Tag: Los Angeles

3 Dead in Downtown LA Fentanyl Overdoses

May 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Three men are dead on May 5 in downtown Los Angeles after police say they ingested the drug fentanyl. A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officer who responded to their apartment is in the hospital after possibly inhaling the drug accidentally. Police were called at 11:45 p.m. on May 4 to the 600 block…

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Los Angeles City Council Orders Testing Near Former Toxic Dump Site

May 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday voted to begin off-site testing of wastewater, stormwater, and soil near a Lincoln Heights development project following reporting over the weekend about the site’s toxic dumping history. The motion, which was both introduced by Councilman Gil Cedillo and passed by council members Wednesday, cited Los Angeles Times reporting…

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Los Angeles Councilors Seek to Issue Emblem Placards to Licensed Cannabis Stores

May 6, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—As a measure to protect cannabis consumers from untested and unregulated products at unlicensed businesses, two Los Angeles City Councilors introduced a motion on May 4 aimed at implementing a county program that issues emblem placards to licensed cannabis businesses. Under the County of Los Angeles’s Emblem Program for Authorized Cannabis Stores, storefront and…

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Rebecca Grossman to Stand Trial for Murder in Hit-and-Run That Killed 2 Boys

May 6, 2022
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VAN NUYS, Calif.—The co-founder of the Grossman Burn Foundation, who allegedly ran down two young brothers in a Westlake Village crosswalk and fled the scene, was ordered Thursday to stand trial on murder and other charges. One of Rebecca Grossman’s attorneys, John Hobson, argued near the end of a roughly five-day preliminary hearing that the…

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Feds Seek Forfeiture of Mega-Mansion Allegedly Bought With Bribes

May 5, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The United States government is seeking the forfeiture of a mega-mansion in Holmby Hills, alleging the home was purchased with bribes paid by an Armenian businessman to the family of a former high-ranking public official in the onetime Soviet republic, the Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on May 5. The DOJ contends the bribes…

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Recall Gascón Campaign Raises $6 Million, Reaches 400,000 Signatures

May 5, 2022
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LOS ANGELES, Calif.—The effort to recall Los Angeles District Attorney George Gascón reached another milestone as of May 1 surpassing 400,000 signatures and raising over $6 million to support the campaign. “This is the make-or-break phase of the recall, and if we can pull off this monumental task, Gascon will be voted out in a…

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$11.4 Million to Go to California TurboTax Customers Following Settlement

May 4, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Hundreds of thousands of California taxpayers will receive a total of $11.4 million through a $141 million nationwide settlement with Intuit, which was accused in a lawsuit of deceptively advertising its “free” online TurboTax products, it was announced on May 4 by the plaintiffs. The lawsuit was filed by a coalition of 51 attorneys…

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LA County Supervisors Support ‘Safe Haven’ for Abortion Seekers, Regardless of Residency

May 4, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Amid news the U.S. Supreme Court is poised to overturn the landmark abortion decision Roe v. Wade, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on May 3 threw its support behind a proposed pilot project aimed at making the county a “safe haven” for women seeking abortions, regardless of residency. The county Board of…

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Newsom Vows to Make California a Sanctuary State for Abortions

May 4, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—California Gov. Gavin Newsom vowed May 4 to make California a safe haven for women from other states seeking abortions, following a potential overturn of the federal abortion law under Roe v. Wade. “This never [has] happened in our lifetime,” Newsom said during a press conference at a Planned Parenthood office in Los Angeles….

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LAPD Chief: ‘Spasm of Violence’ Caused More Homicides, Shootings in 2022

May 3, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officials reported a “spasm of violence” in the city that led to more homicide and shooting cases this year—largely related to robberies, gang activity, and homeless encampments—during an LA Police Commission meeting on May 3. LAPD Chief Michel Moore reported 36 homicides in April 2022—the highest April number in…

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