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Officer's criminal record a factor in dismissed charges against L.A. anti-ICE protesters
Charges against two L.A. demonstrators were dropped after lawyers raised concerns about a Federal Protective Services officer who allegedly hid his criminal record from the Department of Justice and misrepresented the nature of the incidents that led to the prosecutions.
UCLA professor's emails to Epstein stir protest as academia is jolted by links to sex abuser
Mark Tramo, a UCLA professor who researches the brain and music, faces criticism for his email exchanges with Jeffrey Epstein, including one supporting Epstein as he faced prostitution charges.
L.A. County beaches could be managed by the federal government
The National Park Service is considering a proposal that would place Los Angeles County beaches under its jurisdiction.
He said he loved trees but chain-sawed 13 of them in bizarre L.A. vandalism rampage
Samuel Patrick Groft, 45, pleaded no contest to several felony vandalism charges in Los Angeles County Superior Court after prosecutors say he cut down 12 trees in and around downtown Los Angeles last year.
L.A. County labor coalition backs Karen Bass, slams Raman as a 'political opportunist'
Councilmember Nithya Raman was at odds with the labor federation last year, voting against a $2.6 billion expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center.
Two sisters killed in Hollywood house fire were victims of arson, police say
A Hollywood house fire that killed two sisters last week is being investigated as an arson, officials said.
L.A. City Council approves ballot measure to boost hotel tax during Olympics
The Los Angeles City Council approved a June ballot measure Tuesday that asks voters to increase the hotel tax by 2% until the end of the Olympics, and 1% permanently.
She was found nude in a ditch. L.A. prosecutors say they've solved tragic 30-year mystery
Brian Walton of Los Angeles faces multiple charges in the murder of 23-year-old Claudia Guevara, whose body was found in a drainage ditch next to Encanto Parkway in Azusa on Feb. 21, 1996.
Quieter Thursday, Another round of rain Friday AM
...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY for Northern Erie, Niagara, Orleans, Wyoming & Genesee Counties until 1:00 a.m. Thursday for the potential of sleet and freezing rain. There may also be some icing in protected valleys especially early. Roads will become potentially slick during the day... Ice-jam and urban flood potential develops mid-late week due to a few [...]
Feb 18, 2026
