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California Drivers; Here's How To Get Your Share Of The $50 Million Settlement
Californians who purchased gasoline in Southern California in 2015 may get some of their money back in a $50 million settlement with gas trading firms. The settlement has resolved a lawsuit filed in 2020 by the California Department of Justice. The lawsuit alleged that various entities manipulated spot gasoline market prices. The result drove up prices.
How Los Angeles is addressing homelessness after Supreme Court ruling
For four days a week, Venice Family Clinic's mobile exam room serves as a doctor's office for those without homes in the Los Angeles area. "We want to be there for them," said Dr. Coley King, the clinic's director of homeless health care. There are more than 45,000 people experiencing homelessness in the city of Los Angeles, according to the city's Homeless Services Authority. King says many of them suffer from serious medical illnesses. "There are patients that have schizophrenia, have HIV. So I think there's urgency from everyone to solve this," King said.Nearly half of all homeless people in...
Residents of landslide-stricken city in California to get financial help
As much as $10,000 will be distributed to some residents of a peninsula on the edge of Los Angeles where worsening landslides have damaged homes and led to utility shutoffs. The Rancho Palos Verdes City Council on Tuesday allocated $2.8 million — more than half of a $5 million grant from LA County — for direct relief to families in the Portuguese Bend neighborhood facing landslide damage or a loss of power and gas services, the Los Angeles Times reported. “These emergency grants will deliver long-overdue immediate assistance to those whose lives have been upended by land movement...
As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses
For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf’s apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles’ Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including a granddaughter who has autism.But that grace had an expiration date. For Maalouf and her family it arrived in 2020.The landlord, no longer legally obligated to keep the building affordable, hiked rent from $1,100 to $2,660 in 2021 — out of reach for Maalouf and her family. Maalouf's nights are haunted by fears her yearslong eviction battle will end in sleeping bags on a friend's floor or worse.While...
The Los Angeles County D.A.'s Office Says a Retrial for the Menendez Brothers Is Possible
Ryan Murphy's polarizing series about the Menendez brothers has pushed their case into the public eye in a way that it hasn't been since Erik and Lyle Menendez were arrested in March 1990. The brothers murdered their parents in August 1989 and were eventually convicted of first-degree murder in 1996. Since then their story has been told in all manner of mediums, with one man leading the charge.Journalist Robert Rand covered the trial for the Miami Herald and subsequently wrote the definitive book about their crimes. Titled The Menendez Murders, it was originally released in September 2018. Since then, Rand...
Menendez Brothers' Lawyer Thinks Recall of Sentence Is 'Easiest Solution'
Lyle and Erik Menendez's lawyer is feeling confident after the L.A. County District Attorney's Office announced they're reviewing new evidence ... which could potentially result in the brothers' release from prison.
Extreme heat, ocean water bacteria prompt LA County health warnings
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Friday warned the public about extreme heat and unsafe levels of bacteria in ocean water at area beaches. The county health officer issued an excessive heat warning Saturday-Monday for:. • West San Fernando Valley;. • West Santa Monica Mountains;. • East...
LAX Airport Filming Moratorium to Begin Sooner This Year
An annual holiday season moratorium on TV and movie shoots at Los Angeles International Airport is going into effect sooner than usual this year, the city’s permitting office stated in a production alert this week.Reality TV Filming Plummets in Los Angeles in Major Production Slowdown LAX won’t host feature, TV or commercial shoots between Oct. 25, 2024, and Jan. 2, 2025, FilmLA wrote in the note. The LAX Film office’s website notes that, traditionally, “Filming takes place at LAX each day throughout the year with the exception of the week of Thanksgiving and the week between Christmas and New Year.” When asked...
For One Day Only: A Free Multimedia Art Exhibit Is Taking Over DTLA Streets
LUMINEX, a free annual outdoor digital art exhibition, is set to transform Downtown Los Angeles on October 5, 2024. This immersive event will turn the city’s streets and buildings into a vibrant, walkable multimedia installation for one night only, featuring nine artists showcasing their work within a five-block radius in the South Park District. “We transform the city blocks as the exhibition site and its buildings as the canvas. In this unique platform, artists are able to share their work with our diverse public audience directly, allowing for an exchange to happen across all sectors of society unlike any other,”...
Sign hanging in way of road forces lane closures on 47 Freeway in San Pedro
A road sign dipping into the lanes of traffic caused lane closures that could last for hours in San Pedro, authorities said. Occurring on the 47 Freeway, just north of Ferry Street, the Sigalert was first issued at about 9:55 a.m., according to the California Highway Patrol. The No. 2 and 3 lanes were closed […]
Where To Go Shopping In Los Angeles, From Santee Alley To Melrose
Where is your go-to spot for shopping in Los Angeles? L.A. has a scene for every kind of shopper, from bargain hunters and vintage queens to lovers of high-end fashion. Depending on who you ask, you could get a ton of different answers, like the DTLA Fashion District or the city’s biggest malls. Here we’ve accumulated a balanced variety of shopping streets, commercial centers, and boutique havens to visit next time you need a little retail therapy. This walkable one-mile stretch of storefronts in Venice is one of L.A.’s most essential shopping destinations. The eclectic boulevard houses an exciting mix of...
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