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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…

Friendship is at the heart of the fight between 58-year-old former heavyweight champion Mike Tyson and much younger YouTuber-turned-boxer Jake Paul. Friction helped build hype for the bout, which tests how to bring boxing to the masses, the first-ever martial arts to be offered on streaming platform Netflix rather than pay-per-view or traditional cable. “I think they’re Mike Tyson’s biggest fans,” Paul said, trying to explain the boos he received when the two appeared together to hype up events in recent months. “And I’m the new kid on the block, the disruptor, the loudmouth, the polarizing guy,” Paul said. “And…

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…

The incoming Trump administration is considering locations and consulting with private prison companies for a major expansion of immigration detention centers to hold immigrants before deportation as part of President-elect Donald Trump’s promised mass deportation plan. Two people familiar with the plan told NBC News. The goal is to increase the number of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention beds (41,000 currently allocated by Congress) to temporarily hold the large number of immigrants awaiting deportation after being apprehended in the United States. It is said that the goal is to double the amount. The plan also includes reviving a policy of…

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…