VENICE -A Project Roomkey site in Venice is going through renovations to become a permanent homeless housing. Transformations at the Venice Ra…
LOS ANGELES -A motion filed by councilmembers Mike Bonin and Bob Blumenfield asking to implement a pilot program for personal delivery devic…
SANTA MONICA -The Santa Monica Police Department closed several streets near the 2500 block of Kansas on Tuesday after a man experiencing a me…
LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council voted today to explore a citywide rehousing strategy for people experiencing homelessness who are …
LOS ANGELES - The City Council gave final approval today to an ordinance that requires retail employers in Los Angeles to provide work schedu…
VENICE- With just a few weeks left in office, Councilmember Mike Bonin is asking the Los Angeles City Council to approve a little more than $5…
Lyft has removed its scooters and shared bicycles from the region citing a lack of longterm commitments from area municipalities.
LOS ANGELES - Public health officials issued a cold weather alert for parts of Los Angeles County, where overnight temperatures are expected…
LOS ANGELES - There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in tonight's drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery and the estimated j…
LOS ANGELES - An electrical issue off the grounds of Los Angeles International Airport triggered sporadic outages at one of the nation's busie…
LOS ANGELES - Thousands are expected to head to malls and stores in Los Angeles County today for Black Friday amid increased efforts statew…
PACIFIC PALISADES -When you meet Silvi Winthrop, you can’t help but sense there is something special about her. A naturally kind and positive …
VENICE - Authorities identified a man wanted in a July shooting in Venice that left two tourists from the United Kingdom seriously wounded.
PLAYA DEL REY -Residents near Ballona Creek were upset about the amount of trash entering the Pacific Ocean. The trash from storm drains, whic…
LOS ANGELES -The Los Angeles City Council deferred a motion presented by Councilmember Mike Bonin asking for little more than $2 million doll…
LOS ANGELES - Starting today, California Highway Patrol officers will be out in force over the Thanksgiving weekend, on the lookout for people…
LOS ANGELES -The progressive party has gained influence on the Los Angeles City Council as well as other high level positions in the city afte…
LOS ANGELES - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County recorded its largest decrease since Oct. 21 t…
CULVER CITY - Culver City police today said an ``anti-Semitic hate publication'' was distributed in a neighborhood over the weekend.
VENICE -Academy Award-nominated actor James Cromwell has joined the fight to stop a controversial proposed restoration project at the Ballona …
LOS ANGELES - The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped 3.5 cents today to $5.316, its lowes…
LOS ANGELES - For the overwhelming majority of Americans, turkey is the dinner of choice on Thanksgiving.
LOS ANGELES - City Council President Paul Krekorian has released a letter he sent to Los Angeles Mayor-elect Karen Bass stating that there i…
VENICE- A suspect in a stabbing on Abbot Kinney Blvd and Brooks Ave. is at large, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
WESTCHESTER -The Los Angeles Police Department is looking for a suspect in a shooting at a project home key site in Westchester.
WESTCHESTER - Four robbery suspects are at large today after a shooting at a 7-Eleven in Westchester.
THOUSAND OAKS - A major drug bust lands a Venice driver in jail, according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Office.
SANTA MONICA - A stabbing Thursday evening on Santa Monica's Ocean Front Walk left four people injured, according to information released by t…
LOS ANGELES - Sales of existing homes and median prices in Los Angeles County fell last month, dovetailing with statewide trends, the Califor…
LOS ANGELES - Traci Park declared victory today in the race for the Los Angeles City Council's 11th District seat, as her opponent, Erin Darl…
LOS ANGELES -Another round of gusty Santa Ana winds is expected to hit the Southland late tomorrow and into Saturday, again raising concerns a…
LOS ANGELES The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power recently thanked customers for adhering to water conservation efforts over the summe…
LOS ANGELES - Gusting Santa Ana winds pounded parts of the Southland today, combining with low humidity levels to prompt red flag warnings of…
LOS ANGELES - A 36-year-old man who was working in an electrical utility room at Los Angeles International Airport when he and three co- work…
LOS ANGELES - The state of California is providing $15 million in funding to support 500 unhoused women living on Skid Row, officials announ…
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge said he wants to meet with the new mayor of Los Angeles once election results are final before approving the set…
LOS ANGELES -Rep. Karen Bass grew her lead over developer Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayoral race to nearly 30,000 votes today, according …
LOS ANGELES - A program in Los Angeles that diverts nonviolent emergency calls away from police is expanding, Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today.
LOS ANGELES - Animal rescue groups are sending out urgent pleas for potential adopters for unwanted animals at the Southeast Area Animal Contr…
Traci Park is maintaining her 10 point lead in Los Angeles Council's 11th District Seat race, according to the latest results from the county …
Traci Park is maintaining her 10 point lead in Los Angeles Council's 11th District Seat race, according to the latest results from the county …
MARINA DEL REY- An early morning parking task force in the vicinity of Ballona Creek resulted in ten unoccupied vehicles being towed and 30 ci…
CULVER CITY - Authorities today announced that remains found over the weekend in Culver City were of human origin, and an investigation was u…
LOS ANGELES - With several critical races from Tuesday's election still undecided and resolution possibly days or weeks away, Los Angeles Cou…
VENICE - The Los Angeles City Council approved a lease extension of the Venice Bridge Home despite community pushback.
PLAYA DEL REY -The Los Angeles City Council voted today to fund rehabilitation for the ecological area surrounding the Freshwater Marsh and th…
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles County health officials today issued their standard warning for people to avoid swimming in the ocean due to the p…
LOS ANGELES - A single winning ticket for Monday night's delayed Powerball lottery drawing was sold in Altadena, with the jackpot worth a rec…
LOS ANGELES - Traci Park took the lead over Erin Darling tonight in the race to replace City Councilman Mike Bonin in the 11th District -- ga…
VENICE -The Westside of Los Angeles will get a new City Council member in the Nov. 8 election with Councilman Mike Bonin stepping down after t…
Traci Park is maintaining her lead in Los Angeles Council's 11th District Seat race, according to the latest results from the county clerk's o…
LOS ANGELES - West Hollywood City Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath again expanded her lead today over state Sen. Bob Hertzberg in the race for a…
LOS ANGELES - Rep. Karen Bass, who has represented Los Angeles at the state level and in Congress, will be the first woman and the second Bl…
LOS ANGELES - Rep. Karen Bass again expanded her lead over developer Rick Caruso today in the race to be Los Angeles' next mayor, with an adv…
LOS ANGELES -Sheriff Alex Villanueva conceded defeat today in his re-election bid, but in doing so, he again lashed out at his critics for pus…
LOS ANGELES - Katy Young Yaroslavsky, a former political aide, is set to represent the Los Angeles City Council's 5th District after her oppo…
LOS ANGELES -Rep. Karen Bass grew her lead over developer Rick Caruso in the Los Angeles mayoral race to nearly 30,000 votes today, according …
Traci Park is maintaining her 10 point lead in Los Angeles Council's 11th District Seat race, according to the latest results from the county …
Traci Park is maintaining her 10 point lead in Los Angeles Council's 11th District Seat race, according to the latest results from the county …
LOS ANGELES - Traci Park is maintaining her lead over Erin Darling, according to the latest results from the county clerk's office. She remain…
LOS ANGELES -Results for several Los Angeles city and county seats are still coming in and it may be several days before candidates are declar…
VENICE - Traci Park was holding a comfortable lead over Erin Darling today and appeared headed toward victory in the race to replace City Coun…
LOS ANGELES - The expensive and at-times contentious race to become the next mayor of Los Angeles remained in a virtual 50-50 deadlock today …
VENICE -The Westside of Los Angeles will get a new City Council member in the Nov. 8 election with Councilman Mike Bonin stepping down after t…
LOS ANGELES - State Sen. Bob Hertzberg and West Hollywood City Councilwoman Lindsey Horvath vie for an open seat on the Los Angeles County Bo…
LOS ANGELES - Assemblywoman Tina Simone McKinnor was set for a Tuesday rematch with Lawndale Mayor Robert Pullen-Miles in her bid to retain …
LOS ANGELES -Over the last two years, The Westside Current has chronicled the spiraling public safety crisis on Los Angeles’s Westside. In fac…
LOS ANGELES -Election Day isn't technically until Nov. 8, but early voting is already underway in Los Angeles County, and dozens of vote cente…
PLAYA VISTA- Upwards of 1500 people -- many wearing Bass for Mayor t-shirts and/or with children in tow -- came out to the Bandshell at Playa …
LOS ANGELES -Rick Caruso, one of two candidates vying for the next mayoral seat, says he can and will create change and clean up the city of L…
Heads up Westsiders. Monday, October 24, is the deadline to register online or with a voter-registration card.
VENICE- Something significant happened last summer when Sheriff Alex Villanueva visited the Venice Boardwalk. It made a substantial impact on …
SAWTELLE -On October 15th, the West L.A. Community Coalition, Sawtelle Neighborhood Council and West L.A. Neighborhood Council held what they …
LOS ANGELES - CD11 has emerged from eight years of Mike Bonin's representation with a case of political PTSD likely unequaled in the entire city.
Sam Yebri came to the west side of Los Angeles with his family as a refugee from Iran 40 years ago, and through decades of hard work and dedic…
VENICE According to publicly available court records, in 2016 and 2017 CD 11 City Council candidate Erin Darling questioned the credibility o…
VENICE- It's fair to say that nowhere in Los Angeles has the quality of life fallen harder than on the Westside. That's why it's crucial to ge…
One of the few bright spots in Los Angeles politics over the past several years has been Ron Galperin's masterful use of the office of City Co…
Over the past several years, Los Angeles city government has been beset by numerous scandals. One of the most notable involved the City Attor…
LOS ANGELES: Pressure continued to grow on Los Angeles City Council members Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to resign in a racism scandal surrou…
LOS ANGELES -One of the most critical races facing voters in 2022 is in County District Three. Current District Three representative Sheila Ku…
UNIVERSAL CITY - Los Angeles mayoral candidates Karen Bass and Rick Caruso are part of the growing movement calling for the resignation of th…
Phone banks, door knocking and canvassing will become more prominent as election day nears and mail in ballots start to arrive. Also expect s…
LOS ANGELES - Rep. Karen Bass has apologized for remarks she made during Thursday's Los Angeles mayoral debate accusing her opponent, devel…
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles mayoral candidates Rep. Karen Bass and developer Rick Caruso have contrasting ideas on how to address crime and hom…
WESTCHESTER -Another former CD11 candidate is throwing their support behind Traci Park. Mat Smith said he's putting all his backing behind Par…
The Westside is about to get their chance to cast their votes in the 2022 elections. Here’s all the information you need to cast your ballot a…
VENICE- Traci Park is pulling support from long-time community service volunteer Mike Newhouse.
LOS ANGELES - As the race for Los Angeles mayor enters its final weeks, mayoral candidate Rick Caruso's anticipated ad blitz is under way, w…
Westside Current is ramping up our political roundup with just seven weeks until election day.
LOS ANGELES - Laura Chick, a former Los Angeles city controller and councilwoman, sharply criticized the frontrunner in the race for the con…
After eight months, California’s legislative session is coming to a close this week with a final flurry of frantic activity. Lawmakers are rus…
LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles mayoral candidate Rick Caruso today criticized his opponent, Rep. Karen Bass, for backing city attorney hopeful Fai…
LOS ANGELES - Rep. Karen Bass surpassed billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso today as ballot-counting continued in the mayoral prima…
VENICE- Two candidates in the Council District 11 seat appear to be headed to the November runoffs.
LOS ANGELES - The five-member Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will get at least one new face by year's end, with Supervisor Sheila K…
LOS ANGELES - While the race for mayor has taken center stage ahead of Tuesday's primary election in Los Angeles, two other citywide posts a…
LOS ANGELES - An additional 522 vote centers opened throughout Los Angeles County during the second weekend of early voting for Tuesday's pri…
LOS ANGELES -Unseating an incumbent Los Angeles County sheriff is no easy task, but eight people are vying to do just that in Tuesday's elec…
If you haven’t noticed, your mail carrier certainly has: Election season has arrived in California and with it, the regular flood of political…