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LAPD HQ Phones Down: System Upgrade Went Awry

April 10, 2024 2:51 pmApril 10, 2024 2:51 pm

Who ya’ gonna call? Phones Busted! The landline telephones at the Los Angeles Police Department headquarters have been down for more than a week, inconveniencing hundreds of employees and city residents. The 911 system and all of the individual stations...

Los Angeles County Storm Water Tax – Foresight or Folly?

April 10, 2024 7:00 amApril 10, 2024 7:00 am

After several years of effort, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors placed a storm water tax measure on the November ballot in 2018. Dubbed Measure W, it placed a 2.5 cent per square foot of impermeable surface on commercial...

Ramirez, McKinney Endorse Nathan Hochman …And Not Their Boss DA George Gascon

April 9, 2024 1:25 pmApril 9, 2024 1:25 pm

A pair of Los Angeles deputy district attorneys who ran for the top job in the March primary are now backing their boss’s challenger in the November vote. Deputy District Attorneys John McKinney and Maria Ramirez announced this week that...

CA’s Dependable Highway Express Employees Force Teamsters Out

April 8, 2024 3:13 pmApril 8, 2024 3:13 pm

In February, the Globe reported that John Cwiek, an employee of Dependable Highway Express, a Los Angeles-based transportation company, had recently filed federal charges against the Teamsters Local 63 union. Cwiek maintained that Teamsters union officials retaliated against him for...

The Financial State of California Cities 2024

April 6, 2024 9:05 amApril 7, 2024 11:31 am

75 of the largest American cities owned a total of $307.4 billion of assets to pay $595.3 billion in liabilities at the end of fiscal year 2022. The 75 largest cities in America were collectively $288 billion in debt, Adam...

LA-Based 99 Cents Only Stores Announce All 371 Stores Nationwide Will Be Closed Down

April 5, 2024 12:05 pmApril 5, 2024 12:05 pm

City of Commerce-Based 99 Cent Only Stores announced on Thursday that the company will be shut down, with store closures and complete liquidation occurring at all 371 locations across California, Arizona, Nevada, and Texas. Founded in Los Angeles in 1982...

Hochman Leads Gascon

April 4, 2024 2:39 pmApril 4, 2024 2:39 pm

Wasting no time, the Nathan Hochman campaign conducted a poll at the end of March – about three weeks after the primary – and they seem to have found some very good news. The poll, a survey of 817 Los...