Overnight lane and ramp closures will resume Friday evening on the San Diego (405) Freeway through the Sepulveda Pass as Caltrans crews continue a repaving project in the area. Intermittent closures will take place from 10 p.m. Friday to 5…