Category: LA

Five People Rushed to Hospital After Shooting on Metro Train in Willowbrook

WILLOWBROOK, Calif.—Paramedics rushed five people to area trauma centers after a shooting that may have occurred aboard a Metro train on its way to the Willowbrook/Rosa Parks Station, authorities said Sept. 25. Four people with gunshot wounds were listed in stable condition and were expected to survive their injuries, said Ramon Montenegro, a public information…


Coronavirus Hospitalizations Fall Below 1,100 in Los Angeles County

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – The number of coronavirus patients in Los Angeles County hospitals continued to fall Sept. 18, dropping from 1,125 on Friday to 1,070, according to state figures. The number of those patients in intensive care also fell, from 337 to 324. The county also reported 29 new deaths and 2,130 new cases…


Los Angeles Resumes Homeless Encampment Cleanups

The City of Los Angeles resumed its CARE Plus homeless encampment cleanups this week after the cleanups were paused during the COVID-19 pandemic. Earlier this year, the city council voted to resume the cleanups, which require the homeless to take down their tents so the Los Angeles Sanitation Department can sweep and wash the streets…


Woman Sues LA After Being Struck by a Car on a Street Where Tents Block the Sidewalk

By David Zahniser From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—A Los Angeles woman has sued the city of Los Angeles, saying she was struck by a car after venturing into a Hollywood street where a homeless encampment was blocking city sidewalks. Debra Todd, 64, sustained injuries to her head, hip, back, arm, and leg when she…


LA City Attorney Pushes To Mandate Vaccines at Indoor Establishments

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer sent a letter to county leaders Aug. 3 urging them to follow the lead of New York City and require people to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter indoor establishments such as restaurants, gyms and theaters. But while no such requirement appears to be on the…


Petition Launched to Save Legendary LA Cinemas

LOS ANGELES—Southland movie fans stunned and saddened by April 12’s news that the ArcLight and Pacific theaters in the Los Angeles area will not reopen have taken to the internet to try to save one of L.A.’s most iconic movie houses. A petition launched on Change.org to preserve the iconic Cinerama Dome on Sunset Boulevard…


Students in LA School District Must Get COVID-19 Vaccine to Return to Classrooms

The 600,000 students in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will have to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before returning to classrooms, school district officials said. In a pre-recorded briefing first reported by the Los Angeles Times, LAUSD Superintendent Austin Beutner said the COVID-19 vaccine mandate would be “no different than students who are vaccinated…


Protesters Block Worship Event on LA’s Skid Row, Attack Epoch Times Reporters

LOS ANGELES—Dozens of protesters clashed with followers of Christian worship leader Sean Feucht and the “Let Us Worship” movement on Skid Row in Los Angeles on Dec. 30. The protesters were attempting to block access to Feucht’s homeless outreach event. A dozen protesters encircled a reporter and photographer from The Epoch Times. Someone threw a…