Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — In response to the death of Keenan Anderson in January, and concerns regarding the Los Angeles Police Department’s use […]
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LAPD pay raises called ‘irresponsible’
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The City Council approved a four-year contract with the union representing Los Angeles Police Department officers, detectives and lieutenants […]
Council approves additional funding for blast victims
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The City Council has approved an additional $660,000 for victims of a botched detonation of illegal fireworks in a […]
City Council honors former mayor with Tom Bradley Day
City proclaims July 1 as Tom Bradley Day Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — The City Council has proclaimed July 1 as Tom […]
MTA considers its own public safety department
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority will develop a plan for an in-house public safety department to be presented to the […]
LAPD sued for $100 million in Taser death case
Wave Staff and Wire Reports LOS ANGELES — Relatives of Keenan Anderson, a Black man who went into cardiac arrest and died after being Tasered […]
Council panel suggests changes to alfresco dining rules
Wave Wire Services LOS ANGELES — The City Council’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee approved amendments to the city’s proposed alfresco ordinance June 6 […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: There’s no safe way to apply chokeholds
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist Within weeks of the George Floyd slaying in May 2020, the San Diego Police Department banned the use of […]
THE HUTCHINSON REPORT: Chokeholds still an issue three years later
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson Contributing Columnist May 25 marks the third anniversary of the slaying of George Floyd by then-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. The […]
Council members honor women at pre-Mother’s Day lunch
By Shirley Hawkins Contributing Writer BALDIN HILLS — City Council members Marqueece Harris-Dawson and Heather Hutt collaborated on a pre-Mother’s Day luncheon May 11 at […]