Tag: Southern California

3 People Found Dead in Downtown LA Apartment; Drugs Suspected

LOS ANGELES—Three people who may have overdosed on drugs were found dead April 5 inside an apartment building in the Skid Row area. The bodies of two men and one woman were discovered Wednesday afternoon inside 649 Lofts, a building in the 600 block of Wall Street, near Sixth Street, the Los Angeles Times reported….


Victim of Fatal Los Angeles Shooting ID’d, Suspect at Large

VAN NUYS, Calif.—A 46-year-old man who was killed when a gunman shot him to death and wounded a 44-year-old man in Van Nuys was identified April 6. Witnesses told Los Angeles Police Department officers who responded at 2 a.m. to a home in the 15100 block of Gilmore Street, west of Laurel Canyon Boulevard April…


2 Trump Rallies Pop up in Orange County After Indictment

Trump supporters carrying signs and waving flags in Huntington Beach and Laguna Hills during a rally April 4 were chanting in support of the former president as he appeared in a New York courtroom after being indicted on charges of falsifying business records related to his 2016 campaign. “What he’s being charged of is ridiculous,”…


Trump Rallies Pop Up in Orange County After Indictment

Trump supporters carrying signs and waving flags in Huntington Beach and Laguna Hills, California, during a rally April 4 were chanting in support of the former president as he appeared in a New York courtroom after being indicted on charges of falsifying business records related to his 2016 campaign. “What he’s being charged of is…


Years Long Instability Affecting California Commercial Real Estate

Following the collapse of banks on both coasts last month, financial markets are jittery, and the lingering threat to commercial real estate is significant, with a litany of issues, primarily tracing back to pandemic restrictions, affecting office and retail real estate. Office vacancies are distressing lenders, as evidenced by the February default of Brookfield Asset…


California Woman Indicted for Allegedly Poisoning Husband’s Tea With Drano

SANTA ANA, Calif.—A Mission Viejo dermatologist has been charged with allegedly poisoning her husband, also a physician, by putting Drano in his tea, according to an indictment unsealed April 5. Yue “Emily” Yu is charged with three counts of poisoning and a count of corporal injury on a spouse, all felonies, according to court records….


BJ’s Restaurants Give Old Basketball Court Colorful Refurbishment in Santa Ana

SANTA ANA, Calif.—What is usually a tidy park surrounded by a quiet neighborhood was instead met April 4 with a festive afternoon celebration of the city’s newest addition—a basketball court at Portola Park. “You guys ready to make some noise!?” Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Executive Director Hawk Scott yelled into a loudspeaker as he…


BJ’s Restaurants Gives Old Basketball Court Colorful Refurbishment in Santa Ana

SANTA ANA, Calif.—What is usually a tidy park surrounded by a quiet neighborhood was instead met April 4 with a festive afternoon celebration of the city’s newest addition—a basketball court at Portola Park. “You guys ready to make some noise!?” Santa Ana Parks and Recreation Executive Director Hawk Scott yelled into a loudspeaker as he…


Bipartisan Request Approved to Audit Homeless Spending in California

California’s Joint Legislative Audit Committee approved a bipartisan audit request made by several state lawmakers last month to examine the state’s homelessness funding for the City of San Jose, one other city of the auditor’s choosing, as well as the “state’s structure and efforts for funding and addressing homelessness.” The audit will determine whether funds…


Los Angeles New Luxury Real Estate Tax Takes Effect, Lawsuits Filed

The City of Los Angeles’s new property transfer tax took effect April 1, with all real estate transactions in excess of $5 million affected. Approved by voters last November, Measure ULA—known as the Homeless and Housing Solutions Tax—will add 4 percent to properties sold for between $5 million and $10 million, and 5.5 percent for…