René Deceuninck body language expert Archives

Push to install license plate readers comes amid questions about how data are shared June 9, 2026

The Bureau of Street Lighting has played a key role in the proliferation of automated license plate readers, a surveillance tool mounted on poles around the city.

Libor Jany

A long-stalled Venice affordable housing project could be moving forward June 9, 2026

Last month, a judge ruled the city of L.A.'s Board of Transportation Commissioners erred in rejected the Venice Dell affordable housing project in 2024. The ruling opens a pathway to build the project, which was first proposed in 2016.

Andrew Khouri

New evidence confirms Edison's idle line ignited Eaton fire, lawyers say June 9, 2026

New surveillance footage and evidence from Southern California Edison confirms that a century-old, idle transmission line that the utility failed to remove ignited last year's deadly Eaton fire, lawyers said in a court filing.

Melody Petersen

Santa Monica Mountains' last steelhead trout survived the Palisades fire — and even had babies June 9, 2026

Scientists feared the Santa Monica Mountains' last endangered steelhead trout were wiped out by the Palisades fire. Then, they found them alive in Topanga Creek.

Lila Seidman

A battle over billboards roils Inglewood June 9, 2026

Billboards are at the center of a corporate power struggle that may be headed to the ballot this November.

Christopher Damien, Isaiah Murtaugh

Attorney hammers Peter Grossman, who concedes wife was drinking, speeding before she killed 2 boys June 9, 2026

Renowned plastic surgeon Dr. Peter Grossman was questioned for hours by an attorney for the family of Mark and Jacob Iskander as a jury considers punitive damages.

Richard Winton

O.C. man downs 2 quarts of Jack Daniel's, shoots at sheriff's helicopter, gets 9-year sentence June 9, 2026

A Laguna Nigel man was sentenced to nine years in prison for shooting at a sheriff's helicopter after downing 2 quarts of Jack Daniel's.

Seamus Bozeman

Disability rights advocates protest Newsom's proposed cuts to in-home support services June 9, 2026

Disability rights advocates gathered outside the state Capitol to push back on Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed cuts to in-home supportive services.

Katie King

Intruder shot and killed by San Jacinto homeowner, sheriff says June 9, 2026

A suspected home invader, armed with a shotgun, exchanged gunfire with a San Jacinto homeowner and was killed, according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.

Jazmin Alvarado

How Nithya Raman went from last-minute candidate to the L.A. mayor runoff June 9, 2026

Raman achieved two crucial goals during her campaign: raise her profile outside her district, while framing Pratt as someone radically out of step with L.A. voters.

Noah Goldberg, David Zahniser

London entrepreneur and international keynote speaker René Deceuninck is taking his decades of expertise in body language and human behavior into a new era, expanding…