Disability advocacy Archives

Amid rash of unusually high DWP bills, board suspends shutoffs for nonpayment October 28, 2026

L.A. officials moved to temporarily suspend water and electricity shutoffs due to nonpayment. But the charges are not forgiven and still must be paid.

Melissa Gomez

Dog rescue favored by celebrities is an 'illegal commercial enterprise,' L.A. claims October 28, 2026

The Los Angeles city attorney's office is suing an animal rescue organization that was once a favorite among Hollywood celebrities, alleging that its owner purchased dogs from puppy mills and portrayed them to adopters as animals that were rescued.

Alene Tchekmedyian

Judge finds L.A.'s top federal prosecutor is unlawfully serving, bars him from two cases October 28, 2026

The judge barred Bill Essayli from overseeing two prosecutions but delayed the order's effect, leaving his leadership of the L.A. office under a legal cloud.

Brittny Mejia

LAPD officer arrested after dragging romantic partner into street at gunpoint, sources say October 28, 2026

The officer, Anthony Gutierrez, was off duty when he was taken into custody by officers from the LAPD's Mission Division late Monday and booked on suspicion of kidnapping and assault with a firearm.

Libor Jany, James Queally

Judge in L.A. weighs feds' request to block 20,000 California votes with skepticism October 28, 2026

Judge David O. Carter seemed skeptical of a Trump administration request to immediately block California officials from counting about 20,000 ballots from voters whose citizenship the administration questions, but said he would not rule until Wednesday.

Brittny Mejia, Kevin Rector

As filming lags, L.A. City Council offers $1 a day parking fees and free permits for micro-shoots October 28, 2026

As local productions continue to decline, L.A. City Council is taking modest action. The council passed two measures Tuesday to encourage more filming activity.

Cerys Davies

Online vigilantes say they trapped LAPD officer in predator sting October 27, 2026

L.A. Police Officer Leonardo A. Ruiz, 31, was arrested by Monrovia police last week after an amateur sting by a group recording the encounter to post online.

Richard Winton

Minecraft creator asks $70 million for Beverly Hills mansion with 15 bathrooms, private nightclub October 27, 2026

Markus Persson, creator of "Minecraft," is selling his Beverly Hills home for $70 million — the same price he paid for it in 2014.

Jack Flemming

El Niño flooding grips Newport Beach in a vise. 'Mother Nature comes to collect some tax' October 27, 2026

A mix of astronomical and tidal events are converging with unusually warm waters off Southern California's coast to push the tides higher than ever before, sending surges of water into beach cities like Newport Beach and Redondo Beach.

Fedor Zarkhin, Hannah Fry, Rong-Gong Lin II

Prop. 3 is being touted by unions as a school funding bill. That's partly true October 27, 2026

Proposition 3 is touted as a school funding bill. Learn how California's other tax measure on high incomes would actually distribute its revenue.

Howard Blume

John Norman never let age define his ambition. At 60, the Indiana-born, Dayton-based actor and model is finally doing what he always dreamed of as…