SANTA MONICA- An actress said to be missing and making national headlines for her disappearance was arrested by the Santa Monica Police the sa…
VENICE- A neighborhood meeting with Council District 11 candidate Erin Darling has several residents concerned after they say Darling talked a…
VENICE- Police are looking for four suspects involved in an armed robbery over the weekend.
LOS ANGELES - An effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón was rejected today, with the county clerk's office ann…
LOS ANGELES - Amid more relaxed COVID-19 protocols, classes resume today for thousands of LAUSD students -- and Superintendent Alberto Carva…
MAR VISTA - An organ recipient has been found for Anne Heche, whose body was on life support although she is legally dead under California l…
GARDENA - The Gardena-based King's Hawaiian baking company is voluntarily recalling its Pretzel Slider Buns, Pretzel Hamburger Buns and Pret…
WEST HILLS - One week after a bizarre crash into a Mar Vista home, Anne Heche was declared brain dead at Grossman Burn Center at West Hills H…
MAR VISTA - Authorities today said blood tests on Anne Heche showed the presence of ``narcotics,'' but more tests would be needed to rule ou…
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles housing officials were pressed today by city council members on the city's exit strategy from Project Roomkey. On…
VENICE- A brawl recorded between two transients on the Venice Boardwalk is creating quite a buzz.
VENICE -The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating what they believe to be "swatting" incidents that took place on the Venice Boardwalk.
LOS ANGELES - For the second time in less than a week– the Los Angeles City Council chambers were cleared out Tuesday after protesters tried …
LOS ANGELES - The union representing Los Angeles Unified School District teachers announced today it has filed an unfair labor practices com…
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn was a no- show at Tuesday's board meeting, announcing on Twitter that she has tested …
MAR VISTA -Neighbors of the woman whose house was destroyed after actress Anne Heche drove her car into it are doing what they can to help.
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council is set to take a final vote today to ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of schools and day…
LOS ANGELES - Dozens of people gathered outside Los Angeles City Hall to protest an ordinance prohibiting people from assembling or disassem…
CULVER CITY - A man was robbed at gunpoint early today after withdrawing money from a Chase Bank ATM in Culver City, and police sought the pu…
LOS ANGELES - Sheriff's detectives asked for public assistance today to find a 47-year-old man who went missing in Los Angeles.
LOS ANGELES - A measure that would require hotels in Los Angeles to place unhoused people in vacant rooms and the city to consider its affor…
MAR VISTA - Actress Anne Heche remains hospitalized in stable condition after suffering serious burn injuries when she crashed her car into …
VENICE- The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a robbery that took place in a parking lot this morning.
VENICE -A pedestrian was fatally struck by a vehicle near the corner of Venice Blvd and Lincoln Blvd early this morning.
LOS ANGELES- In the face of strong opposition from small, family-owned businesses that make up the hotel industry, the Los Angeles City Counci…
MAR VISTA - A vehicle possibly driven by actress Anne Heche crashed into a house in the Mar Vista area today, critically injuring the motori…
LOS ANGELES- The Los Angeles City Council is set to vote on a controversial ordinance today that would mandate housing homeless among Los Ange…
LOS ANGELES - A judge who recently again blocked Herb Wesson from acting as a temporary replacement for suspended Los Angeles City Councilma…
VENICE -Video of a transient jumping up and down on an LAPD Pacific Division Beach Patrol car is getting a lot of attention Thursday.
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles residents have continued to reduce water usage at a steady pace to offset a historic drought, and those efforts app…
LOS ANGELES- The Los Angeles Board of Transportation Commission voted Wednesday to create an Ad Hoc Committee to address RVs parked on public…
VENICE- A Hawthorne woman who sued Staples the Office Superstore, alleging she was forced to quit earlier this year because the Venice locatio…
LOS ANGELES - Fixed rates for private ambulance services in Los Angeles are set to increase for the first time in five years after a City Co…
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County's health director said today she hopes the availability of a new form of COVID-19 vaccine, Novavax, will pro…
VENICE -The main character in Rhoda Huffey’s new novel, 31 Paradiso, is somewhat like the author. Francine Ephesians Didwell moves from Orange…
VENICE- Mayoral candidate Rick Caruso made a brief appearance at the Westside National Night Out event Tuesday. He along with Council District…
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles could soon become one of three cities in California to provide supervised injection sites under legislation passed…
LOS ANGELES-Despite Councilman Mike Bonin's no vote, and an hour-long disruption by activists -the Los Angeles City Council passed an ordinanc…
LOS ANGELES - As expected, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted today to place a measure on the November ballot that would give…
UNIVERSAL CITY –A local news station is stepping up to help clear Los Angeles animal shelters. NBC4 and Telemundo 52’s annual Clear The Shelte…
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote today on an ordinance that would ban homeless encampments within 500 feet of …
National Night Out, an event that is meant to enhance the relationship between neighbors and law enforcement while bringing back a true sense…
LOS ANGELES - Forecasters are predicting a chance of monsoonal showers, thunderstorms and possible moderate to heavy rain today in the Los A…
SANTA MONICA - An arrest was made in fatal stabbing of a homeless man in Santa Monica.
LOS ANGELES -Point-of-sale loan company Sezzle Inc. has been sued in a proposed class action case alleging the company tricks customers into …
LOS ANGELES - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County decreased Sunday for the 47th consecutive d…
VENICE- The Los Angeles Police Department is looking for a suspect who was involved in a shooting early Saturday morning.
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles residents can once again get free recycled water to irrigate their lawns, trees and plants through a Los Angeles De…
SANTA MONICA- Councilmember Mike Bonin moderated a forum Wednesday evening held by the Santa Monica Democratic Club. The primary message of th…
LOS ANGELES - Citing continued downward trends in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, Los Angeles County scrubbed plans today to re-impose …
VENICE- I was reading the latest letter from the Coalition for Safe Coastal Development to Homeless and Poverty Committee, which confesses to …
Opinion: Ahead of the primary election, here’s a Venetian perspective.
LA City Council is proposing to raise the budget for homeless response team CIRCLE, from 3 to 8 million dollars. LAMayor.org describes CIRCLE …
There was a time when Los Angeles' paper of record could be relied on to provide political endorsements that reflected the interests and conce…
VENICE- We at the Coalition for Safe Coastal Development, the folks who have brought a compelling law suit against the city and the project’s …
LOS ANGELES -On Monday, April 26th, Los Angeles Homeless Authority Executive Director Heidi Marston delivered her resignation in the form of a…
When Russia invaded Ukraine, I responded like many Americans: by making charitable donations.
VENICE -The city’s new pet project, CIRCLE, will operate “Decompression Centers” where homeless people involved in 911 incidents (rather than …
VENICE- 15 Months ago, my tenure at this publication began with two pieces published in tandem: a look back on the Venice Bridge Home's impac…
Despite my 11th hour plea to The City Council last week to withhold its support of The Venice Median Project by voting to ABSTAIN, I was not i…
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Last year he made up a federal act of terror to smear his own constituents and political opponents — Now calls for patience in the face of an …
The latest chapter in LA City Council’s Homeless Encampment conflict played itself out this week in a controversy that appears to have started…
On Wednesday the Los Angeles City Council voted 13-2 to pass a new safe open places ordinance, which will empower authorities to enforce no ca…
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WESTSIDE -People throughout Los Angeles are both outraged and confused by the dangerous and dirty conditions of our sidewalks and streets, our…
VENICE- As City workers haul away tons of trash from the Ocean Front Walk, exposing the dead carcass of what was once a beautiful park, we all…
VENICE- According to the last official homeless count, the City of Los Angeles has over 60 percent of Los Angeles County's unhoused population…
As the homeless crisis spirals out of control throughout his district, as his constituents are attacked and assaulted and fires burn on a dail…
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