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Despite growing concerns about safety on subways and stations, one police department plans to remove police presence from public transport early next year. Los Angeles Metro confirmed in a statement to KTLA that its contract with the Long Beach Police Department will end on December 30th, ending the partnership between the two departments. “We value our partnership with the Long Beach Police Department, one of three contract law enforcement agencies serving Metro,” the statement reads. “We will continue to work closely with the Long Beach Police Department to ensure the safety of our stations.” We will work with our other…

Los Angeles County got a gift from voters. Measure A would pass a half-cent sales tax on the dollar that would provide $1 billion annually to provide services and housing to homeless people. Providing homeless people with the help they need is a difficult, time-consuming and expensive task, but residents clearly still believe in the mission. But we can probably expect visible progress in the near future, especially considering this is the second tax measure county voters have passed for this purpose. The first was 2017’s Measure H, which now repeals the quarter-cent sales tax and replaces it with Measure…

The City of Los Angeles will soon begin construction on a $740 million project in the San Fernando Valley to turn wastewater into purified drinking water, expanding the city’s local water supply to prepare for droughts made worse by climate change. It’s planned.The city plans to break ground next month to begin construction of a new facility at the Donald C. Tillman Water Reclamation Plant in Van Nuys. Once completed, the facility will purify treated wastewater and produce 20 million gallons of drinking water per day, enough to supply approximately 250,000 people.The potable water produced by the plant will be…

A 49-year-old man has been identified in connection with three attempted carjackings of women in several areas in East Los Angeles, police said Wednesday. In the horrifying incident on November 9, some of which was captured on surveillance video, the suspect, now identified by police as Maurice LaTorre, violently attacked unsuspecting victims. It shows that there are. The first attempt occurred around 10:40 a.m. at a gas station in the 3200 block of North Broadway, according to a Los Angeles Police Department news release. A 49-year-old man was seen filling up his car with petrol and approaching the woman. The…

A man posing as an Uber driver, who said he was driving on a family member’s account, was arrested on suspicion of raping a 15-year-old girl outside a school in Southgate late last month. The horrifying, traumatic ordeal unfolded on October 23 after the teen’s mother, whose first name was Estela, ordered a rideshare to drop her daughter off at school. The victim said the sexual assault continued for several minutes just outside Southgate High School after the man got into her back seat and overpowered her. “He grabbed her by the neck, pinned her against the seat and pulled…

It’s been nearly two months since Hoda Kotb announced she was leaving TODAY, and viewers can now find out a familiar face will be sliding into her chair as co-anchor. Craig Melvin, who has been with NBC News for nearly 14 years, will move into the co-anchor seat alongside Savannah Guthrie during the 7 a.m. and 8 a.m. time slots. After Hoda said goodbye to the morning shift on Friday, January 10th, he will start work on Monday, January 13th. Craig has held numerous positions, from his longtime weekend co-anchor on TODAY to his current role as TODAY’s third-hour co-host…

November 13, 2024 8:56 PM PT Jeremy Renner is already super (like the Marvel hero and survivor of a horrific snowplow accident)—now he’s great, too. The actor has been announced as the grand marshal of the 92nd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, organizers announced Wednesday.The two-time Oscar nominee, known for his roles as William James in The Hurt Locker and the arrow-shooting Hawkeye in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, will lead a parade that has lasted nearly 100 years. He follows in the footsteps of many celebrity grand marshals, including Bob Hope, Olivia Newton-John, William Shatner, and Magic Johnson. The Dec. 1…

By selecting Rep. Matt Gaetz as his attorney general nominee, President-elect Donald Trump is installing a fierce supporter seen as divisive within his own party. Gaetz’s selection, although he was not one of his favorite candidates, was announced on Trump’s social media rather than a more formal announcement from the transition team, as was the case with many other candidates. First published on the network. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Gaetz’s resignation from Congress on Wednesday means the House Ethics Committee’s ongoing investigation into child sex trafficking allegations against Gaetz has concluded and no report will be issued. Then he…

The footage is shocking. Southern California has been free of brown bears for more than a century, but a brown bear apparently used a door handle to enter a 2010 Rolls-Royce Ghost. It then roams around the car, raking the leather seats with its powerful claws. Officials say it wasn’t a frightening beast, but rather a person wearing a bear costume and using kitchen tools to shred meat. And, according to the California Department of Insurance, the video was not a lucky catch, but a staged performance submitted as part of an insurance fraud scheme by four people.The California newspaper…

A 32-year-old Orange County man is facing hate crime charges after he reportedly grabbed a woman’s buttocks with both hands and made comments about her ethnicity inside a store. The Nov. 8 incident occurred around 7:45 a.m. at a retail store in the 13500 block of Beach Boulevard, according to a news release from the Westminster Police Department. Police said the victim, a 43-year-old Garden Grove woman, entered the store and entered the laundry aisle. She told investigators that when she bent over, the suspect, now identified as Aaron Nevis, of Westminster, assaulted her. “The victim stated that when she…