The Los Angeles City Council Redistricting Commission sent recommendations for a map that would redistribute key neighborhoods in the city to other districts. The citizen-led commission voted 15-6 this week to finalize the map, which redraws district boundary lines in Paul Krekorian’s District 2, Bob Blumenfield’s District 3, and Nithya Raman’s District 4. The recommendations…
LA Redistricting Commission Recommends Map that Reshapes Key Districts
Largest Tiny Home Village in the US Opens in Los Angeles to House the Homeless
The largest tiny home community in the U.S. opened this week in Los Angeles, with over 220 beds available. The 64-square-foot homes—also known as “pallets—are billed as a cost-effective alternative to larger, more expensive permanent supportive housing units. A handful of tiny home villages have sprung up across the county recently, accommodating up to 1,000…
Unemployment Rate at 9.8 Percent in LA County
LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 9.8 percent in September, down from a revised 10.1 percent in August, according to figures released Oct. 22 by the state Employment Development Department (EDD). The rate in September 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, was 13 percent. In Orange County, where seasonally adjusted numbers were…
Small Business Owners Complain of Product Shortages Due to Port Backlog
As the port backlog continues, some local business owners in Los Angeles County say they are concerned about product shortages ahead of the holiday season. Sandy Rosco, the executive director of the San Gabriel Chamber of Commerce, said Oct. 20, the businesses that are hurting the most are small-to-medium-sized because their owners don’t have the…
Super Bowl Expected to Deliver up to $477M to LA Economy
LOS ANGELES—Next year’s Super Bowl LVI is expected to deliver as much as $477.5 million to the Los Angeles economy, including thousands of new job opportunities in the event-production and hospitality sector, plus major contracts for local businesses, according to projections released Oct. 21. The event at the new SoFi Stadium in Inglewood will generate…
COVID Outbreak Among Students Forces Closure of LA School
LOS ANGELES—Students at View Park Preparatory Accelerated Charter High School were expected to undergo a new round of COVID-19 testing Oct. 21, after a sudden spike in cases among students last week prompted the school to return to remote learning—the first known virus-related campus closure in the county since schools welcomed students back. According to…
Ex-Lawyer From Redondo Beach Agrees to Plead Guilty to Conning Clients
LOS ANGELES—A former lawyer from Redondo Beach agreed Oct. 20 to plead guilty to a fraud charge, admitting he lied to clients about winning cases and deceiving them with bogus documents, some with the forged signatures of judges. Matthew Charles Elstein, 51, will plead to one count of wire fraud in Los Angeles federal court…
Garcetti: LA Employees Not Vaxed By Dec. 18 ‘Should Be Prepared’ To Lose Jobs
LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti said Oct. 20 that any city employee who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 18 “should be prepared to lose their job.” The deadline was initially Wednesday for Los Angeles’ mandate that all city employees be vaccinated. However, under a proposal submitted Tuesday by the city administrative officer, pending…
Garcetti: LA Employees Not Vaxxed by Dec. 18 ‘Should Be Prepared’ to Lose Jobs
LOS ANGELES—Mayor Eric Garcetti said Oct. 20 that any city employee who refused to get vaccinated against COVID-19 by Dec. 18 “should be prepared to lose their job.” The deadline was initially Oct. 20 for Los Angeles’ mandate that all city employees be vaccinated. However, under a proposal submitted Oct. 19 by the city administrative…
Shipping Containers from Stranded Ships Abandoned in California Neighborhoods
October 20, 2021
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Shipping containers stranded for weeks at sea are now reportedly being abandoned in California neighborhoods. Anaheim Street in Los Angeles has become one of the locations where an overflow of empty containers now line local streets, as nearby UCTI Trucking deals with more than they can handle under the local port’s 24/7 operations. “It’s a…
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