Tag: Los Angeles

LA City to Verify Signatures for Bonin Recall Campaign This Week Amid Growing Homeless Population

LOS ANGELES—The signatures collected by the recall campaign against Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin, whose district includes Venice Beach and West Los Angeles, are expected to be verified on Jan. 18. Venice Beach residents Nico Ruderman and Katrina Schmitt initiated the recall campaign in June and submitted 39,188 signatures—well over 27,400, the number required…


Congressional Bill Introduced to Fund the Police

A congressional bill was introduced on Jan. 14 to assist local law enforcement agencies by hiring more police officers and increasing their salaries. House Resolution 6375, called the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act of 2022, would increase the COPS grant program from $386 million in the fiscal year 2021–2022…


NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (Jan. 17)

Activists hold a peace walk in the nation’s capital to observe Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a severe winter storm slams much of the eastern United States, and a train derailed in Los Angeles.


Nearly All Southern California Counties Delay 2022 Homeless Count

A myriad of Southern California counties have delayed their counting of the homeless following the winter surge in COVID-19 cases. The event—known as a point-in-time count—provides an annual snapshot of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless people and is required by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the last days of January of every…


Southern California Counties Delay 2022 Homeless Count

A myriad of Southern California counties have delayed their counting of the homeless following the winter surge in COVID-19 cases. The event—known as a point-in-time count—provides an annual snapshot of both sheltered and unsheltered homeless people and is required by the U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in the last days of January of every…


Man Fatally Stabbed While Breaking Up Fight in Koreatown; Three in Custody

LOS ANGELES—Three men were in custody Monday, Jan. 17, in connection with a fight near a 7-Eleven in Koreatown that left one man dead and another man hospitalized. Officers were dispatched at about 2 a.m. Saturday to Sixth Street and Alexandria Avenue on a report of a group fight, according to the Los Angeles Police…


Nurse Attacked Near Union Station Dies In Hospital She Served At For 38 Years

LOS ANGELES—A 70-year-old nurse died Jan. 16 among her colleagues at the hospital where she had worked for nearly four decades, succumbing to injuries suffered days earlier in an attack by a homeless man while waiting for a bus near Union Station to make her morning commute. Sandra Shells was attacked about 5:15 a.m. Thursday…


Union Pacific Train Derails in Los Angeles, 17 Cars Off Track

LOS ANGELES—Union Pacific crews worked to clear tracks after a train derailment on Jan. 15 in Lincoln Heights, near an area where thousands of empty boxes were left behind by cargo thieves. “At this time, there is no estimated time for completion and the cause remains under investigation,” Union Pacific spokeswoman Robynn Tysver told City…


Charges Filed Against 4 in Slaying of Off-Duty LA Officer

LOS ANGELES—Federal prosecutors have charged four people in connection with the robbery and killing of an off-duty Los Angeles police officer and allege the suspects are tied to a street gang, authorities said Thursday. Officer Fernando Arroyos, 27, was fatally shot at about 9:15 p.m. Monday in an unincorporated area of south Los Angeles County….


Woman Found Fatally Stabbed in Hancock Park Store

LOS ANGELES—A woman was killed Thursday afternoon in the Hancock Park area of Los Angeles, and police found her body inside a boutique furniture store on La Brea Avenue. Brianna Kupfer, 24, of Pacific Palisades was found inside the store in the 300 block of North La Brea Avenue about 1:50 p.m. Thursday, the Los…