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The Vermin Are Winning in Los Angeles: Five Dead From West Nile, Typhus Makes an Encore

September 24, 2026 12:04 pmSeptember 24, 2026 12:38 pm

Los Angeles County is now reporting 100 West Nile virus cases this year, nearly five times the total recorded for all of 2025, with 94 hospitalizations and five deaths. The numbers come from the Los Angeles County Department of Public...

Get Flock’d: Liberal Tempe, Deep-Red Cave Creek End Camera Contracts the Same Day

August 29, 2026 2:16 pmAugust 29, 2026 2:17 pm

Two Arizona municipalities with sharply different political profiles terminated their agreements with Flock Safety on Wednesday, adding Tempe and Cave Creek to a growing list of communities leaving the company’s automated license plate reader network. Tempe shut down its 33...

Flock Off: Five Arizona Cities Drop Contracts, Pinal County Declines Renewal; Four More Restrict Use Or Investigate Misuse

August 14, 2026 1:57 pmAugust 14, 2026 1:57 pm

Arizona’s retreat from Flock Safety’s automated license plate reader network has spread to five cities and Pinal County, while four other municipal police departments have suspended the system, restricted data sharing, tightened search controls or opened investigations into alleged misuse....

Undercover LA Raid Exposes California’s Multi-Million Dollar Welfare Fraud

July 7, 2026 12:00 pmJuly 7, 2026 3:10 pm

Federal agents conducted an undercover raid in Los Angeles on Thursday July 3, 2026 targeting SNAP food stamp benefits fraud at a Skid Row store, the California Post exclusively reported. The raid is part of a broader federal crackdown on...

Taxpayer-Funded Gang Murderer Hired as ‘Peace Ambassador’ in DSA-Run MacArthur Park

May 29, 2026 2:06 pmMay 29, 2026 2:18 pm

Los Angeles taxpayers are once again footing the bill for a convicted gang murderer’s lifestyle, this time as a city-hired “Peace Ambassador” embedded in the very neighborhood his gang has turned into an open-air drug market. This morning, FBI agents...

LA City Council Unanimously Votes to Ban Minor Traffic Stops

May 7, 2026 11:44 amMay 7, 2026 11:44 am

In a unanimous 14-0 vote Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council approved a motion urging the civilian Board of Police Commissioners to severely restrict pretextual traffic stops (minor traffic stops), effectively handcuffing LAPD officers from using broken taillights, expired registrations,...

Los Angeles PD’s Police Chief Just Warned That Security Isn’t Good Enough For the 2028 Olympics – and the City Should Listen

May 4, 2026 9:15 amMay 4, 2026 9:16 am

I’ve seen local governments cut the cost on police services in the past, namely after the horrifying effects of the “defund the police” campaign that took shape years ago. But in this particular case, the city just needs to shut...