Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for LA Council District 14, is addressing the backlash she received after her comments during a meet and greet with constituents at Cal State Los Angeles. In the recording, a student asks the councilmember hopeful what her stance on the police force is, and what her thoughts are on Councilmember Kevin De Leon’s funding for overtime for officers.

In response, Jurado is heard saying, “What’s that rapper’s? F— the police, that’s how I see them.”

Jurado issued a statement clarifying why her beliefs are shaped in that manner.

“In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades,” she said, referencing an NWA song. “But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.”

Read below for Jurado’s full statement.

Some constituents expressed they thought Jurado’s response was crass.

“I just thought it was very immature,” said Margarita Amador, a resident of District 14. “Not only insulting LAPD, but law enforcement in general.”

Others didn’t think much of the candidate’s choice of words.

“I hear that every day from young people,” said Carlos Montes, another resident of District 14. “They wear little baseball caps with ‘FTP’ on it.”

In response to Jurado, LAPD Chief Dominic Choi issued a statement decrying her sentiments.

“Hearing the words ‘f— the police,’ is disappointing and diminishes the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD,” Choi said in his statement. “This divisive language only serves to erode what should be a positive and collaborative relationship between the police and the people we serve. Every day the men and women of the LAPD put their lives on the line to keep the people of Los Angeles safe, and I wish more people valued their sacrifice”

Incumbent candidate De Leon also denounced his opponent’s remarks.

“Those comments are simply disrespectful,” he said in a statement. “I stand where I’ve always stood, 100% behind our frontline officers who go out every day risking their lives to protect Angelenos across our city.”

Two years ago, De Leon was embroiled in his own scandal after a conversation between him, then-council president Nury Martinez and former councilmember Gil Cedillo was leaked. The recording included racist remarks against Indigenous Mexican immigrants and Councilman Mike Bonin’s son.

Jurado’s full statement below:

In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades. But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.

My commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever. Let’s focus on what matters, as laid out by the LA Times last week: our city is teetering on the edge of a fiscal emergency. We’re in this mess because of reckless decisions, including massive payouts for police misconduct. The result? A city broke, unable to fix busted sidewalks, broken streetlights, or trim trees—services that keep us safe and whole; services that we desperately need. The safest cities in America invest in parks, recreation, youth development, and public infrastructure—departments that my opponent has voted to gut down to less than 1% of the budget.

When I’m elected, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and fight for the services and departments that keep us safe, healthy, and whole. It’s not enough to be tough on crime — we’ve got to be tough and smart, and operate with the fiscal responsibility necessary to fix our lopsided budget. And I’m prepared to work with whoever I need to—whether it’s the LAPD or colleagues I may not always see eye to eye with—because my priority is delivering for our district, plain and simple. Our campaign is about real solutions, not distractions.

Ryan James Wedding, 43, an Olympic snowboarder was charged this week, along with 15 others, for allegedly running a massive, murderous international drug trafficking operation to smuggle cocaine into Canada from Colombia through Mexico, federal authorities announced Thursday.

Wedding, a Canadian citizen who competed for Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, allegedly ran a criminal enterprise that smuggled 16 tons of cocaine to Canada every year, which would make it the largest cocaine supplier to the country. Prosecutors on Thursday called him an “Olympic athlete-turned-drug lord”

Wedding, who is also known as “El Jefe,” and his co-conspirator, Andrew Clark, were also accused of committing murders over stolen drugs or drug debts.

Wedding’s San Diego Connection

The case in San Diego dates back to 2008, culminating with the arrest of Wedding and two co-conspirators on June 13 of that year.

According to prosecutors, Wedding, Michael Krapchan and Hassan Shirani were all involved in the case, which the FBI connected to the Akhundov DTO, a drug-trafficking organization based in Vancouver, Canada, that law enforcement said was led by Elmar Akhundov.

Court documents sworn to by FBI special agent Brett Kalina state that Akhundov and Krapchan were involved in negotiations with a confidential source (CS) via phone calls and in person in San Diego, Seattle and elsewhere. The pair agreed to do a drug deal in San Diego on June 9, 2008, for 24 kilos of cocaine, where the CS eventually met up with Wedding, Krapchan and Shirani, who told the CS that the bulk of the buy money was not in San Diego, but, rather, at LAX.

During negotiations in San Diego, according to court docs, Wedding told the CS that it was the conspirators’ intent to “grab one” kilo and “have a look at it … and grab the rest of them later.”

“Ultimately, the parties agreed to conduct the exchange on June 13, 2008” in San Diego, after the co-conspirators could inspect the drugs.

Kalisa said in court docs that the three co-conspirators were seen arriving on that date at the San Diego Hampton Inn Hotel, after which Krapchan left for a second location, where he paid $17,000 for a kilo of cocaine. Agents said they arrested him after he was witnessed calling Wedding and Shirani to let them know he had made the buy. The pair were then taken into custody when they left the Hampton Inn.

After their arrest, law enforcement said they searched their car and found a hotel key for a Comfort inn in Woodland Hills, where investigators seized about $100,000 hidden in a piece of furniture.

According to another court document, Wedding was found guilty on May 28, 2010, and sentenced to four years in federal prison.

NBC 7 asked the U.S. Federal Bureau of Prisons last week how long Wedding served and whether he was deported to Canada upon his release but has not yet heard back. On Monday, an official said Wedding had served a little over a quarter of his sentence before he was released.

“Ryan Wedding was designated to CI Reeves, a private facility, on Oct. 1, 2010, and remained there until his Good Conduct Time release on Dec. 7, 2011,” emailed Emily Nelson, a public affairs officer for the BOP. “Where Mr. Wedding went after his release from the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons is not available to this office.”

The Canadian Kingpin Allegations

Prosecutors said Thursday that the international drug trafficking operation connected to Wedding “routinely” shipped cocaine shipments from Colombia to Mexico, which were then taken to Los Angeles stash houses before being smuggled into Ontario, Canada, federal investigators alleged.

“Just from March to August of this year alone, we found they transported 1,800 kilograms of cocaine,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said. “On a yearly basis, they would move about 60 tons of cocaine.

Wedding, who now resides in Mexico, is on the run, according to prosecutors, while several of the defendants were in custody awaiting their court appearance in Los Angeles in the coming weeks.

“We will not allow Los Angeles to be used as a trans-shipment point,” Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton of the Los Angeles Police Department, which collaborated with the FBI, DEA and other international law enforcement agencies in the latest takedown, said.

Hamilton also said there were violent acts that can be “traced directly” to the alleged criminal enterprise.

“The violence is one of the byproducts that is an unfortunate aspect of these drug trafficking organizations, and the Los Angeles Police Department remains committed as well to preventing that violence from occurring not only in the Los Angeles region, but linked to this organization throughout North America,” Hamilton said.

During the investigation, authorities have seized more than one ton of cocaine, $255,400 as well as more than $3.2 million in cryptocurrency, officials said. 

“The Wedding Drug Trafficking Organization and its unremitting, callous and greed-driven crimes has been operating for far too long, spanning several countries, from Colombia through Mexico, the U.S. and to Canada,” said Matthew Allen, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Los Angeles. “They have triggered an avalanche of violent crimes, including brutal murders.  

Currently, Wedding is accused of conspiracy to distribute and possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances; conspiracy to export cocaine; running a continuing criminal enterprise; murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and drug crime; and an attempt to commit murder in connection with a continuing criminal enterprise and drug crime.

As Wedding, 43, remained at large, the FBI offered a reward of up to $50,000 for any information leading to his arrest. If convicted, Wedding faces a mandatory minimum penalty of life in federal prison on the murder and attempted murder charges.

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Ryan Wedding, a Canadian citizen who competed for Canada in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, allegedly ran a criminal enterprise that smuggled 16 tons of cocaine to Canada every year, being the largest cocaine supplier to the country.

“Just from March to August of this year alone, we found they transported 1,800 kilograms of cocaine,” U.S. Attorney Martin Estrada said. “On a yearly basis, they would move about 60 tons of cocaine.

The cocaine shipments were “routinely” shipped from Colombia to Mexico, then they were transported to Los Angeles stash houses before being smuggled into Ontario, Canada, federal investigators alleged.

Wedding, who now resides in Mexico, was on the run while several of the defendants were in custody awaiting their court appearance in Los Angeles in the coming weeks.

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“We will not allow Los Angeles to be used as a trans-shipment point,” Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton of the Los Angeles Police Department, which collaborated with the FBI, DEA and other international law enforcement agencies in the latest takedown, said.

Hamilton also said there were violent acts that can be “traced directly” to the alleged criminal enterprise.

“The violence is one of the byproducts that is an unfortunate aspect of these drug trafficking organizations, and the Los Angeles Police Department remains committed as well to preventing that violence from occurring not only in the Los Angeles region, but linked to this organization throughout North America,” Hamilton said.

Wedding, who is also known as “El Jefe,” and his co-conspirator, Andrew Clark, were also accused of committing murders over stolen drugs or drug debts.

“The Wedding Drug Trafficking Organization and its unremitting, callous and greed-driven crimes has been operating for far too long, spanning several countries, from Colombia through Mexico, the U.S. and to Canada,” said Matthew Allen, Special Agent in Charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Los Angeles. “They have triggered an avalanche of violent crimes, including brutal murders.  

During the investigation, authorities have seized more than one ton of cocaine, $255,400 as well as more than $3.2 million in cryptocurrency, officials said. 

As Wedding, 43, remained at large, the FBI offered a reward of up to $50,000 for any information leading to his arrest.

If convicted, Wedding would face a mandatory minimum penalty of life in federal prison on the murder and attempted murder charge

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said Wednesday a decision on the case of Lyle and Erik Menendez could be coming in days — just hours after family members of the brothers added their voices to a new push for the brothers’ release.

Gascón said he hopes to have the decision “within the next 10 days or so.”

A new hearing is scheduled for Nov. 26, the District Attorney said.

Prior to Gascón’s statement, about two dozen Menendez family members gathered in front of a downtown Los Angeles court building Wednesday afternoon with attorney Mark Geragos to make emotional pleas. The brothers have been serving a life prison sentence for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, inside their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.

They have claimed they were sexually abused by their father and feared for their lives.

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Attorney Mark Geragos said the afternoon news conference represented a display of unity as Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor is conducting a review of new evidence in the case, the subject of the recent Netflix true-crime drama “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

He said relatives flew to Los Angeles from across the country.

“Over time, it became clear there were two other victims on that day, my cousins Lyle and Erik,” said Anamaria Baralt, Jose Menendez’s niece. “They became victims of a culture that was not ready to listen.”

Family members expected to speak included Baralt; Joan Andersen VanderMolen, sister of the brothers’ mother Kitty Menendez; Brian A. Andersen Jr., nephew of Kitty Menendez; and the brothers’ attorneys. Comedian and TV personality Rosie O’Donnell, a vocal advocate for the Menendez brothers, also is expected to speak.

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has not announced a timeline for a decision on his office’s review. Geragos said. Gascón, who is running for re-election in the Nov. 5 election, announced Oct. 3 that the review was launched after attorneys for 53-year-old Erik Menendez and 56-year-old Lyle Menendez asked a court to vacate their convictions.

“The DA has said that he’s taken it seriously. He hasn’t made a decision, yet,” Geragos said Monday night. “I take his at his word because he’s been honest with us all the way along.

“They’re cautiously optimistic.”

Geragos said the legal path forward for the brothers has two tracks. Attorneys have filed for the conviction to be overturned and, at the same time, are asking for a review and possible re-sentencing, he said.

The review hinges on a letter that Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin that his attorneys said corroborates claims of sexual abuse by his father just nine months before their parents were killed. The brothers have said they killed their parents out of self-defense. Their attorneys have argued that the brothers may not have been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole if the trial was held today.

The brother’s attorneys said family members believed the brothers should have faced a lesser charge of manslaughter instead of murder during the trial that led to their convictions at ages 21 and 18.

“They were children who could’ve been protected and were instead brutalized,” said Joan Andersen VanderMolenm, sister of Kitty Menendez. “In the years since their conviction… society’s understanding of sexual abuse has grown significantly.

“In their case, if it were tried today, the evidence of their father’s abuse would not only be admitted in court, but it would provide essential context for why they acted as they did.”

Prosecutors at the time argued there was no evidence of molestation. They said the brothers killed their parents for their multimillion-dollar estate.

Jurors rejected a death sentence in favor of life without parole.

Geragos said the family members planned to meet Wednesday afternoon with the district attorney’s office.

The case gained new attention after Netflix streamed the true-crime drama “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” In a statement on X posted by his wife, Erik Menendez called the show a “dishonest portrayal” of what happened that has taken them back to a time when prosecutors “built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused, and that males experience rape trauma differently from women.”

Gascón has said he believes that the topic of sexual assault would have been treated with more sensitivity if the case had happened today.

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Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for LA Council District 14, is addressing the backlash she received after her comments during a meet and greet with constituents at Cal State Los Angeles. In the recording, a student asks the councilmember hopeful what her stance on the police force is, and what her thoughts are on Councilmember Kevin De Leon’s funding for overtime for officers.

In response, Jurado is heard saying, “What’s that rapper’s? F— the police, that’s how I see them.”

Jurado issued a statement clarifying why her beliefs are shaped in that manner.

“In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades,” she said, referencing an NWA song. “But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.”

Read below for Jurado’s full statement.

Some constituents expressed they thought Jurado’s response was crass.

“I just thought it was very immature,” said Margarita Amador, a resident of District 14. “Not only insulting LAPD, but law enforcement in general.”

Others didn’t think much of the candidate’s choice of words.

“I hear that every day from young people,” said Carlos Montes, another resident of District 14. “They wear little baseball caps with ‘FTP’ on it.”

In response to Jurado, LAPD Chief Dominic Choi issued a statement decrying her sentiments.

“Hearing the words ‘f— the police,’ is disappointing and diminishes the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD,” Choi said in his statement. “This divisive language only serves to erode what should be a positive and collaborative relationship between the police and the people we serve. Every day the men and women of the LAPD put their lives on the line to keep the people of Los Angeles safe, and I wish more people valued their sacrifice”

Incumbent candidate De Leon also denounced his opponent’s remarks.

“Those comments are simply disrespectful,” he said in a statement. “I stand where I’ve always stood, 100% behind our frontline officers who go out every day risking their lives to protect Angelenos across our city.”

Two years ago, De Leon was embroiled in his own scandal after a conversation between him, then-council president Nury Martinez and former councilmember Gil Cedillo was leaked. The recording included racist remarks against Indigenous Mexican immigrants and Councilman Mike Bonin’s son.

Jurado’s full statement below:

In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades. But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.

My commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever. Let’s focus on what matters, as laid out by the LA Times last week: our city is teetering on the edge of a fiscal emergency. We’re in this mess because of reckless decisions, including massive payouts for police misconduct. The result? A city broke, unable to fix busted sidewalks, broken streetlights, or trim trees—services that keep us safe and whole; services that we desperately need. The safest cities in America invest in parks, recreation, youth development, and public infrastructure—departments that my opponent has voted to gut down to less than 1% of the budget.

When I’m elected, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and fight for the services and departments that keep us safe, healthy, and whole. It’s not enough to be tough on crime — we’ve got to be tough and smart, and operate with the fiscal responsibility necessary to fix our lopsided budget. And I’m prepared to work with whoever I need to—whether it’s the LAPD or colleagues I may not always see eye to eye with—because my priority is delivering for our district, plain and simple. Our campaign is about real solutions, not distractions.

Family members of Lyle and Erik Menendez added their voices Wednesday to a new push for the brothers’ release after more than three decades in prison for the killings of their parents.

About two dozen Menendez family members gathered in front of a downtown Los Angeles court building with attorney Mark Geragos to make emotional pleas. The brothers have been serving a life prison sentence for the murder of their parents, Jose and Kitty Menendez, inside their Beverly Hills mansion in 1989.

They have claimed they were sexually abused by their father and feared for their lives.

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Attorney Mark Geragos said the afternoon news conference represented a display of unity as Los Angeles County’s top prosecutor is conducting a review of new evidence in the case, the subject of the recent Netflix true-crime drama “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.”

He said relatives flew to Los Angeles from across the country.

“Over time, it became clear there were two other victims on that day, my cousins Lyle and Erik,” said Anamaria Baralt, Jose Menendez’s niece. “They became victims of a culture that was not ready to listen.”

Family members expected to speak included Baralt; Joan Andersen VanderMolen, sister of the brothers’ mother Kitty Menendez; Brian A. Andersen Jr., nephew of Kitty Menendez; and the brothers’ attorneys. Comedian and TV personality Rosie O’Donnell, a vocal advocate for the Menendez brothers, also was expected to speak, but was not at the news conference.

In the hours after the news conference, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said a decision on his office’s review would come in about 10 days. Geragos said. Gascón, who is running for re-election in the Nov. 5 election, announced Oct. 3 that the review was launched after attorneys for 53-year-old Erik Menendez and 56-year-old Lyle Menendez asked a court to vacate their convictions.

“The DA has said that he’s taken it seriously. He hasn’t made a decision, yet,” Geragos said Monday night. “I take his at his word because he’s been honest with us all the way along.

“They’re cautiously optimistic.”

Geragos said the legal path forward for the brothers has two tracks. Attorneys have filed for the conviction to be overturned and, at the same time, are asking for a review and possible re-sentencing, he said.

The review hinges on a letter that Erik Menendez wrote to his cousin that his attorneys said corroborates claims of sexual abuse by his father just nine months before their parents were killed. The brothers have said they killed their parents out of self-defense. Their attorneys have argued that the brothers may not have been convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life without parole if the trial was held today.

The brother’s attorneys said family members believed the brothers should have faced a lesser charge of manslaughter instead of murder during the trial that led to their convictions at ages 21 and 18.

“They were children who could’ve been protected and were instead brutalized,” said Joan Andersen VanderMolenm, sister of Kitty Menendez. “In the years since their conviction… society’s understanding of sexual abuse has grown significantly.

“In their case, if it were tried today, the evidence of their father’s abuse would not only be admitted in court, but it would provide essential context for why they acted as they did.”

Prosecutors at the time argued there was no evidence of molestation. They said the brothers killed their parents for their multimillion-dollar estate.

Jurors rejected a death sentence in favor of life without parole.

Geragos said the family members planned to meet Wednesday afternoon with the district attorney’s office.

The case gained new attention after Netflix streamed the true-crime drama “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” In a statement on X posted by his wife, Erik Menendez called the show a “dishonest portrayal” of what happened that has taken them back to a time when prosecutors “built a narrative on a belief system that males were not sexually abused, and that males experience rape trauma differently from women.”

Gascón has said he believes that the topic of sexual assault would have been treated with more sensitivity if the case had happened today.

“We have not decided on an outcome. We are reviewing information,” Gascón said in early October.

A hearing was scheduled for Nov. 29.

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The owners say it was remarkable that no one was in the path of the car.

“It was a miracle. It truly was,” said owner Katia Hayes. 

The Los Angeles Fire Department said eight people, including the 60-year-old driver, suffered minor injuries and no one was taken to the hospital. The injured people were said to be in cars or in the parking lot. 

Only one barista was behind the counter and he was unhurt. But the building itself had considerable damage. In the video, debris can be seen falling from what the owners say is an elevator shaft. 

“When I was rewatching the footage I was watching the whole day how we were all hanging in here,” said the shop’s other owner, Yoni Babitsky. 

The owners say they were in the shop with their 2-year-old child that afternoon, and that often the shop is filled with kids getting out of school. 

“People came and asked later how come you’re so calm and I imagined what could have happened, and I’m grateful it happened the way it happened,” Hayes said. 

It was unclear what caused the driver to veer off Ventura Boulevard into the parking lot and coffee shop. Police said no one was cited.

The erratic driver traveled at dangerous speeds of up to 120 mph on freeways in a desperate attempt to evade officers. After exiting the freeway, he weaved through traffic at speeds of up to 70 mph on surface streets, having several close calls with other vehicles.

The vehicle came to a halt after a violent crash with two other vehicles and a 7-Eleven storefront near the intersection of Firestone Boulevard and Alameda Street. The crash came after the pursuit driver ran a red light.

Three people in the car ran out in an attempt to flee from law enforcement.

The driver ran around aimlessly in the area while trying to evade arrest. Eventually, police were able to take him into custody when he was at the intersection of Firestone Boulevard and Grape Street.

It is unclear if the vehicle’s other two occupants were arrested.

Police have not released the name of the driver nor did they detail what charges they could face. It’s unclear what initiated the chase.

Law enforcement did not say if the driver of the other car involved in the crash was hurt.

From Anaheim to Pico-Robertson, 7-Elevens across Southern California have been targeted by thieves. The rally for Prop 36 comes just days after a 7-Eleven was ransacked and two employees were assaulted in Hollywood.

Prop 36 aims to increase punishments for some theft and drug possession offenses.

The 7-Eleven franchise owner whose store hosted the press conference said passing Prop 36 will benefit not only business owners but also citizens. 

“I’ve operated in this area for nearly 25 years and have seen the growth in crime rates firsthand,” said Franchisee Jawad Ursani. “We need Prop 36 to ensure that businesses can operate without fear of crime and that Californians feel safe in their communities.” 

Over $2 million was raised by Franchisees and 7-Eleven, Inc. in support of the proposition. Franchisees made the most recent donation of $500,000 which was matched by 7-Eleven, Inc to show support to business owners and the communities they serve.

“Today’s event is a testament to the dedication of our Franchisees and the entire 7-Eleven family,” said Randy Quinn, Senior Vice President of Franchise Operations for 7-Eleven, Inc. “We cannot accept a status quo that allows crime to flourish. Together, we are taking a stand.”  

Franchisees who have fallen victim to retail crime also spoke at the event about their experiences. 

In a statement, 7-Eleven wrote they will continue to advocate for a safer environment for the community and business owners throughout California as the November election approaches. 

Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for LA Council District 14, is addressing the backlash she received after her comments during a meet and greet with constituents at Cal State Los Angeles. In the recording, a student asks the councilmember hopeful what her stance on the police force is, and what her thoughts are on Councilmember Kevin De Leon’s funding for overtime for officers.

In response, Jurado is heard saying, “What’s that rapper’s? F— the police, that’s how I see them.”

Jurado issued a statement clarifying why her beliefs are shaped in that manner.

“In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades,” she said, referencing an NWA song. “But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.”

Read below for Jurado’s full statement.

Some constituents expressed they thought Jurado’s response was crass.

“I just thought it was very immature,” said Margarita Amador, a resident of District 14. “Not only insulting LAPD, but law enforcement in general.”

Others didn’t think much of the candidate’s choice of words.

“I hear that every day from young people,” said Carlos Montes, another resident of District 14. “They wear little baseball caps with ‘FTP’ on it.”

In response to Jurado, LAPD Chief Dominic Choi issued a statement decrying her sentiments.

“Hearing the words ‘f— the police,’ is disappointing and diminishes the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD,” Choi said in his statement. “This divisive language only serves to erode what should be a positive and collaborative relationship between the police and the people we serve. Every day the men and women of the LAPD put their lives on the line to keep the people of Los Angeles safe, and I wish more people valued their sacrifice”

Incumbent candidate De Leon also denounced his opponent’s remarks.

“Those comments are simply disrespectful,” he said in a statement. “I stand where I’ve always stood, 100% behind our frontline officers who go out every day risking their lives to protect Angelenos across our city.”

Two years ago, De Leon was embroiled in his own scandal after a conversation between him, then-council president Nury Martinez and former councilmember Gil Cedillo was leaked. The recording included racist remarks against Indigenous Mexican immigrants and Councilman Mike Bonin’s son.

Jurado’s full statement below:

In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades. But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.

My commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever. Let’s focus on what matters, as laid out by the LA Times last week: our city is teetering on the edge of a fiscal emergency. We’re in this mess because of reckless decisions, including massive payouts for police misconduct. The result? A city broke, unable to fix busted sidewalks, broken streetlights, or trim trees—services that keep us safe and whole; services that we desperately need. The safest cities in America invest in parks, recreation, youth development, and public infrastructure—departments that my opponent has voted to gut down to less than 1% of the budget.

When I’m elected, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and fight for the services and departments that keep us safe, healthy, and whole. It’s not enough to be tough on crime — we’ve got to be tough and smart, and operate with the fiscal responsibility necessary to fix our lopsided budget. And I’m prepared to work with whoever I need to—whether it’s the LAPD or colleagues I may not always see eye to eye with—because my priority is delivering for our district, plain and simple. Our campaign is about real solutions, not distractions.

In September 2021, the Rivera family lost its matriarch, Wendy Galdamez, as the 33-year-old was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while crossing the street.

“In the moments before she was struck, Wendy, who was carrying Sebastian, her son, in her arms, threw him out of the way of the oncoming traffic, thereby saving his life in the process,” said Court Purdy, the family attorney.

The 8,000 feet stretch of Vista Del Mare from Imperial Highway to Napoleon Street near the Ballona Creek Bridge does not have a single marked crosswalk to allow pedestrians to safely cross the road, according to Purdy, who is suing the city of Los Angeles on behalf of the Rivera family.

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What’s worse, the family argues, is that there used to be several marked crosswalks until the city of Los Angeles got rid of them.

“We know that in 2013, the now-principal transportation engineer for LADOT (Los Angeles Department of Transportation) recommended to install pedestrian traffic measures approximately 1200 feet north of this intersection on Imperial Highway. That plan, which was slated to be submitted for federal funding, was to cost approximately $250,000 for reasons that we do not know – That plan was scrapped with no plan to replace it,” Purdy said, claiming that the city of A refuses to install modern lighting to make the area for pedestrians and drivers.

People who live in Playa del Rey said they understand how dangerous Vista Del Mar could be.

“Cars drive really, really fast here,” Joyce Charat said.

In 2017, a 16-year-old girl was killed while crossing Vista Del Mar. The city had removed traffic lanes to add angled parking along Dockeiler State Beach, hoping to prevent jaywalking.

But when traffic started to build up, people living n the area pushed back, and the lanes were restored.

Now parking is prohibited along much of Vista Del Mar.

The Los Angeles Department of Transportation did not respond to a request for comment.

Astro Family Restaurant, a 24-hour diner that’s been a staple in Silver Lake, sits at the corner of Fletcher Drive and Glendale Boulevard. The eatery has greeted its customers with a neon star atop the building and a menu full of American comfort foods. Since its inception, the diner has been serving classic breakfast items and hearty dinner fare. Now, it’s cooking up a historic designation marker.

Maria Siafaris’s dad, Harry, bought it in the early 1980s. The dramatic, sloping roof, which dates back more than 60 years, is one of the first things people notice, she said.

“Characterized as a ‘landmark building’ now? Yeah – he would have loved that,” Maria said of her father. He died two years ago but his establishment continues to be run by his loved ones.

The city’s application for monument status cited the enduring legacy of the two LA-based architects who designed the building, Louis Armet and Eldon Davis. The Los Angeles Conservancy’s website contains a profile of the pair, calling them pioneers of “Googie” architecture, named after “Googie’s” diner on Sunset – demolished decades ago.

The motif is characterized by enormous rooftops that celebrated the dawn of the Space Age in America, as well as design features that favored diners on the go – a nod to LA’s growing car culture of the 1950s and ‘60s.

The Los Angeles Conservancy said that kind of design was once criticized by architects, leading to the demolition of several LA buildings that had that style. Now, preservationists are trying to change that.

Other Googie designs include Norm’s on La Cienega, Pann’s and the original Bob’s Big Boy restaurants.

Harry Siafaris was careful to preserve the Astro’s interior, as well. It looks very similar to what customers saw when it was built, 65 years ago.

Dennis Fauson visits every single morning for breakfast. He moved to LA from Michigan in 1978, and remembers how Spage Age diners once dotted the city landscape. He’s pleased that the city is preserving his favorite eatery.

“I don’t like to go to new places,” he said, “I like places where (I can be) very old school,” he said.

“Customers come up daily,” said Maria, chuckling, “and just say how happy they are that we’re still around!”

Astro Family Restaurant’s historic-cultural monument status protects it from immediate demolition if such a thing were ever to occur.

To learn more about Astro Family Restaurant, click here.

NBC4 and Telemundo 52 will have a booth with station giveaways from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Come meet NBC4’s Traffic Anchor Robin Winston and Reporter Karma Dickerson from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m.

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The simple life? More like the suite life.

Paris Hilton and the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills have teamed up to transform two hotel suites to celebrate the icon’s new album, “Infinite Icon.” 

Now through Nov. 1, guests can book their “Stay Like an Infinite Icon” experience. Here’s what it’s like to sliv like Paris.

Check-in at the Beverly Hilton

Upon entering the hotel, stacks of pink luggage on a pink bellman’s cart greet guests. 

Head up to the 8th floor, pass the Circa 55 rooftop restaurant and lounge, and you can’t miss the pink, glittery suite doors emblazoned with the words “Stay Like an Infinite Icon.” The room keys even have Paris’ face on them. 

Inside the one-of-a-kind suites

Paris and her media company 11:11 Media collaborated with the Beverly Hilton to “capture the essence of Paris’s iconic lifestyle.” The 980 sq. ft. suite with pink and metallic accents features a bedroom, spa-like bathroom and a private terrace overlooking Wilshire Boulevard.

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“The rooms are complete with a touch of glamour, fun, and, of course, lots of pink,” Hilton said in a news release. 

From rotating columns that contain Paris’ favorite DVDs to a pink karaoke machine to a hidden snack drawer stocked with candy and popcorn, the suites were carefully curated to contain Paris’ favorite things. 

Upon entry, you’ll see futuristic furniture inside a pink living room along with a dining room and vanity area. Framed pictures of Paris, a pink vintage record player playing her tunes and replica rugs like the ones Paris has in her own home make the suite feel homey.  

The suite contains 26 different shades of pink, according to Shan Lui, Vice President, Partnerships & Experiential Marketing, Hilton.

The bedroom contains a nod to the “Infinite Icon” album artwork, a pink mini fridge and, of course, a dog bed and rhinestoned dog bowl for your pampered pooch. 

The bathroom includes one of Paris’ inspirational quotes: “Never pass a mirror without looking in it.” Quotes like this are scattered throughout the suite. Drop some pink bath salts in the bath tub and take in a view of Beverly Hills while soaking.  

Thirsty? In-room offerings even include a visit from a bartender during “Sliving Happy Hour.” 

The ‘Stay Like an Infinite Icon’ experience

Guests can start their day with a Simple Life breakfast at 11:11 a.m. and end it with a turndown service, complete with a wellness shot and a surprise treat. 

Should you need anything else to sliv your best life, a 24-hour concierge is at your service. 

Hotel-check out

Don’t forget to sign your autograph in the bedazzled “For the Stay” guestbook. To complete your stay, a bellman will arrive at 12:30 p.m. to bring your luggage downstairs and see you off.

The limited-time experience is available to book now through Nov. 1. 

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Visit MakingStridesWalk.org/LosAngeles to register and more information.

October-inspired activities fantastically flourish across Southern California, with haunted mazes, creepy cocktail parties, and horror screenings capturing the fancies of fright-loving adults.

But some of the sweetest expressions of the season unfurl at our region’s excellent science museums, the educational institutions that flower with nifty learning activities, activities created just for youngsters, all year long.

Those activities take on an October-y shimmer as Halloween grows closer at Discovery Cube OC and Discovery Cube LA, two spots that are now in the seasonal swing.

But you won’t find the exact same offerings at each; Discovery Cube OC is throwing a “Pumpkin Palooza” while an “Enchanted Halloween” party will (gently) haunt Discovery Cube LA Oct. 12, 19, and 26.

Discovery OC’s “Pumpkin Palooza,” which is presented by OC Waste & Recycling, features special “Pumpkin Palooza Party Nights” and all sorts of made-for-October activities.

It’s happening every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday through Oct. 27 in Santa Ana.

And at Discovery Cube LA’s “Enchanted Halloween”?

Trick-or-treat stations will pop up around the museum, while a Magical Midway will brim with nostalgic games. The “Wonders of Wizardry” stage shows and more magical sights will festoon the events, too.

For tickets, times, and more, visit the Discovery Cube site — OC or LA or both — that you are hoping to visit this spooky, sparkly, and science-tastic season.

Organized by the Jewish Federation Los Angeles, Israeli-American Council, StandWithUs and Temple of the Arts, doors open at 6:30 p.m. Monday for “L.A. Remembers.” Among those expected to attend are actress Mayim Bialik, Israeli actress Moran Atias, Israeli performer Raviv Kaner, as well as more than 30 elected officials including Rep. Brad Sherman, D-Sherman Oaks.

There will also be a candle-lighting ceremony and speeches from relatives of hostages.

The event will be livestreamed at https://form.jotform.com/JFedLAForms/LARemembers-waitlist.

“Coming together to commemorate October 7th offers all of us an opportunity to gather strength as we share a sense of community that supports Israel and fights to keep the faces of the hostages front and center in everyone’s hearts until they all come home to their families,” Roz Rothstein, founder and CEO of StandWithUs, said in a statement.

Additionally, Beverly Hills community leaders, elected officials, religious leaders and residents will gather at 6 a.m. near the city’s Israel Flag installation to commemorate the one-year anniversary. Beverly Hills Mayor Lester Friedman and council members John Mirisch, Mary Wells and Craig Corman are expected to attend.

Meanwhile, IfNotNow Los Angeles will gather at downtown’s Gloria Molina Grand Park, which they say will be attended by “hundreds of American Jews” to honor the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attacks on Israel, and the ensuing “brutal collective punished by the Israeli government” over the past year. The event slated for 6 p.m. is intended to “remind elected officials and fellow Americans that violence is antithetical to Jewish values and that it will never keep any of us safe.”

On Sunday, the Jewish Federation Los Angeles held a reception and candle-lighting ceremony at the Museum of Tolerance Los Angeles.    

“It was not the last chapter of my life,” Andrey Kozlov, who was held hostage for eight months and a day, said at the event that coincided with the exact moment of the Oct. 7 attacks.

“Something better is coming, and here I am with lots of opportunities. I became some kind of voice of hostages, and I am able to speak.”

Mayor Karen Bass said “Today, we must continue our prayers for safety and peace. As conflict rises in the Middle East, we often see a troubling rise in antisemitism around the world, including here in L.A. So let me be unequivocally clear — antisemitism has absolutely no place in L.A.”

“It feels great to have all these people around me and my whole family going to all this trouble to celebrate my birthday,” said Schlesinger.

The centenarian enlisted in the Army in February of 1942, sailing on the Grey Ghost and the Queen Mary, which served as a troop ship in the war.

Proud of his Jewish heritage, Schlesinger joined the front lines in hopes of putting an end to antisemitism.

“You know at the end of World War Two I came home and thought that will be the end of it. Humanity has learned its lessons. We buried millions of people. We didn’t learn anything. We’ve been at constant war,” said Schlesinger.

The army veteran continues to stay up to date with the current Israel-Hamas war and called the unrest “disturbing.”

He said he never goes to bed without watching the news.

“We live life to enjoy it, stay informed, keep alert to the changes in politics of our country and the rest of the world,” said Schlesinger.

The veteran plans to exercise his American right in the upcoming November election by voting in person.

“We watched the political debates, we pay code attention to the key people involved. And we intend to make our voices heard,” said Schlesinger.

He credits staying interested in the world around him as one of the secrets to a long and healthy life.

“What’s going on in the world is terribly important. Maybe I won’t see if affects me tomorrow or the next day but it will certainly affect my children and grandchildren,” said Schlesinger.

In a statement, a spokesperson for the family of victim Sherri Rasmussen said the reversal of Stephanie Lazarus’ grant of parole came after a 90 minute hearing before three commissioners from the California Parole Board. 

Family lawyer John Taylor said Rasmussen’s relatives were pleased with the decision.

“Lazarus had her parole time up front, evading arrest for 23 years after the murder,” Taylor said in a statement. “She has expressed no remorse for the cold-blooded execution of Sherri Rasmussen committed while she was an LAPD officer. It’s unfair to the family that she should now go free and enjoy her life while receiving her LAPD pension.”

A spokesperson for the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the board’s parent agency, said a panel that was reviewing the earlier decision found “good cause” to rescind it. Lazarus will have a new parole hearing in 18 months, the spokesperson said.

A lawyer for Lazarus did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Rasmussen, a 29-year-old nurse, was gunned down in her Los Angeles-area apartment on Feb. 24, 1986. Lazarus, a Los Angeles Police Department art theft detective who was then an officer in her mid-20s, previously dated a man whom Rasmussen married.

The lead investigator in the case has said that Lazarus entered Rasmussen’s condo, struck her in the head with a vase and shot her three times in the chest using a pillow as an improvised silencer. She then staged the killing to look like a robbery, the investigator, Greg Stearns, previously said at a parole hearing for Lazarus.

DNA left at the crime scene later linked Lazarus to the killing. She was arrested in 2009 and convicted of first-degree murder three years later, after asserting her innocence at trial.

Lazarus was found suitable for parole after a hearing last November by a commissioner who partly cited her young age at the time of the killing — recent California legislation has sought to shift how people under the age of 26 are handled within the criminal justice system — and said Lazarus didn’t pose a risk if she were released, a transcript of the hearing shows.

Rasmussen’s family challenged that finding, saying Lazarus didn’t appear remorseful and questioning why the board relied on the state’s youthful offender law in her case.

At the time of the killing, Lazarus, who was then almost 26 and had been a police officer for two years, had passed psychological evaluations that allowed her to become a police officer and carry a gun, the family said. 

During the November hearing, Lazarus said she had no intention of killing Rasmussen when she went to her home, according to the transcript. She said she had gone to the couple’s condo to talk to her ex, who was not there at the time of the killing.

Lazarus said she didn’t turn herself in after because she was ashamed, according to the transcript.

After the board found Lazarus suitable for release, California Gov. Gavin Newsom said while she had an excellent disciplinary record and had sought to improve herself while behind bars, she hadn’t begun to take full responsibility for the murder until she was caught.

A separate panel that cited the governor’s letter said the decision to release Lazarus deserved additional scrutiny because it may have been “improvident.”

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The welcoming ceremony will be held at St. Joseph’s Church in La Puente at 6 p.m. and will beled by Fr. Luis Ramiro Martinez, who accompanies the image from the Diocese of San Juan de Los Lagos, Mexico, said Miguel Gonzalez, coordinator in California of the Diocese of San Juan de Los Lagos in Jalisco, Mexico.

The image of the virgin will be at St. Joseph’s Church until Oct. 6. A farewell mass will be held with Mariachi music that evening.

The image of the Virgin of San Juan de Los Lagos receives almost 6 million visitors each year, making it the second most visited image in Mexico after the image of the Virgin of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City.

Here is the list of churches where devotees can see the replica image of the Virgin of San Juan de Los Lagos:

• Oct. 4-6: San Jose Church, 550 N. Glendora Ave. La Puente, California 91744
• Oct. 7-8: Santa Marianna de Paredes Parish, 7930 Passons Blvd Pico Rivera, California 90660
• Oct. 15-16: Guadalupe Church, 4018 Hammel St. Los Angeles, California 90063
• Oct. 24-28: Rosario Church, 14815 S. Paramount Blvd, Paramount, California 90723
• Oct. 29-30: Talpa Church, 2914 E 4th St. Los Angeles, California 90033
• Oct. 31-Nov. 3: Guadalupe Church, 427 N. Oak St. Santa Paula, California 93060

According to the Diocese of San Juan de Los Lagos, Mexico, the veneration of the Virgin of San Juan de Los Lagos began in 1623, with the miracle of a young girl, a member of a family of acrobats, was recorded. The young girl, along with her parents, was traveling to Guadalajara when she suffered a fatal accident during a performance. The girl tragically fell from a trapeze and died. An Indigenous woman, moved by the family’s grief, asked for an image of the Virgin of San Juan de Los Lagos to be brought to her, and when it was placed on her body, the girl was revived.

It is believed that after the incident, many heard about the miracle, and the figure has since led millions of faithful to visit the Basilica-Cathedral of the Diocese of San Juan de Los Lagos in Jalisco, Mexico where the original image lives.

Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for LA Council District 14, is addressing the backlash she received after her comments during a meet and greet with constituents at Cal State Los Angeles. In the recording, a student asks the councilmember hopeful what her stance on the police force is, and what her thoughts are on Councilmember Kevin De Leon’s funding for overtime for officers.

In response, Jurado is heard saying, “What’s that rapper’s? F— the police, that’s how I see them.”

Jurado issued a statement clarifying why her beliefs are shaped in that manner.

“In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades,” she said, referencing an NWA song. “But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.”

Read below for Jurado’s full statement.

Some constituents expressed they thought Jurado’s response was crass.

“I just thought it was very immature,” said Margarita Amador, a resident of District 14. “Not only insulting LAPD, but law enforcement in general.”

Others didn’t think much of the candidate’s choice of words.

“I hear that every day from young people,” said Carlos Montes, another resident of District 14. “They wear little baseball caps with ‘FTP’ on it.”

In response to Jurado, LAPD Chief Dominic Choi issued a statement decrying her sentiments.

“Hearing the words ‘f— the police,’ is disappointing and diminishes the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD,” Choi said in his statement. “This divisive language only serves to erode what should be a positive and collaborative relationship between the police and the people we serve. Every day the men and women of the LAPD put their lives on the line to keep the people of Los Angeles safe, and I wish more people valued their sacrifice”

Incumbent candidate De Leon also denounced his opponent’s remarks.

“Those comments are simply disrespectful,” he said in a statement. “I stand where I’ve always stood, 100% behind our frontline officers who go out every day risking their lives to protect Angelenos across our city.”

Two years ago, De Leon was embroiled in his own scandal after a conversation between him, then-council president Nury Martinez and former councilmember Gil Cedillo was leaked. The recording included racist remarks against Indigenous Mexican immigrants and Councilman Mike Bonin’s son.

Jurado’s full statement below:

In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades. But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.

My commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever. Let’s focus on what matters, as laid out by the LA Times last week: our city is teetering on the edge of a fiscal emergency. We’re in this mess because of reckless decisions, including massive payouts for police misconduct. The result? A city broke, unable to fix busted sidewalks, broken streetlights, or trim trees—services that keep us safe and whole; services that we desperately need. The safest cities in America invest in parks, recreation, youth development, and public infrastructure—departments that my opponent has voted to gut down to less than 1% of the budget.

When I’m elected, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and fight for the services and departments that keep us safe, healthy, and whole. It’s not enough to be tough on crime — we’ve got to be tough and smart, and operate with the fiscal responsibility necessary to fix our lopsided budget. And I’m prepared to work with whoever I need to—whether it’s the LAPD or colleagues I may not always see eye to eye with—because my priority is delivering for our district, plain and simple. Our campaign is about real solutions, not distractions.

The 36-year-old already had tickets to the Watergate-themed double feature of 1976’s “All the President’s Men” and 1999’s “Dick.” But Villalon braved Los Angeles’ infamous rush-hour traffic to snag front-row seats at Quentin Tarantino’s historic theater.

This level of dedication is routine for the Starbucks barista and aspiring filmmaker, who typically sees up to six movies a week in theaters, and almost exclusively in independently owned theaters in and around Los Angeles.

“I always say it feels like church,” he said. “When I go to AMC, I just sit there. And I can’t really experience that communal thing that we have here, where we’re all just worshipping at the altar of celluloid.”

Streaming — and a pandemic — have radically transformed cinema consumption, but Villalon is part of a growing number of mostly younger people contributing to a renaissance of LA’s independent theater scene. The city’s enduring, if diminished, role as a mecca of the film industry still shapes its residents and their entertainment preferences, often with renewed appreciation after the pandemic.

A revival in the City of Angels

Part of what makes the city unique is its abundance of historic theaters, salvaged amid looming closures or resurrected in recent years by those with ties to the film industry. Experts see a pattern of success for a certain kind of theater experience in Los Angeles.

Kate Markham, the managing director at Art House Convergence, a coalition of independent cinema exhibitors, said a key factor is the people who run these theaters.

“They know their audiences or their potential audiences, and they are curating programs and an environment for them to have an exceptional experience,” she wrote in an email.

Tarantino pioneered the trend when he purchased the New Beverly in 2007. After Netflix bought and restored the nearby Egyptian Theater, which first opened in 1922 as a silent movie house, the company reopened it to the public in November in partnership with the nonprofit American Cinematheque. It’s now a bustling hub, regularly welcoming A-list celebrities premiering their projects as well as film buffs willing to stick around for hourslong marathons, like a recent screening of four Paul Thomas Anderson movies.

Further east is Vidiots. Previously existing as a Santa Monica video store before it closed in 2017, Vidiots reopened across town five years later with the addition of a 271-seat theater, bar and new crop of devotees.

“It’s literally my favorite place to be outside of my own snuggly home,” said filmmaker and actor Mark Duplass, a financial backer of Vidiots alongside dozens of other high-profile names, including Aubrey Plaza and Lily Collins.

What’s bringing people in?

What draws people to independent theaters can vary, from older programming to elevated food-and-drink offerings to lower prices. But many agree, above all, there is a communal aspect chains can’t match.

“The bigger places obviously have premium formats and stuff like that. But I think there’s a lot less communal connection” said Dr. Michael Hook, who attended a matinee of “Seven Samurai” at Vidiots with a Children’s Hospital Los Angeles co-worker. “You’re not just milling around with people who also have selected to go to a three-hour-long 1950s Japanese movie.”

Although the pandemic was a blow from which the box office has yet to recover, it also served as a pruning that made the movie theater landscape more sustainable for the streaming era, according to Janice O’Bryan, Comscore’s senior vice president.

“COVID weeded out some of the stuff that needed to close anyway,” O’Bryan said of the more than 500 theaters that closed nationwide. “I think that it made everything healthier.”

The theaters that survived have found niches, sometimes purposefully eschewing the chains’ 4DX, reclining seats and dining services.

“For the types of films that we show, I definitely don’t want waiters walking around, bringing stuff to people and hearing the scraping of cutlery on plates,” laughed Greg Laemmle, who co-runs the Laemmle Theaters, a fixture of independent cinema in Los Angeles for nearly a century.

But Laemmle acknowledges the importance of giving audiences options beyond popcorn and soda, especially as an additional revenue source. Embracing food and drinks can sometimes turn the theater into a unique destination.

“When I normally go to a movie theater, I show up two minutes before the movie starts,” Duplass said. “I go to Vidiots like 45 minutes before the movie starts so I can get my chilled Junior Mints, I can have a drink at the bar, see some people. I go and walk around the video store.”

In February, more than 30 filmmakers — including Jason Reitman, Steven Spielberg, Denis Villeneuve and Christopher Nolan — acquired Westwood’s Village Theater in an effort to preserve it. Also coming to the red-carpet premiere favorite? A restaurant, bar and gallery.

Not without challenges

Like the rest of the country, LA movie theaters have had their share of pandemic-inflicted challenges — some exacerbated by last summer’s strikes — including fewer movies to show.

And not all theaters have found their Tarantino or Reitman. The iconic Cinerama Dome’s closure was a blow to the city’s cinephiles. Though owned and operated by the ArcLight Cinemas chain when it closed in April 2021, the Dome was a kind of singularity in Hollywood, a regular premiere spot memorialized in film and a symbol of the city’s place in the industry.

Its fate remains in limbo, with reported delays to the targeting reopening date, despite parent company Decurion Corporation, who couldn’t be reached for comment, being granted a liquor license for the multiplex in July 2022.

The venues that have been preserved often have done so through some form of benefaction or aid, like the $16 billion federal Shuttered Venue Operators Grant program, which Laemmle used during the pandemic. He said the funds were a needed bandage in June 2021. But a full recovery has been slow.

“It provided some some stability. How much remains to be seen,” he said. “The waters are still muddy.”

Only in Hollywood?

In some ways, thanks to the city’s history, culture and surfeit of theaters, this renaissance is most apparent in Los Angeles, admits Bryan Braunlich, the executive director of the National Association of Theatre Owners Cinema Foundation.

Tarantino, who declined to be interviewed, is less likely to purchase a dying revival house in Peoria, Illinois. But, Braunlich argued, that doesn’t mean this trend can’t have an impact there.

“Hollywood and filmmakers are saying, ‘Hey, movie theaters matter,’” he said. “There are amazing independent theater owners that are thriving across the country. And I think they get a boost of confidence of like, ‘Yes, this is a great business to be in. This is a great business to invest in. And we’re not alone as film nerds doing this.’”

As Duplass reflected on his own introduction to cinema growing up in the suburbs of New Orleans, he recalled a trip to Vidiots to see “Raising Arizona” with his parents.

“I realized that I was the same age now that they were then when we first saw it in the movie theater together. And I got to hold my dad’s hand as we cried in that last scene,” he said. “We shared that movie, but we shared the passing of time in our favorite church, which is the movie theater.”

Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for LA Council District 14, is addressing the backlash she received after her comments during a meet and greet with constituents at Cal State Los Angeles. In the recording, a student asks the councilmember hopeful what her stance on the police force is, and what her thoughts are on Councilmember Kevin De Leon’s funding for overtime for officers.

In response, Jurado is heard saying, “What’s that rapper’s? F— the police, that’s how I see them.”

Jurado issued a statement clarifying why her beliefs are shaped in that manner.

“In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades,” she said, referencing an NWA song. “But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.”

Read below for Jurado’s full statement.

Some constituents expressed they thought Jurado’s response was crass.

“I just thought it was very immature,” said Margarita Amador, a resident of District 14. “Not only insulting LAPD, but law enforcement in general.”

Others didn’t think much of the candidate’s choice of words.

“I hear that every day from young people,” said Carlos Montes, another resident of District 14. “They wear little baseball caps with ‘FTP’ on it.”

In response to Jurado, LAPD Chief Dominic Choi issued a statement decrying her sentiments.

“Hearing the words ‘f— the police,’ is disappointing and diminishes the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD,” Choi said in his statement. “This divisive language only serves to erode what should be a positive and collaborative relationship between the police and the people we serve. Every day the men and women of the LAPD put their lives on the line to keep the people of Los Angeles safe, and I wish more people valued their sacrifice”

Incumbent candidate De Leon also denounced his opponent’s remarks.

“Those comments are simply disrespectful,” he said in a statement. “I stand where I’ve always stood, 100% behind our frontline officers who go out every day risking their lives to protect Angelenos across our city.”

Two years ago, De Leon was embroiled in his own scandal after a conversation between him, then-council president Nury Martinez and former councilmember Gil Cedillo was leaked. The recording included racist remarks against Indigenous Mexican immigrants and Councilman Mike Bonin’s son.

Jurado’s full statement below:

In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades. But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.

My commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever. Let’s focus on what matters, as laid out by the LA Times last week: our city is teetering on the edge of a fiscal emergency. We’re in this mess because of reckless decisions, including massive payouts for police misconduct. The result? A city broke, unable to fix busted sidewalks, broken streetlights, or trim trees—services that keep us safe and whole; services that we desperately need. The safest cities in America invest in parks, recreation, youth development, and public infrastructure—departments that my opponent has voted to gut down to less than 1% of the budget.

When I’m elected, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and fight for the services and departments that keep us safe, healthy, and whole. It’s not enough to be tough on crime — we’ve got to be tough and smart, and operate with the fiscal responsibility necessary to fix our lopsided budget. And I’m prepared to work with whoever I need to—whether it’s the LAPD or colleagues I may not always see eye to eye with—because my priority is delivering for our district, plain and simple. Our campaign is about real solutions, not distractions.

The driver was sought for carjacking, according to preliminary information from the Los Angeles Police Department.

The pursuit came to an end at Normandie and Vernon avenues.

The crash happened shortly before 5 p.m. on Sept. 12 on the 2800 block of James M Wood Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. There, surveillance cameras captured a man and a woman traveling on separate Lime electric scooters on the sidewalk.

Video shows the woman traveling ahead of the man on her scooter and then crashing into a pedestrian. The two then took off.

A friend of the victim told NBC4 that the elderly man was on his way to have dinner with his wife.

Firefighters responded to the scene and treated the victim for a head injury. That man denied transportation to a hospital, LAPD said.

The person responsible for striking the victim can face legal charges as if they were driving a car, according to attorney Royal Oaks.

A hit-and-run report was taken at the scene, and detectives continued their investigation.

Electric scooters are not allowed to be driven on sidewalks and must be driven on bike lanes. Those who are traveling on electric scooters must follow local traffic laws.

In a statement, Lime said it is aware of the incident and is cooperating with authorities.

“Lime is deeply saddened by this incident and our heart goes out to the victim,” the company said. “We are investigating this matter internally and stand ready to assist the police in any way we can.”

Anyone with information on the case is asked to contact LAPD’s Olympic Community Police Station at 213-382-9102.

The convenience store on 8500 W. Olympic Boulevard was hit just after 7 p.m.

More than 25 juveniles, some masked up, were seen fleeing the 7-Eleven with handfuls of snacks and drinks.

Last month, three 7-Eleven stores were hit within minutes of each other by large groups of teens on bicycles.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills in August that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and property crimes, making it easier to go after repeat shoplifters and auto thieves and increase penalties for those running professional reselling schemes.

First elected to in 2015, the 54-year-old Harris-Dawson represents Council District 8, where he won his first election with 62-percent of the vote in an area that includes Baldwin Hills, Chesterfield Square, Crenshaw, Jefferson Park and other communities.

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Born and raised in Los Angeles, Harris-Dawson won his bid for the top council post in May and vowed to focus on the city’s homeless crisis. The chair of the city’s Planning and Land Use Management Committee co-authored Prop HHH, which was a $1.2 million bond measure to provide permanent supportive housing.

The council voted 14-0 to name Harris-Dawson as Krekorian’s successor as president.

As president, Harris-Dawson will preside as chair over council meetings, have the power to assign council committees and handle parliamentary duties such as ruling motions in or out of order. He was elected president pro tempore to replace Curren Price, who stepped down after he was charged in June 2023 with embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest.

Harris-Dawson is expected to serve as president through mid-December. Following November’s election and once new council members assume their offices, another election will be held to elect a council president for a new term.

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Krekorian received an ovation Thursday at his final meeting as council president. The Council District 2 representative will leave the body in December due to term limits. Councilman Bob Blumenfield unveiled plans to rename two sites in honor of Krekorian — the Victory Valley Child Care Center at 6451 Saint Clair Ave., and the Valley Plaza Sports Fields at 6980 Whitsett Ave. in North Hollywood.

Krekorian, whose district includes east San Fernando Valley neighborhoods, was first elected to the council in late 2009. He was elected council president in the wake of a leaked audio recording of colleagues, including then-President Nury Martinez, that shook City Hall.

Martinez resigned in 2022 after being heard in a recorded racially charged conversation with two other council members and a county labor official discussing the council’s redistricting process. The recorded conversation included racist comments about a colleague’s young Black adopted son.

Krekorian stepped into the council presidency during the tumultuous time at City Hall.

“I couldn’t do the work for the next 79 days and I couldn’t do the work as council president, and I couldn’t have done the work as an Assembly member or anything else without the support, guidance and love that I’ve received from my wife, Tamar, for the last quarter of the century almost,” Krekorian said.

He also thanked his staff.

“To all my staff, I hope you noticed that a number of members of this council specifically recognized you and that’s because you do extraordinary work — not only for me, our constituents, but for the entire city of Los Angeles,” Krekorian said.

Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for LA Council District 14, is addressing the backlash she received after her comments during a meet and greet with constituents at Cal State Los Angeles. In the recording, a student asks the councilmember hopeful what her stance on the police force is, and what her thoughts are on Councilmember Kevin De Leon’s funding for overtime for officers.

In response, Jurado is heard saying, “What’s that rapper’s? F— the police, that’s how I see them.”

Jurado issued a statement clarifying why her beliefs are shaped in that manner.

“In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades,” she said, referencing an NWA song. “But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.”

Read below for Jurado’s full statement.

Some constituents expressed they thought Jurado’s response was crass.

“I just thought it was very immature,” said Margarita Amador, a resident of District 14. “Not only insulting LAPD, but law enforcement in general.”

Others didn’t think much of the candidate’s choice of words.

“I hear that every day from young people,” said Carlos Montes, another resident of District 14. “They wear little baseball caps with ‘FTP’ on it.”

In response to Jurado, LAPD Chief Dominic Choi issued a statement decrying her sentiments.

“Hearing the words ‘f— the police,’ is disappointing and diminishes the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD,” Choi said in his statement. “This divisive language only serves to erode what should be a positive and collaborative relationship between the police and the people we serve. Every day the men and women of the LAPD put their lives on the line to keep the people of Los Angeles safe, and I wish more people valued their sacrifice”

Incumbent candidate De Leon also denounced his opponent’s remarks.

“Those comments are simply disrespectful,” he said in a statement. “I stand where I’ve always stood, 100% behind our frontline officers who go out every day risking their lives to protect Angelenos across our city.”

Two years ago, De Leon was embroiled in his own scandal after a conversation between him, then-council president Nury Martinez and former councilmember Gil Cedillo was leaked. The recording included racist remarks against Indigenous Mexican immigrants and Councilman Mike Bonin’s son.

Jurado’s full statement below:

In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades. But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.

My commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever. Let’s focus on what matters, as laid out by the LA Times last week: our city is teetering on the edge of a fiscal emergency. We’re in this mess because of reckless decisions, including massive payouts for police misconduct. The result? A city broke, unable to fix busted sidewalks, broken streetlights, or trim trees—services that keep us safe and whole; services that we desperately need. The safest cities in America invest in parks, recreation, youth development, and public infrastructure—departments that my opponent has voted to gut down to less than 1% of the budget.

When I’m elected, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and fight for the services and departments that keep us safe, healthy, and whole. It’s not enough to be tough on crime — we’ve got to be tough and smart, and operate with the fiscal responsibility necessary to fix our lopsided budget. And I’m prepared to work with whoever I need to—whether it’s the LAPD or colleagues I may not always see eye to eye with—because my priority is delivering for our district, plain and simple. Our campaign is about real solutions, not distractions.

Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for LA Council District 14, is addressing the backlash she received after her comments during a meet and greet with constituents at Cal State Los Angeles. In the recording, a student asks the councilmember hopeful what her stance on the police force is, and what her thoughts are on Councilmember Kevin De Leon’s funding for overtime for officers.

In response, Jurado is heard saying, “What’s that rapper’s? F— the police, that’s how I see them.”

Jurado issued a statement clarifying why her beliefs are shaped in that manner.

“In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades,” she said, referencing an NWA song. “But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.”

Read below for Jurado’s full statement.

Some constituents expressed they thought Jurado’s response was crass.

“I just thought it was very immature,” said Margarita Amador, a resident of District 14. “Not only insulting LAPD, but law enforcement in general.”

Others didn’t think much of the candidate’s choice of words.

“I hear that every day from young people,” said Carlos Montes, another resident of District 14. “They wear little baseball caps with ‘FTP’ on it.”

In response to Jurado, LAPD Chief Dominic Choi issued a statement decrying her sentiments.

“Hearing the words ‘f— the police,’ is disappointing and diminishes the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD,” Choi said in his statement. “This divisive language only serves to erode what should be a positive and collaborative relationship between the police and the people we serve. Every day the men and women of the LAPD put their lives on the line to keep the people of Los Angeles safe, and I wish more people valued their sacrifice”

Incumbent candidate De Leon also denounced his opponent’s remarks.

“Those comments are simply disrespectful,” he said in a statement. “I stand where I’ve always stood, 100% behind our frontline officers who go out every day risking their lives to protect Angelenos across our city.”

Two years ago, De Leon was embroiled in his own scandal after a conversation between him, then-council president Nury Martinez and former councilmember Gil Cedillo was leaked. The recording included racist remarks against Indigenous Mexican immigrants and Councilman Mike Bonin’s son.

Jurado’s full statement below:

In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades. But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.

My commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever. Let’s focus on what matters, as laid out by the LA Times last week: our city is teetering on the edge of a fiscal emergency. We’re in this mess because of reckless decisions, including massive payouts for police misconduct. The result? A city broke, unable to fix busted sidewalks, broken streetlights, or trim trees—services that keep us safe and whole; services that we desperately need. The safest cities in America invest in parks, recreation, youth development, and public infrastructure—departments that my opponent has voted to gut down to less than 1% of the budget.

When I’m elected, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and fight for the services and departments that keep us safe, healthy, and whole. It’s not enough to be tough on crime — we’ve got to be tough and smart, and operate with the fiscal responsibility necessary to fix our lopsided budget. And I’m prepared to work with whoever I need to—whether it’s the LAPD or colleagues I may not always see eye to eye with—because my priority is delivering for our district, plain and simple. Our campaign is about real solutions, not distractions.

Socks, rocks and a toy were found inside the stomach of Brooklyn when the 8-year-old Cane Corso arrived at the Ventura County Animal Services.

As the doctors were concerned about Brooklyn’s emaciation, they took an X-ray image and learned eight socks, several rocks and a toy the dog had somehow swallowed were preventing her from absorbing nutrients from food. 

“Although it’s unclear why she consumed these items, we are excited to share the 3-hour surgery to remove these items went well,” the Ventura County Animal Services said. “While under anesthesia Brooklyn also had an ulcer repaired and was spayed.”

Within just days after the surgery, Brooklyn gained nearly 4 pounds.

Brooklyn is now recovering at the West Coast Cane Corso Rescue in Northern California as the nonprofit provides ongoing care and treatment, preparing for her eventual adoption.

The 90-year-old Harris was joined by Los Angeles City Councilman Tim McOsker during a ceremony on Lou Dillon Avenue, near the eight homes she owns on the street where the social services organization she founded in 1967, Parents of Watts Working with Youths and Adults, is operated. Lou Dillon Boulevard, from 107th Street to Santa Ana Boulevard, will be known as Sweet Alice Row.

Lou Dillon was a famed harness racing horse in the early 1900s who was born in Santa Ynez.

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Harris is the executive director of the organization that encourages children to stay in school and always avoid drugs. It provides emergency food and shelter for homeless people, prepares teenagers for trade school, college and the job market, and also offers drug counseling, health seminars and parenting classes.

Harris founded the organization in an attempt to alleviate tensions in the neighborhood after the 1965 riots. It focuses on creating a safe and nurturing environment for the youth, advocating for social change and providing support for families grappling with poverty and crime.

Harris is known for speaking her mind in pursuing equal services and opportunities for her fellow residents and countering any resistance she gets from uncooperative parents, school administrators or city officials with her trademark question: “Do you want to be part of the building crew or the wrecking crew?”

Harris was born in Gasden, Alabama on Dec. 29, 1933, and raised there. She moved to Detroit, where she operated her own beauty shop. She moved to Los Angeles in the late 1950s, seeking better opportunities and a brighter future for herself and her family, only to face numerous challenges and hardships as an African American woman in Watts amid poverty, gang violence and social neglect, according to McOsker, whose 15th district includes Watts.

The naming of the street is the latest of a long series of honors for Harris, which also include receiving an honorary doctorate from USC and being selected by President George W. Bush as a “point of light” for the impact she has made on Watts through her volunteer work. She received the Minerva Award created by California first lady Maria Shriver to honor remarkable women, having the play park on Compton Avenue named for her and having the Oral Arts Room at King/Drew Magnet High School of Medicine and Science dedicate the room to her.

NBCLA’s Jonathan Lloyd contributed to this report.

Radical Clothes Swap is a Los Angeles-based Latina-run nonprofit aimed at helping people simultaneously conserve and save money by having them look no further than their own closets.

“We host free clothing swaps throughout Los Angeles,” said CEO and co-founder Nicole Macias. “We’re just trying to get people to see how much textile waste is created through the fashion industry and teach people sustainable practices.”

The concept is simple: people can bring five to ten clothing items to donate and, in return, take home five to ten items.

“In a capitalist-run world, what’s one of the most radical things that we as a community and society can do? To us, that’s giving away free resources and specifically giving away free clothes,” Macias said. “Our mission and goal is to provide free resources to the community, normalize radical sustainability, and kind of just change people’s relationships with consumption, capitalism and shopping.”

Radical Clothes Swap began in 2021, hosting periodic clothing swaps and gaining a larger audience with each event. The nonprofit hosts an event at Angel City Brewery every second Saturday of the month.

“This is the first one I ran into in LA, used to go to them in New York, but they’re a wonderful organization,” said Stephanie Meyer, who comes to Radical’s events to donate clothes whenever she can. “I do think that upcycling clothing and having opportunities like this really does help in terms of what doesn’t end up in a landfill, right?”

For co-founder Jannine Mancilla, this type of work is a lifetime in the making.

“Being a first-gen child of immigrants, we didn’t have a lot of money to buy clothes, so I grew up thrifting, second-hand, hand-me-downs,” Mancilla said. “We hosted our own clothing swap at a public library that we worked at and that just sparked more of an interest in like wanting to do this.”

Mancilla and Macias operate Radical Clothing Swap along with manager Enriquetta Navarro.

Together, the trio has been honored for their work by the City of Los Angeles.

They’re also proud to be Latinas creating an inclusive space for all.

“We are all children of immigrants. We all grew up doing sustainable, sustainably, living our lives and swapping within our own circles,” Macias said. “It just kept growing with every time we would host one and so we realized that we needed to continue to do this and share our knowledge with with our community.”

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Aguilar, who runs the Self Made Training Facility and has nearly 50,000 followers on Instagram, is under intensive care following the violence, the post said. Details surrounding the shooting were not immediately disclosed.

“Miguel is a beloved individual and his strength, leadership, accomplishments and resilience have inspired many,” the statement read. “We know that he is surrounded by the love and support of his family, friends, all of you, and we are confident in his ability to overcome this.”

The severity of his injuries were not clear, but the statement said Aguilar was “fighting bravely in the intensive care unit.”

Details on what led up to the shooting were not shared. It is unclear if any arrests have been made in connection with the incident.

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The cat’s owners were on their way to catch their flight back to Korea with their 3 cats and dog when one of their carriers fell over. Their cat “Gocha” was released and scurried towards a nearby construction site.

The owners were unable to miss their flight home and are now relying on their friend in Los Angeles to find their fur baby.

Gocha, the black and white domestic shorthair, was last seen by a worker at a construction site near Terminal B.

Traps have been set in the perimeter with food in hopes of capturing Gocha.

As of 8 p.m. Monday, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was reporting outages affecting 10,593 of its approximately 1.5 million electricity customers, up from about 6,700 as on noon Monday but down from about 15,200 on Sunday night.

Lincoln Heights, Arlington Heights, Highland Park and Pacoima were among the most impacted areas, according to the utility.

According to the LADWP, at 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Distributing Station 27, which serves electricity to parts of the Watts and Green Meadows communities, became overloaded due to high demand impacted further by the extreme heat.

“We have crews actively working within the distributing station to reduce equipment temperature and prevent permanent equipment damage. We apologize for the inconvenience as we work to restore service to normal and prevent future outages,” the LADWP stated. To prevent a complete area outage, the department began 30- and 60 minute rotating outages in parts of the neighborhood.

LADWP customers can check the locations and status of outages by clicking here, and SCE customers can get updates by clicking here.

Los Angeles officials were urging DWP customers to report power outages to 800-DIAL DWP (800-342-5397) or reporting it online immediately. The DWP uses the real-time information to deploy crews to restore electricity as quickly as possible.

SCE customers can report an outage here.

Residents were also urged to conserve power during the peak afternoon and early evening hours to avoid blackouts.

“Stay safe and cool by adjusting your thermostats to 78,” the DWP advised. “If you’re away from your home, turn your AC systems off.”

The utility also recommends using major appliances such as washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and dishwashers before 4 p.m. or after 9 p.m., or not at all if possible until the heat waves passes.

Sunday night’s concert at the Hollywood Bowl was canceled due to a power outage, officials announced on social media.

Vance Joy, Grouplove and Tiny Habits were scheduled to perform Sunday night, according to the Hollywood Bowl’s calendar.

“If a new date for this performance can be confirmed, details will follow and tickets for the original date will be valid for the new performance date,” said Hollywood Bowl officials.

The bomb squad from the Los Angeles Police Department arrived at the scene after authorities received a call at 11:06 a.m.

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L.A.’s Emergency Management Department activated six cooling centers on Tuesday prompted by a late-summer heat wave. Nearly 400 people have made use of the centers, according to Joseph Riser, a spokesman for the department.

Residents can find shelter from the heat at the following locations from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.:

• Lincoln Heights Senior Citizen Center, located at 2323 Workman St.;
• Lafayette Multipurpose Community Center, located at 625 South Lafayette Park Place;
• Sunland Senior Citizen Center, located at 8640 Fenwick St.;
• Mid Valley Senior Citizen Center, located at 8801 Kester Ave.;
• Fred Roberts Recreation Center, located at 4700 South Honduras St.; and
• Jim Gilliam Recreation Center, located at 4000 S. La Brea Ave.

Additionally, other recreation and parks facilities and more than 70 L.A. City Public Library branches are available as cooling centers during regular hours.

On Sunday, the city will activate the Chinatown Branch Library, located at 639 N. Hill St., and the Pacoima Branch Library, located at 13605 Van Nuys Blvd., as two dedicated cooling centers from 1 to 5 p.m. With extreme heat events forecast through next week, most regional branch libraries offer Sunday afternoon hours as well, such as the Central, Arroyo Seco, Expo Park, Hollywood, Mid-Valley, North Hollywood, Robertson, West L.A. and West Valley branches.

City park facilities are pet-friendly when activated as cooling centers, according to the Emergency Management Department. Dogs must be on a leash and accompanied by their owners at all times. Kennels can be provided upon request.

At libraries, only service animals are allowed in, according to the department.

If the operation of cooling centers are extended any further, the department will share information and notify residents on its social media accounts, @ReadyLA, via X, Facebook, Instagram, Threads and Nextdoor.

Earlier this summer, beginning on July 3, the department activated its cooling centers for 19 days, helping nearly 2,200 Angelenos and dozens of animals stay safe from the heat. Even more people found respite from the heat at parks and libraries, according to Riser.

An excessive heat warning took effect Tuesday morning in the western San Fernando Valley and will remain in force until 8 p.m. Monday. Forecasters said the area could see temperatures reaching as high as 118 degrees.

An excessive heat warning was also in effect through 8 p.m. Monday in the Santa Clarita Valley, the inland coastal areas stretching into downtown Los Angeles, the Santa Monica Mountains Recreational Area, Calabasas, eastern San Fernando Valley, San Gabriel Mountains, San Gabriel Valley, the Antelope Valley and Antelope Valley foothills and the 5 and 14 freeway corridors, which forecasters said could reach over 110 degrees.

The affected neighborhoods include downtown Los Angeles, Alhambra, Bell, Bell Gardens, Beverly Hills, Commerce, Cudahy, Glendale, Hawthorne, Huntington Park, Inglewood, Lynwood, Maywood, Montebello, Monterey Park, Pasadena, Rosemead, South Gate, South Pasadena, Vernon, West Hollywood, and unincorporated portions of Los Angeles County, according to the company.

“The new 738 area code will serve the same geographic area currently served by the 213 and 323 area codes,” Spectrum said on its website.

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Those with the new area code will still have to dial 1 and 10 digits when making all local calls, including the 738 numbers.

Those with the existing phone services in the 213 and 323 areas will not be affected as the price of a call, coverage area and other rates and services will remain the same, according to Spectrum. 

Those with questions regarding the information can call Spectrum at  (855) 707 – 7328 and visit the California Public Utilities Commission’s website for more information. 

Hermosa Beach police arrested a street vendor after finding methamphetamine hidden in the vendor’s truck during a traffic stop, the department confirmed in a social media post Monday.

The arrest followed multiple complaints about illegal vendors. Police cited several street vendors in the Hermosa Beach Pier area as a result of the complaints.

One of the street vendors, who received several citations last month, refused to comply with authorities’ instructions, according to police. Last week, officers arrested the vendor during the traffic stop for falsifying the vehicle’s registration and for not having the permits required by the city.

Narcotics were located during a search of the truck, police said.

“The subject was arrested, the vehicle was towed, and the fruit cart was held by the city,” police said in a statement.

Hermosa Beach Police are reminding street vendors about the importance of keeping their paperwork and permits in order.

Correction: A previous version of this article indicated the narcotics were found in the vendor’s cart. They were found in the vendor’s truck, police say.

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David Bernstein, a Realtor in Beverly Hills, recently recorded a TikTok video that shows the Los Angeles portion of Whitworth Drive with several cracks and patches of broken road while the Beverly Hills section appears newly paved. 

“On the Beverly Hills side you can tell that they took care of the roads a lot better than the LA side,” Bernstein said. “Reading the comments a lot of people were saying, ‘Why don’t they just come together and finish the whole street?’”

There are several, notable differences between the two cities on frequently used roadways.  

For one, off Whitworth Drive, Beverly Hills and LA have different street signs and street names as well as the different colors of the fire hydrants and even different types of trees towering above. 

But for people like Bernstein, the street maintenance issue is the most concerning one. 

“There’s a safety issue,” Bernstein said. “Someone with a high heel or a little kid, (if) they trip on the LA side or they land on both sides because there’s literally a dividing line, what happens in that situation?”

Though he has his concerns, he understands why it may not be so simple to just pave the whole street.

“Beverly Hills has a higher tax rate, it’s smaller, a little bit less than 6 square miles, so they have more money to put into the smaller geographical area to take care of the city,” Bernstein said. “LA’s so big. I don’t know how they determine what part of the taxes go where.”

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Those who live on the LA side hope the city will use some of the tax dollars to finish paving the street. 

“When I’m walking my dog I only walk on the Beverly side because I’ll trip if I want on the Pico side,” Aly Palacci said. “Also when people are skating they only skateboard on that side because if you skate on this side you’ll trip.”

In response to the visible difference between the two jurisdictions, the city of Beverly Hills said in a statement that it’s working hard to maintain the roadways to prevent injury or possible car damage.

“We always inform our neighboring jurisdictions (of) our planned repair work and they will make the best decision based on their resources.”

The city of Los Angeles told NBC Los Angeles that it’s now working into the issue.

“The Department of Public Works has partnerships with some neighboring jurisdictions regarding street maintenance and will be reaching out to the City of Beverly Hills and other municipalities to explore partnerships on ways to address this issue, an official with the city of Los Angeles said.

Bernstein hopes some type of change can come from his TikTok Video now shared by more than 2,000 people.

“In this situation, maybe this video can bring something positive, and they can come together and make this an awesome place for everyone,” he said.

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The centers, which are available to the public for free, offer a space to escape from the elevated temperatures inside an air-conditioned space. The following centers will be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Tuesday through Friday:

• Fred Roberts Recreation Center — 4700 Honduras St., Los Angeles, CA 90011
• Mid Valley Senior Center — 8801 Kester Ave., Panorama City, CA 91402
• Sunland Senior Center — 8640 Fenwick St., Sunland, CA 91040
• Jim Gilliam Recreation Center — 4000 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90008
• Lincoln Heights Senior Center — 2323 Workman St., Los Angeles, CA 90031

In addition to these augmented cooling centers, the city reminded the public that public libraries, recreation centers, community pools and splash pads can also serve as a good escape from the heat. A free app called Cool Spots LA can help residents locate their nearest cooling center or public space to cool off. Click here for more information on the app.

To help unsheltered residents on Skid Row feel some relief from the heat, climate stations will be situated in several locations. These stations will provide cold beverages, seating and shade. They’ll be located at:

• Towne St. (between 5th St. & 6th St.) across the street from the ReFresh Spot.
• San Pedro St. mid-block between 6th St. & 7th St.
• San Pedro St. mid-block between 6th St. & 7th St.
• The ReFresh Spot — 544 Towne Ave. It is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The openings of these cooling centers and climate stations come as the Southland faces triple-digit weather this week. The valleys and inland communities will be most impacted by the unforgiving heat, according to meteorologists.

Molina, who died at 74 of cancer on May 14, 2023, was the first Latina to serve as a Los Angeles County supervisor, City Council member and Assembly member. The events come one day after the City Council officially proclaimed Aug. 29 as Gloria Molina Day.

Here’s how she will be remembered Thursday in Los Angeles.

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On Thursday at 5:15 p.m., Mayor Karen Bass and other dignitaries will attend the dedication of a mural honoring Molina that was commissioned to artist Margaret Garcia.

At 6:45 p.m., the Casa 0101 Theater will host a reception and viewing of a new art exhibit titled “Gloria Molina: Madrina of the Eastside.”

Following the exhibit, guests will attend the premiere of playwright Josefina López’s “A Woman Named Gloria” in the Gloria Molina Auditorium at 8 p.m.

About Gloria Molina

Molina, who grew up in Pico Rivera, was active in the early days of the Chicano movement, becoming an advocate for women’s health issues — which she continued into her time in elected office. She also founded a nurse mentoring program through local community colleges to address a nurse shortage at the time.

She first won elective office in 1982, capturing the 56th Assembly District seat and eventually leading a fight to quash a proposed prison in East LA.

Molina won the City Council’s First District seat in 1987, and was elected to the Board of Supervisors from the county’s First District in 1991. She served as a supervisor through 2014, becoming known as a sharp fiscal watchdog before being termed out. Her district encompassed Koreatown, Pico-Union, East Los Angeles and parts of the San Gabriel Valley.

Molina was also the first woman elected to the Board of Supervisors — once known as the “Five Little Kings” — though Yvonne Brathwaite Burke, who was appointed to fill a vacancy, was the first woman to serve on the board.

Prior to her elected positions, Molina worked as a deputy for presidential personnel in the Jimmy Carter White House.

In recognition of Molina’s leadership, the Board of Supervisors in 2023 renamed Grand Park — a project Molina also championed — in her honor. It is now called Gloria Molina Grand Park.

Nathaniel Radimak pleaded guilty to felony charges of assault and making criminal threats in August 2023, and has been paroled after ten months in a state prison, prompting several of his victims to speak out about his release.

“His early release has shocked and disappointed many of the victims whom I represent,” said attorney Gloria Allred, whose clients want to remain anonymous. “Many of these victims were never consulted about the plea deal and were never given a chance to speak at the sentencing.”

Videos of Radimak’s road rage behavior went viral in 2022, showing him violently attacking drivers on LA streets and freeways, leading to his eventual arrest.

Radimak was eventually arrested in January 2023 and took a plea deal eight months later.

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said Radimak was granted 424 days for time served while awaiting sentencing, plus more time credits while in prison.

Now that he’s been released, some of his victims are worried about retaliation.

“I pray that Nathaniel Radimak’s brief time behind bars taught him a lesson,” said Jane Doe 1. “Parole boards continue to allow perpetrators to walk free after serving just minimal time, putting a lot of innocent people at risk and sending criminals the wrong message.”

Court records from sentencing show Radimak would be eligible for parole under certain terms and conditions, but CDCR officials told NBC4 they could not release that information due to state law.

At sentencing, the judge in the case ordered Radimak to relinquish any firearms and notified him that he would be sent back to prison if he was caught violating the terms of his parole.

“I highly doubt Radimak has learned from his mistakes and will be coming out a changed person a very short time,” said Jane Doe 2. “I am worried he will try to find the victims whose names have been released. He is a menace to society and I strongly disagree about his early release.”

At the time of his arrest, the LA County District Attorney’s office called for Radimak’s bail to be revoked for fear he would attack again.

His victims believe he still could.

“We deserve a system that protects and supports victims,” said Jane Doe 3. “Not one that allows perpetrators to commit crimes with such little consequence.”

Props and costumes from the iconic sitcom are now available for auction in honor of the show’s 30th anniversary.

From threads worn by the beloved characters to studio-made reproductions of memorable figures in the show, the auction boasts more than 100 items fans can bid on online.

“Friends” fanatics can get their hands on scripts from the show, studio-made replicas of the iconic “It’s NOT a Boy!” banner and, of course, reproductions of the Central Perk sign. Those who are still thinking of chic clothes worn by the characters can bid on one of Joey’s many striped shirts, a knit top worn by Monica and one of the various fashion-forward coats worn by Phoebe.

The auction is live now and will run through Sept. 23.

Bidders must make an account on Julien’s Auctions’ website in order to place their bids.

After sending letters to metal dealers across the city eight months ago, warning them of the consequences of purchasing stolen metals in violation of AB 2321, which requires metal recyclers and junkyards in California to keep track of their sales and alert authorities about stolen metal parts and materials, the metal theft task force with the Los Angeles Police Department began regular enforcements and inspections to find those failing to follow the regulations to “make a quick buck.”

In one incident, a suspected thief ripped away metal parts from a Caltrans property, causing a $150,000 loss in the city, LAPD Deputy Chief Alan Hamilton said.

“These are felony crimes. Some of these individuals have been arrested for felony crimes with a huge dollar loss to governmental agencies. A huge dollar loss,” Hamilton said, saying authorities have been monitoring people who turn in metals that are either clearly marked or invisibly marked as the properties of the city and the state.

“The metal recyclers know that the items that are marked, especially governmental, are with, for instance, AT&T or Spectrum. They know it’s not an employee that’s turning that stuff in. It’s not someone associated with those companies,” Hamilton explained. “They know what their responsibilities are under the agreement they have for conducting business in the city of Los Angeles.”

The deputy chief added the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office will pursue civil actions against incompliant metal deals.

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The LAPD task force has recovered over 1,600 pounds of copper wire with a street value of $40,000 within the last two months, Los Angeles City Council President Paul Krekorian said. 

“The consequences to the taxpayers of Los Angeles are far, far greater than that. And the cost of repairs to replace that copper wire are estimated to be over a half million dollars already,” Krekorian explained, pledging tougher action against metal deals that fail to comply with the rules.

“We’re coming after you. And you better get used to the idea of having LAPD knocking on your door. You better get used to the idea of having handcuffs on your wrists. And you better get used to the idea of our taking civil actions against businesses that compete unfairly with legitimate businesses because we will not only be pursuing civil remedies, we will seek to shut your business down.”

“The warm weather isn’t over, and neither is Los Angeles County’s pool season,” said Hahn, who led the effort to keep pools open longer. “It never made sense that our pools used to close in mid-August, and I am grateful that with the support of my colleagues and the hard work of our Parks and Recreation Department, we are keeping our pools open to the public through Halloween.”

This is the first year that pools are open 6-days a week and will remain open through the end of October. L.A. County Parks and Recreation, which manages 41 pools across 30 locations, recruited more pool lifeguards and the county increased the starting pay for those positions by 20% to $23.86 per hour.

The department hired 356 new pool lifeguards and rehired another 224 for a total of nearly 600 pool lifeguards.

L.A. County also invested in new lighting at pools so swimmers can enjoy the pools as the sun rises later and sets earlier in the fall. Residents can participate in several programs at recreation and parks’ facilities such as low-cost swim teams, senior aquatic exercise, and a first-ever Summer Parks After Dark pool events series, among other activities.

Pool schedules have been adjusted slightly for the fall. A complete list of county pools can be viewed online here.

A witness told the California Highway Patrol that around 9:30 p.m. a crash on the southbound side of the freeway just north of Mulholland Drive was blocking middle lanes with one vehicle on fire.

Four vehicles were involved and four patients were evaluated, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Margaret Stewart.

One man and two women were taken to a hospital, she said. A boy was evaluated but was not taken to a hospital by ambulance.

Traffic trickled through the HOV lane until the CHP reported all of the vehicles were moved to the right shoulder at 10:41 p.m.

Cristian Perez Latorre, 53, was arrested Thursday by D.A.’s Office investigators, and he was released Friday on $150,000 bond, according to prosecutors and jail records.

Prosecutors said that on July 13, 2021, Latorre performed “an unlicensed cosmetic surgery” on a woman. Ten days later, he treated the woman for infections that developed due to the surgery.

On Aug. 13, 2021, he treated the woman again for additional surgical complications, according to the District Attorney’s Office.

He was charged with one count of assault with a deadly weapon, one count of battery with serious injury and six counts of practicing medicine without a certification.

“When an individual masquerades as a doctor and performs medical procedures without a license, it not only endangers lives but also erodes the essential trust between patients and legitimate healthcare providers,” District Attorney George Gascón said in a statement. “This act of deception threatens the integrity of our healthcare system and the confidence that the community has in those dedicated to their well-being. We are committed to seeking justice for the victim, holding Mr. Latorre accountable and restoring the trust that has been so grievously violated.”

According to prosecutors, Latorre could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted as charged. Latorre’s Instagram page — which has more than 20,000 followers — describes him as a “plastic surgeon board certified,” specializing in facials.

What appears to be his LinkedIn page claims he has a medical degree from the University of Buenos Aires.

Ysabel Jurado, a candidate for LA Council District 14, is addressing the backlash she received after her comments during a meet and greet with constituents at Cal State Los Angeles. In the recording, a student asks the councilmember hopeful what her stance on the police force is, and what her thoughts are on Councilmember Kevin De Leon’s funding for overtime for officers.

In response, Jurado is heard saying, “What’s that rapper’s? F— the police, that’s how I see them.”

Jurado issued a statement clarifying why her beliefs are shaped in that manner.

“In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades,” she said, referencing an NWA song. “But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.”

Read below for Jurado’s full statement.

Some constituents expressed they thought Jurado’s response was crass.

“I just thought it was very immature,” said Margarita Amador, a resident of District 14. “Not only insulting LAPD, but law enforcement in general.”

Others didn’t think much of the candidate’s choice of words.

“I hear that every day from young people,” said Carlos Montes, another resident of District 14. “They wear little baseball caps with ‘FTP’ on it.”

In response to Jurado, LAPD Chief Dominic Choi issued a statement decrying her sentiments.

“Hearing the words ‘f— the police,’ is disappointing and diminishes the hard work and dedication of the men and women of the LAPD,” Choi said in his statement. “This divisive language only serves to erode what should be a positive and collaborative relationship between the police and the people we serve. Every day the men and women of the LAPD put their lives on the line to keep the people of Los Angeles safe, and I wish more people valued their sacrifice”

Incumbent candidate De Leon also denounced his opponent’s remarks.

“Those comments are simply disrespectful,” he said in a statement. “I stand where I’ve always stood, 100% behind our frontline officers who go out every day risking their lives to protect Angelenos across our city.”

Two years ago, De Leon was embroiled in his own scandal after a conversation between him, then-council president Nury Martinez and former councilmember Gil Cedillo was leaked. The recording included racist remarks against Indigenous Mexican immigrants and Councilman Mike Bonin’s son.

Jurado’s full statement below:

In a meeting with students at Cal State LA, I quoted a lyric from a song that’s been part of a larger conversation on systemic injustice and police accountability for decades. But it was just a lyric — and I’m proud to be accessible to young people and students, listening to their concerns and treating them like the future leaders they are. That’s something my opponent has failed to do.

My commitment to public safety remains as strong as ever. Let’s focus on what matters, as laid out by the LA Times last week: our city is teetering on the edge of a fiscal emergency. We’re in this mess because of reckless decisions, including massive payouts for police misconduct. The result? A city broke, unable to fix busted sidewalks, broken streetlights, or trim trees—services that keep us safe and whole; services that we desperately need. The safest cities in America invest in parks, recreation, youth development, and public infrastructure—departments that my opponent has voted to gut down to less than 1% of the budget.

When I’m elected, I’m ready to roll up my sleeves and fight for the services and departments that keep us safe, healthy, and whole. It’s not enough to be tough on crime — we’ve got to be tough and smart, and operate with the fiscal responsibility necessary to fix our lopsided budget. And I’m prepared to work with whoever I need to—whether it’s the LAPD or colleagues I may not always see eye to eye with—because my priority is delivering for our district, plain and simple. Our campaign is about real solutions, not distractions.

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