On March 9, 2020, I transitioned from a Free Black Woman to a scared elder, hiding from a deadly assailant that could come masked as someone I love and who loves me.Seven months at home is a long time, but it’s passed quickly. Although I don't believe in bad…
Saddleridge, Palisades, Sepulveda Basin, Getty, and Barham are locations in the city of Los Angeles that burned between November and December of 2019.I have served as the public safety writer for TNN and have written several articles featuring my Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). Though our central mission is…
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reprinted from CityWatch LA October 07 2024ELECTION 2024 - When you know the story of how Heather Hutt became the Councilmember for CD 10 in 2023, without being elected, it’s hard not to root for her opponent, attorney Grace Yoo, a community advocate and grassroots favorite. The race pits a talented,…
CD 10 Heather Hutt’s Office Ignores Legal Requirements for Country Club Gates, Sparking Community OutrageA controversy is brewing in Los Angeles’ Country Club Park as residents express outrage over the continued presence of illegal traffic gates and the willful resistance of Heather Hutt’s CD10 office to acknowledge their illegality.The…
CD10 OVERVIEW - The lurid tale of politics as usual in CD10.
Los Angeles has consistently been cited as one of the top 10 most corrupt cities in America and since the turn of the 20th century Los Angeles has had 507 corruption convictions.
A City Councilperson in LA has one…
Mayor Bass Ghosts Her Constituents.I can’t tell you how excited Quiet Skies for LA and concerned residents were at the idea of Karen Bass becoming mayor. In 2017 communities from Malibu to Santa Monica to downtown LA found themselves besieged by pollution and noise, under a one lane super…
Back in 1927, twin 12-year-olds, Marion and Marjorie Parker, were adored by their father, banker Perry Parker, an officer at Los Angeles First National Trust and Savings. The Parker family lived in a two-story, wood-shingled Victorian-style home at 1631 S. Wilton Place, and the girls attended Mt. Vernon Junior High,…
The 68-year-old was convicted March 30 for voting in support of county contracts that would favor USC while accepting benefits for his son from the university.
By Los Angeles Daily News
Prominent Los Angeles County politician Mark Ridley-Thomas was sentenced on Monday, Aug. 28, to three years and six months in prison…
FRED SHUSTER | City News ServiceBy CITY NEWS SERVICE | This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. |PUBLISHED: August 7, 2023 at 6:47 p.m.The 68-year-old Ridley-Thomas is facing the…
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