Author: Emilie St. John

INGLEWOOD – Fundraising efforts are underway to bring a new $40 million YMCA facility back to the city of Inglewood. The announcement was made on September 25 at Caroline Coleman Stadium, located across from the district offices of the Inglewood Unified School District. “For the first time in more than two decades, the students in Inglewood will have a swimming pool,” said Dr. James Morris from the IUSD. “We have students who want to participate in competitive swimming or water polo, and they don’t have an opportunity, but the Y is bringing that to our students in our school district.”…

California State Controller Malia Cohen has this really cool website that lets you search for unclaimed property and its super easy to use. Were you owed a settlement under a class-action lawsuit? Changed addresses before a refund check arrived? Or maybe a company owed you money on an overpayment and they don’t know how to reach you. Well you’re in luck because not only will this website show you ALL the money you are owed but you can also file an online claim in minutes. To check and see if any money is owed to you, click here.

LEIMERT PARK – A woman was found dead on a sidewalk in Leimert Park early Sunday morning. Los Angeles Police Department officers were alerted to the woman’s body by a resident who was walking their dog, according to posts on the NextDoor app. The woman’s body was located at Coliseum and Grayburn and the details surrounding her death are unknown at this time. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPe6IHjkZ3K/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== Her identity is being withheld pending notification of the next of kin. The LAPD’s Southwest station urged anyone with information regarding the death to call them at 213-485-2583 or 877-527-3247. Anonymous tips can be made to…

LOS ANGELES – A 25-year-old man was found shot to death near an elementary school in South Los Angeles early Sunday morning. Los Angeles Police Department officers responded to reports of shots fired at the intersection of 97th Street and Budlong Ave. around 12:43 a.m., according to KTLA 5 news. Upon arrival, they located a male victim suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, and he was pronounced deceased at the scene. https://youtu.be/GdYhHSTHiNQ?si=nmpuN-FEYfCMxb_Y The shooting occurred near 95th Street Elementary School. “The shooting was not gang-related and the victim is not homeless,” according to a LAPD spokesperson. The victim’s identity is being…

A downtown Los Angeles law firm is being accused of paying people to file sex abuse claims against Los Angeles County that resulted in a landmark $4 billion settlement. Downtown L.A. Law Group, who represented close to a quarter of the 11,000 victims covered in the settlement vehemently denies the allegations. We do not pay our clients to file lawsuits, and we strongly oppose such actions. If we ever became aware that anyone associated with us, in any capacity, did such a thing — we would end our relationship with them immediately. We want justice for real victims.”Downtown L.A. Law…

California voters will head to the polls on Nov. 4 and will be asked a tricky question: do we sacrifice now for the greater good? The greater good being a counter to President Donald Trump’s attempts to create more Republican districts, or do we keep things “as is” and hope voters get it right next year? That’s a tough ask. The last two major elections – in 2020 and 2024 – show a dramatic shift in political ideology in the great Blue state of California. In fact, 10 out of California’s 58 counties flipped to red and voted for Trump.…

There were no tickets sold with all six numbers in the latest drawing of the multi-state Powerball lottery, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $195 million. One ticket each with five numbers, but missing the Powerball number, was sold in Georgia, according to the Multi-State Lottery Association, which conducts the game. It is worth $1 million. The numbers drawn on Wednesday were 8, 17, 22, 28, 55, and the Powerball number was 14. The Powerball game is played in 45 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands.

INGLEWOOD – No tickets were sold matching all six numbers in Wednesday evening’s SuperLotto Plus drawing, pushing the estimated jackpot for Saturday’s drawing to $48 million. Three tickets were sold matching five numbers and are worth $13,836 each, according to the California Lottery. One ticket was sold at a Corona Del Mar gas station in the 2500 block of San Joaquin Hills Road, another in Pasadena at a market in the 1800 block of Colorado Blvd., and in Scotts Valley at a liquor store in the 4700 block of Scotts Valley Road. The numbers drawn Wednesday night were 4, 12,…

INGLEWOOD – The Inglewood City Council agreed to pushback a scheduled public hearing that wasn’t properly agendized on the September 30 city council agenda. The City scheduled two public hearings for September 30 on changing the density and zoning for parcels formerly known as Morningside High School, Clyde Woodworth Elementary School and vacant land adjacent to Monroe Middle School. The agenda noted the public hearing would be changed to October 7 but a last minute switcheroo pushed the public hearings back further to October 28. Inglewood Mayor James T. Butts Jr. appeared slightly confused that the agenda was not accurate.…

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Councilman Curren Price Jr. passed out during a live press conference at the Los Angeles Convention Center early Wednesday morning. The pressure from being indicted on multiple counts of public corruption appears to be taking a toll on the 74-year-old politician. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPRs4BxjnIy/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has filed two new public corruption charges against Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price after uncovering evidence that the city’s housing authority and LA Metro paid Price’s wife more than $800,000 total at the same time Price voted to award the agencies multimillion-dollar contracts. “Embezzling public…