LOS ANGELES – The City Council voted Tuesday to explore how to implement Measure ULA, a ballot measure that passed in November and seeks an additional tax on property sales that exceed $5 million in Los Angeles. The measure is currently facing litigation, but if it survives, the tax is expected to generate between $600 million and $1.1 billion annually. A majority of the revenue would go toward affordable housing and tenant assistance programs, backers said. The council voted to approve recommendations by two committees that include instructing the City Attorney’s Office and Los Angeles Housing Department to report within…
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LOS ANGELES – A man was wounded when he was shot while walking through a parking lot in the Glassell Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, authorities said Tuesday. The drive-by shooting was reported at 9:13 p.m. Monday in the 2300 block of San Fernando Road, said Officer A. Delatorre of the Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations Center. A male inside a vehicle fired multiple rounds at the 55-year-old victim, Delatorre said. Paramedics took the wounded man to a hospital where his vital signs were stable, he said.
By FRED SHUSTER LOS ANGELES – Jury selection is expected to begin Tuesday morning in the trial of a former Los Angeles deputy mayor on federal public corruption charges prosecutors contend are tied to a City Hall-based bribery scheme run by convicted ex-Los Angeles City Councilman José Huizar. Raymond Chan faces a dozen criminal counts, including racketeering conspiracy, bribery, honest services fraud and lying to federal agents. Chan, 66, of Monterey Park, is accused of being a member of what prosecutors dubbed the Council District 14 “enterprise,” a conspiracy which operated as a pay-to-play scheme in which Huizar — assisted…
PICO RIVERA – A pedestrian killed on the San Gabriel River (605) Freeway in Pico Rivera was publicly identified Tuesday. He was 40-year-old Israel Hernandez. The death occurred just after 3 a.m. Monday in the southbound lanes at Rose Hills Road, California Highway Patrol Officer Elizabeth Kravig told City News Service. The CHP issued a SigAlert at 3:22 a.m. shutting down all southbound lanes in the area. The HOV lane was reopened to traffic at 4:20 a.m.
CARSON – A multiple-vehicle crash on the Harbor (110) Freeway in Carson sent people to hospitals Tuesday morning and shut down southbound lanes for nearly an hour. The crash was reported at 12:28 a.m. on the southbound Harbor Freeway at 223rd Street, according to the California Highway Patrol. Witnesses reported to the CHP that up to six vehicles were involved in the crash. Video from the scene showed one sedan rolled over and was mangled and showed firefighters preparing at least three patients for transport to hospitals. All southbound lanes were shut down at 12:50 a.m. with traffic diverted off…
LOS ANGELES – No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Monday evening’s drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, and the estimated jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing grew to $100 million. The numbers drawn Monday were 3, 17, 26, 38, 54 and the Powerball number was 15. Monday’s jackpot was $87 million. No tickets were sold in California matching five numbers, but missing the Powerball number. Such a ticket would have been worth $76,405, according to lottery officials. The odds of matching all five numbers and the Powerball number are 1 in about 293 million, according to the Multi-State Lottery…
LOS ANGELES – The husband of a housekeeper who worked for Archdiocese of Los Angeles Catholic Auxiliary Bishop David O’Connell was arrested Monday in connection with the bishop’s shooting death at his home in Hacienda Heights. Carlos Medina, 65, was arrested Monday morning following an hours-long standoff at Medina’s home in the 2400 block of Kenwood Avenue in Torrance, Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna said. Two firearms were recovered at Medina’s home, and they will be tested to determine if either weapon was involved in the Saturday shooting, Luna added. Although the motive for the crime remained uncertain, Luna…
ARCADIA – A horse collapsed during a race Monday and died at Santa Anita Park, state officials confirmed to City News Service. Big Talker, a 5-year-old gelding, “collapsed while competing in the sixth race at Santa Anita on Monday. This is considered a sudden death — to be confirmed by postmortem examination,” Mike Marten, public information officer for the California Horse Racing Board, told CNS. Big Talker had 18 races and three first-place finishes in his career. All his races were at Southern California tracks. His most recent victory was in a claiming race at Los Alamitos Race Course on…
LOS ANGELES – In a move that could dramatically reduce possible jail time for the actor, New Mexico prosecutors confirmed Monday they dropped a firearm enhancement against Alec Baldwin, who is charged with involuntary manslaughter over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film “Rust.” The decision by New Mexico First Judicial Attorney Mary Carmack- Altwies to drop the enhancement followed a motion filed by Baldwin’s attorneys questioning its propriety. According to TMZ, which first reported the dropping of the enhancement, Baldwin’s attorneys insisted that the actor had not “brandished” the gun — or displayed…
LOS ANGELES – Almost 3 1/2 years after the case was filed, lawyers for Los Angeles County are seeking dismissal of all claims made by eight sheriff’s deputies who allege they were pressured to quit or leave the East Los Angeles Station by members of a clique of mostly Latino deputies known as the Banditos. “The undisputed facts show no adverse employment action, no discrimination, no severe or pervasive harassment, no retaliation, no outrageous conduct, no severe emotional distress, no violent threats, no duty of care, no assault or battery in the course of employment, and no deprivation of rights,”…