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California bill would require insurance protections for fire-hardened homes
7+ min ago (303+ words) A new state Senate bill aims to guarantee homeowners insurance protections for their wildfire-hardened homes. The safety standards include home-hardening upgrades " like sprinklers and closing off the eaves under a roof to prevent the collection of burning embers " and defensible…...
Man who lived rent-free in New Yorker Hotel, then claimed to own it, pleads guilty to fraud charge
10+ min ago (301+ words) Mickey Barreto entered the plea on Wednesday, admitting that he had forged property records in an effort to take ownership over the hotel. That effort was, at least on paper, partially successful. When the hotel rebuffed him, he took his…...
LA’s consecutive deficits call for ‘bold’ government reforms, controller urges
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (702+ words) Revenue shortfalls, rising liability payouts and departmental overspending contributed to a second consecutive annual budget deficit for Los Angeles, City Controller Kenneth Mejia reported. On Wednesday, the controller's office released its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the 2024-25 fiscal year, which…...
California’s proposed billionaire tax brings Sen. Bernie Sanders to rally in LA
1+ hour, 39+ min ago (1265+ words) Politicians and state leaders from the world's fourth-largest economy like to say, "As goes California, so goes the nation." Perhaps that is why a proposed wealth tax on billionaires that could end up on the November statewide ballot is not…...
LA City hires a firm to relight the darkened Sixth Street Bridge
1+ hour, 46+ min ago (347+ words) The city's Bureau of Engineering has selected global engineering firm Tetra Tech to fortify and relight the Sixth Street Viaduct following repeated copper wire thefts that left sections of the bridge dark, officials announced on Wednesday. Tetra Tech began design…...
Review: Monty Python’s ‘Spamalot’ is clearly ‘not dead yet’ in Costa Mesa
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (907+ words) Beckoning audiences on a whimsical jaunt to always look on the bright side of life, the touring revival of "Spamalot" is especially winning for its unabashed determination to deliver on all manners of silliness. Rafters-packed on the opening night of…...
Where are the adults? LA’s reckless gamble on the 2028 Games
2+ hour, 11+ min ago (665+ words) To borrow a line from "Sesame Street," today's edition of "Learning to Count" is brought to you by the letters "E," "C" and "R." They stand for Enhanced City Resources. For taxpaying residents of the city of Los Angeles, it's a…...
Fired woman to get deposition of Curren Price deputy chief of staff
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (490+ words) Attorneys for a former senior aide to City Councilman Curren Price who says she was wrongfully fired for being a whistleblower will get to depose a Price staff member early next month, a judge ruled on Wednesday. Angie Reyes-English's Los…...
DOJ is seeking to join lawsuit alleging LAUSD bias against white students
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (411+ words) The US Department of Justice moved Wednesday to intervene in a federal lawsuit alleging that the Los Angeles Unified School District discriminates against white students through its decades-old Predominantly Hispanic, Black, Asian, or Other Non-Anglo (PHBAO) desegregation program. The policy…...
Reliever Evan Phillips ‘glad to be back in Dodger blue’
3+ hour, 4+ min ago (776+ words) GLENDALE, Ariz. " It's like he never left " because he didn't after all. "Just glad to be back," Evan Phillips said, back at his familiar locker in the Dodgers' clubhouse at Camelback Ranch after a winter spent as a free agent....