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The California Legislature will limit the number of bills each chamber can introduce from 50 to 35, according to House rules adopted at the start of the session Monday. Senate President Pro Tem Mike McGuire (D-North Coast) told CalMatters, which first reported the news, that he is not opposed to discussions of similar cuts in the Senate. Lawmakers can request exemptions that exceed the maximum number of bills they can introduce. About 19 of the 40 senators exceeded the bill’s cap in the most recent session. According to the Digital Democracy database, 24 out of 80 members of parliament have…

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is warning residents planning to visit area beaches to avoid swimming, surfing, or playing in the ocean. The following beaches are affected by the Marine Water Use Alert issued on December 2nd. Malibu Lagoon at Surfrider Beach: 100 yards up and down the shore from public restrooms Castle Rock Storm Drain at Topanga County Beach: 100 yards up and down the shore from the storm drain Ramirez Creek at Paradise Cove: 100 yards up and down the shore from the Creek Malibu Pier: Murray Canyon – 100 yards up and down shore…

The family of Hannah Kobayashi, a woman who went missing in Hawaii, strongly disputes LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell’s statement that Kobayashi “deliberately” missed her connecting flight at Los Angeles International Airport.Kobayashi went missing on Nov. 8 after boarding a flight from Hawaii to Los Angeles, where she ultimately took a connecting flight to New York, where she was scheduled to visit relatives. After she arrived at LAX, her family became worried and sent cryptic text messages suggesting that someone was trying to steal her money and identity. No one has heard from her since.McDonnell briefed the Los Angeles Police Commission…

The 118-year-old office building in the heart of downtown Long Beach, which withstood the 1933 earthquake, has had various uses as a bank building and office space building, but will soon become a much-needed building. It may be reborn as a residence. Pinelux Associates, the owner of the former First National Bank building at 115 Pine Avenue, is seeking approval to convert the historic listed building into 70 residential units, 11 of which are residential units. It will be reserved for low-income households. The owners purchased the building at auction in 2014 for $10.9 million. “Vacancy rates for some commercial…

Two-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Blake Snell will make his debut in Dodger blue during a press conference Tuesday afternoon at Dodger Stadium. Last week, Snell and the Dodgers agreed to a five-year, $182 million contract. That money is still pending positive physical results, but the contract is expected to include opt-outs, deferral payments, and a $52 million signing bonus. The contract is the third-largest contract for a left-handed pitcher in Major League history. Snell, who turns 32 on Wednesday, posted a Photoshopped photo of himself in a Dodgers uniform on his Instagram account. Snell began his career with…

Two-time Cy Young Award winning pitcher Blake Snell made his debut Tuesday afternoon in a Dodger blue uniform at a press conference at Dodger Stadium. The left-handed pitcher appeared at Dodger Stadium with his agent Scott Boras last week after agreeing to a five-year, $182 million contract with the world champions. That money is still pending positive physical results, but the contract is expected to include opt-outs, deferral payments, and a $52 million signing bonus. “It was really easy because me and Haley knew we wanted to live here. It’s something we’d been talking about for a while,” Snell said…

The city of Pasadena is looking to outside help after neighbors rallied to protect what they say is a historic oak tree. City officials said they received complaints that the tree was beginning to show signs of decay and disease. It also confirmed that the tree was diseased and recommended that it be felled due to severe root damage. But public backlash prompted the city to hire a third-party arborist to conduct additional inspections. The test is expected to take place later this week. Several residents claimed the tree was 150 to 200 years old, but city arborists said it…

An Ohio man killed in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor will be taken to his final resting place in California, one day before the 83rd anniversary of the infamous bombing of Oahu, Hawaii. Firefighter 2nd Class William Kubinek was one of 105 casualties on the USS West Virginia in the Japanese attack that also sank the USS Oklahoma, USS California, and USS Utah on December 7, 1941. . Kubinets entered the Navy on September 4, 1940, as a sailor apprentice and was promoted to sailor second class, firefighter third class, and finally firefighter second class. William Kubinek in this…

On a fall morning in East LA in 1974, Dolores Madrigal and her husband, Orencio, were eating breakfast listening to Ranchera radio station KWKW when a news segment that would change her life came on the air. The couple heard about 100 people protesting in front of the Los Angeles County University of Southern California Medical Center to denounce the hospital’s long history of sterilizing low-income women without their consent. . The rally was held in the wake of a lawsuit filed by three Mexican-American women against Boyle Heights Hospital, alleging they were victims. After hearing this story, Madrigal, 40,…

Los Angeles County District Attorney-elect Nathan Hochman will be officially sworn in on Tuesday, taking the oath of office on the front steps of the Hall of Justice. Hockman will replace District Attorney George Gascón, who lost re-election in a landslide. Former federal prosecutor Hochman told LAist he is excited about the “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.” “I will be taking over an office that is considered one of the best prosecutor’s offices in the nation,” he said. Mr. Hochman will succeed the reform-minded Mr. Gascón, whose policies have been criticized by Mr. Hochman and others as “pro-crime.” Despite the criticism, Hochman said…