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Judge orders Catholic leaders in Los Angeles to name abusers
A US judge Monday ordered Catholic leaders in Los Angeles to identify senior church officials accused of sexually abusing children, in a move welcomed by campaigners for victims. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles immediately pledged to comply with the order by LA Superior Court judge Emilie Elias, which…
Missing Los Angeles toddler found months later in Kentucky
A 17-month-old girl was found in Kentucky by University of Kentucky police officers after being abducted from Los Angeles in October. According to Lexington’s WKYT, Alouette Day-Moreno-Baltierra is in custody of Child Protective Services after being found by UK campus police officers Jennifer Ockerman and Emily Smith. Ockerman and Smith…
Police: Homeless woman in Los Angeles was set on fire
Police in Los Angeles said Thursday that a 67-year-old homeless woman who was sleeping on a bench was set on fire, allegedly by a man who purchased rubbing alcohol from a nearby Walgreens and used a knife to threaten a man who witnessed the act. “He went inside to the…
Los Angeles gun buyback held early due to Newtown
Los Angeles is holding its annual gun buyback event Wednesday, a few months early in light of the shooting at the elementary school in Newtown, Conn., reported the Los Angeles Times. The city’s mayor wanted people to have the chance to take “concrete action” after the massacre that left 20…
Occupy activists sue Los Angeles over harsh treatment from police
Activists with Occupy Los Angeles have filed suit against the city for what they allege was harsh police treatment as they were swept off City Hall grounds over a year ago, court documents show. An estimated 1,400 officers drove about 300 demonstrators off the grounds on November 30, 2011; the…
‘Deal reached’ to end major US port strike
LOS ANGELES — Negotiators have reached a tentative agreement to end a week-long strike crippling the key US ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said. The announcement, made on the mayor’s official Twitter account late Tuesday, came after a federal mediator was called in…
Los Angeles ports disrupted by strikes
LOS ANGELES — Strike action disrupted work at two key West Coast ports, threatening a key gateway for trade to and from Asia, union leaders and harbor officials said. The action by clerical staff started on Wednesday at a terminal in the port of Los Angeles but spread to six…
Restaurant investor accused of poisoning girlfriend to trigger miscarriage
Police said Friday that 40-year-old Joshua Woodward (pictured above, on left), a restaurant investor with posh establishments in New York, Miami and Los Angeles, was released after posting bail following an arrest on four charges of attempted murder. Authorities claim they caught Woodward carrying the drug misoprostol, which his girlfriend…
Phoning it in: Obama-Romney-Crowley debate boring as f*ck
I grew up in Los Angeles. So, I’m going to do a “company town” thing on you. Tonight’s much-anticipated presidential debate was THIS: …meets THIS: I’m hard-pressed to recall a more lazy, impotent and disingenuous exchange on the problems confronting our country and our world today. I felt like I…
Los Angeles Mayor proposing ‘City ID’ for undocumented immigrants
Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa has proposed offering undocumented immigrants a “City ID” photo-identification card in an effort to help them open bank accounts. The Los Angeles Times reported Friday that Villaraigosa wants the city to develop an ID program similar to cities like San Francisco, which offers photo identification…
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