Los Angeles police sued for killing unarmed man
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The family of a black man killed last month by Los Angeles police has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the department and the two officers who shot him. Lawyers for Ezell Ford's family filed the suit Wednesday in U.S ...
WATCH: Ellen DeGeneres Messes With People at Los Angeles Dunkin' Donuts
A new Dunkin' Donuts has opened up in Los Angeles, and since it's been a long time coming for all those east coasters who left their most cherished donut shop behind, it's become a very big deal here. So, of course, Ellen DeGeneres couldn't help but mess ...
Los Angeles City Council looks at 32 ways to tempt voters
Exploring ways to increase voter turnout in Los Angeles, a citizens panel on Wednesday recommended a change in the city’s scheduling of elections by either moving them to even-numbered years or changing the timing to the more traditional June and ...
Los Angeles LGBT Center To Salute Marvel Entertainment, George & Brad Takei and Zev Yaroslavsky
Los Angeles, CA (September 17, 2014) – Longtime LGBT activists George & Brad Takei, Marvel Entertainment, and Los Angeles County Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky will be honored at the Los Angeles LGBT Center’s 45 th Anniversary Gala Vanguard Awards in Los ...
Los Angeles Schools Vaccination Rates Plummet As Whooping Cough Epidemic Spreads
Vaccination rates at elementary schools across Los Angeles are dangerously low- so low to the point where they match rates in developing countries like South Sudan, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Elementary schools in wealthy neighborhoods across Los ...
Los Angeles Women's Shelter Uses Art To Turn Wounds Into Light
The Anne Douglas Center for Women at the Los Angeles Mission is a space that offers women shelter, clothing and food. But more importantly, it offers women counseling to break off ties to abusive pasts, harmful substances or other destructive patterns.
Report: Law enforcement in Los Angeles County kills one person every week
For the first time in a long while, the mainstream of American society is thinking and talking about the use of lethal force by officers of the law — even if the nation lacks a reliable database through which it could analyze the problem. Most of the ...
Lyft brings carpool feature to Los Angeles, despite dispute
Looking to help cut down on gridlock, the peer-to-peer car service rolls out Lyft Line in one of the most traffic-congested cities in the country. Lyft began testing a carpool feature called Lyft Line in San Francisco and is now bringing it to Los Angeles.
