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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…

A garbage fire was reported at a homeless encampment in Van Nuys, where business owners and neighbors said they were fed up with the unsanitary and dangerous conditions. The fire was reported at 5 a.m. Thursday near Oxnard Street and Sepulveda Boulevard and was extinguished within 30 minutes by firefighters. Black smoke billowing from the Van Nuys encampment could be seen in many parts of the San Fernando Valley Thursday morning. “Not only is it an eyesore, it’s not safe,” said Christopher McNair, a senior manager at Electro Rent Corporation in the area, adding Thursday’s fire was one of a…

A new program to help fund energy-efficient home renovations was announced Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Energy Commission (CEC). Interested parties can submit an application for Phase 1 of the Home Appliances and Appliances Rebate (HEAR or HEEHRA in California). Funded by the Inflation Control Act (IRA), this program provides $80 million to low- to moderate-income homeowners to retrofit their homes with efficient electrification systems. In California, homeowners whose household income is between 80% and 150% of Area Median Income (AMI) can receive up to $4,000, and those below 80% of AMI can receive up to $8,000.…

Los Angeles police announced Thursday that they have arrested a man who attempted at least three carjackings Saturday in Lincoln Heights and Boyle Heights. Maurice LaTorre is accused of approaching a woman at a gas station in the 3200 block of North Broadway around 10:40 a.m. Saturday and attempting to force her into her car. Police said the man then made similar attempts on two other women around 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. The 49-year-old man was admitted to Los Angeles General Medical Center. But after police circulated video footage of the attempted carjacking, a nurse at the hospital recognized…

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…

Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Jennifer Grasso’s 10-year track record of breaking down doors and apprehending armed suspects in SWAT makes her a strong candidate to lead this year’s tactical unit. Grasso, the department’s first female SWAT officer, said she gained more confidence after receiving the blessings of her outgoing boss.But Grasso instead handed her over as an “officer in charge” when her superiors learned that she and others had agreed to cooperate in denouncing a deep-rooted culture of violence, secrecy and cover-up. , he claimed.Grasso and several other SWAT members are scheduled to testify at the civil trial, which…

The man in charge of preparing the city of Los Angeles for the 2028 Summer Olympics was never an elite athlete. I had never worked in the sports field before.So when Reynold Huber talks about his new role as CEO of LA28, the private organization responsible for organizing the Olympic and subsequent Paralympic Games, he can’t help but mention his service as a brigadier general in the Afghanistan war. many.”This is the most complex logistics operation since World War II,” he says.During the massive troop increase in 2010, Hoover scrambled to keep the U.S. military supplied. That means finding a…

The University of California hopes to enroll nearly 3,600 more students next year, but is bracing for an impending budget shortfall that could make it difficult to pay for the enrollment increase. University of California officials said Wednesday that the 10-campus university system will receive $504.7 million in 2025-26 if the state follows through on a warning earlier this year to cut higher education funding as it grapples with its budget deficit. told regents that they could face a financial shortfall. In addition to the decline in state funding, increased expenses are expected to fill the University of California’s budget,…

CAMARILLO, Calif. — Stanley Jensen worked with firefighters to pry open a safe that had melted into the rubble of his family’s home.While Mr. Jensen used a window screen to sift through the safe’s ashes for diamonds and stones, his wife, Dawn D’Amato, turned black, searching for evidence of the couple’s life before the wildfires. He was wandering around the base.“Grammy, I made this for you,” cried granddaughter Violet, pointing into the ashes. D’Amato picked up a clay butterfly sculpture with the 11-year-old’s name engraved on it. Beverly Hills firefighter Missy Follett retrieved a wall safe from the rubble of…