By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — The city has settled with a Los Angeles Police Department motor officer who was nearly killed after being hit by a vehicle registered to the Inglewood Police Department. LAPD motor officer Michael Flynn has agreed to accept a $15 million settlement after he suffered broken ribs, damage…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — The city has announced it has received more than $1 billion in federal funds towards the construction of the Inglewood Transit Connector. “This is a good day for the people of Inglewood and the entire region,” Mayor James Butts said in a statement. “By signaling their commitment…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — The Inglewood Transit Connector project dominated headlines in 2023 and is one of the most important projects the city looks forward to in the new year. The transit connector is a 1.6-mile rail line that will connect the K-Line to the Inglewood Sports and Entertainment District. The…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — The Inglewood Transit Connector project dominated headlines for the better part of 2023. Because of the pending construction of the Inglewood Transit Connector, the city released a draft relocation plan in early February, which indicated the project would impact 41 Inglewood businesses located along the 1.6-mile path…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — The Champions Grant was an initiative by Mayor James T. Butts Jr. by way of City Manager Artie Fields to support Inglewood businesses and nonprofits affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Butts announced that $4 million would be set aside from the nearly $32 million received under the…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer COMPTON — The city will hold municipal elections March 5 and the certified candidates list was published to the city’s website Dec. 14. City Attorney Eric Perrodin will not face any challengers after a candidate failed to return nomination papers to qualify for the ballot. Perrodin was appointed city…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD —City Manager Artie Fields has announced his retirement from the city effective Dec. 29. “By now, you may have heard that I will be retiring effective Dec. 29,” Fields wrote in an email to city staff Nov. 6. “I have enjoyed working for the city of Inglewood for…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — The city of Inglewood has settled a case related to traffic accident driving involving Mayor James T. Butts Jr. “The city of Inglewood has settled with my client Karina Gomez in the amount of $425,000 and tentatively with her son for $25,000,” said Dylan Dordick, the attorney of…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — Five people were shot — two fatally — in a mass shooting Oct. 7. Inglewood police officers and paramedics with the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to the 3300 block of Manchester Boulevard around 4:39 p.m. to a reported mass shooting in a city-owned public parking…
By Emilie St. John Contributing Writer INGLEWOOD — The City Council adopted its new budget Sept. 26 which projects a $7 million fund balance. The proposed fiscal year 2023-24 operating budget totals $371,116,545, with expenditures estimated at $202.9 million and revenue estimates at close to $210 million. City Manager Artie Fields said the budget “is…
