Tag: Los Angeles

Local Officials Place Array of Friendly Wagers on Super Bowl LVI

LOS ANGELES—If the Los Angeles Rams win Super Bowl LVI today, Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval will wear a Rams jersey at an upcoming public appearance thanks to a bet he made with Mayor Eric Garcetti. The bet will work both ways, with Garcetti forced to wear a Cincinnati Bengals jersey during a public appearance if…


Area Around Super Bowl Restricted by Fighter Jets: ‘Never Before Seen Formation’

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) confirmed that an hour before the Super Bowl kickoff in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon, airplanes that don’t have special authorization and drones will be banned from flying within 30 miles of the stadium. Raquel Girvin, the regional administrator for the FAA’s Western-Pacific region, told American Military News that the…


4 Shot Outside LA Party Held After Justin Bieber’s Concert

LOS ANGELES—Four people were shot and wounded early Saturday after a fight broke out outside a Los Angeles restaurant hosting a party that followed a Justin Bieber concert, police said. The gunfire erupted outside The Nice Guy restaurant, striking and injuring four men ages 60, 19, 20 and 22, LAPD Officer Lizeth Lomeli said. Their…


LAUSD’s New Superintendent Begins Next Week, Outlines Plan for First 100 Days

Los Angeles Unified School District’s (LAUSD) new Superintendent Alberto Carvalho will begin his new job Monday, Feb. 14, the LAUSD Board of Education announced this week. The Board, who initially set Carvalho’s first day for March 1, voted Feb. 8 to hasten his start by two weeks. “We are all very excited to welcome Superintendent…


Best Places to Watch Super Bowl 2022, Weekend Events in LA

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Due to limited capacity and costly tickets, many fans are left to watch the Super Bowl on TV on Feb. 13. The Epoch Times has compiled a list of the best places to watch the game this Sunday and—whether you are watching the game or not—Super Bowl events for a fun weekend in…


Los Angeles Prepares to Fight Human Trafficking at Super Bowl

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Advocates and hospitality agencies are on high alert as the Super Bowl on Feb. 13 is expected to make human trafficking worse.  As the big game arrives at the SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is partnering with It’s a Penalty—a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending human trafficking in partnership…


Billionaire Rick Caruso Officially Joins LA Mayoral Run

LOS ANGELES—Billionaire real estate mogul Rick Caruso officially entered the LA mayoral race on Friday, hours before the city clerk’s declaration of intent deadline on Feb. 12. Caruso, 63, was joined by longtime political advisor Peter Ragone on Friday afternoon at the election office. Ragone has a long history of advising influential Democratic candidates nationwide—including…


LA Voters Have “Complete Lack of Faith” in Government to Handle Homelessness: Survey

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Nearly every Los Angeles resident encounters homelessness on a day-to-day basis. Encampments line neighborhoods, parks, and outside of businesses. The fire department said 54 percent of fires reported in Los Angeles were started in homeless encampments last summer. And voters are fed up, according to a new survey. LA voters say they do…


LA Residents Have “Complete Lack of Faith” in Government to Handle Homelessness: Survey

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Nearly every Los Angeles resident encounters homelessness on a day-to-day basis. Encampments line neighborhoods, parks, and outside of businesses. The fire department said 54 percent of fires reported in Los Angeles were started in homeless encampments last summer. And residents are fed up, according to a new survey. LA residents say they do…


Convictions of Two Women Reversed for Deadly Shooting Outside Church

LOS ANGELES—A state appeals court panel on Feb. 10 reversed the murder convictions of two women in connection with a shooting that left one man dead and another person wounded outside a Westlake District church a decade ago. The three-justice panel from California’s 2nd District Court of Appeal noted in its opinion that the state…