LOS ANGELES – A body was found early Thursday near a Metro station in the Koreatown area. The body was discovered about 12:10 a.m. in a tunnel area about 50 feet from the platform of the Wilshire/Normandie Station, in the 3500 block of Wilshire Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Information was not immediately available on the person’s age, gender or identity. There was no indication of foul play in the death, police said. Copyright 2023, City News Service, Inc.
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BURBANK – Amid a running political feud with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Burbank-based Walt Disney Co. announced Thursday it has scrapped plans to relocate 2,000 workers to the Sunshine State. Josh D’Amaro, chairman of the company’s Parks, Experiences and Products Division, broke the news in an email sent to employees. D’Amaro did not mention DeSantis by name or give specifics behind the decision, citing only “changing business conditions.” “Given the considerable changes that have occurred since the announcement of this project, including new leadership and changing business conditions, we have decided not to move forward with construction of the…
LOS ANGELES – One day after club owners withdrew their opposition, the National Labor Relations Board Thursday certified a vote by dancers at a North Hollywood topless bar, making them the only strippers in the nation to be represented by a union. Dancers at Star Garden Topless Dive Bar voted unanimously to unionize with the Actors’ Equity Association, which represents more than 51,000 professional actors and stage managers nationally. Formal tabulation of the dancers’ vote, which was conducted late last year, had been on hold due to opposition by the bar owners to the unionization effort. But the union announced…
SAN FERNANDO – Authorities in San Fernando recently issued citations to three retail clerks for allegedly selling alcohol to minors, it was announced Thursday. The citations were issued on May 9 during a “minor decoy” operation conducted by personnel from the San Fernando Police Department and the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. The operation involved a “minor decoy” — a person under 21 — who, under the supervision of authorities, attempted to buy alcohol at 11 retail locations in the city, police said. The clerks who were cited could face a minimum fine of $250, and 24-32 hours of…
SUN VALLEY – Authorities Thursday identified a man who was killed when a Metrolink train struck a vehicle in the Sun Valley area. The crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. Tuesday near Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Raymer Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Jesus Acosta Lopez, 57, of Los Angeles was trapped in the vehicle and died at the scene, according to the Los Angeles County coroner’s office and the LAFD. According to Metrolink, the train that struck the vehicle was heading from downtown Los Angeles to Moorpark on the Ventura County Line. The tracks were closed in the…
NEWPORT BEACH – Newport Beach officials have paused a new building for junior lifeguards due to an issue with the way concrete was poured for the walls and are now anticipating completing the project by early next year. The grand opening of the Junior Lifeguard Building near the base of Balboa Pier was expected this Memorial Day weekend, but city inspectors noticed a problem with the concrete walls, city spokesman John Pope said. Because the beaches are so busy during the summer, city officials decided to pause construction this summer and resume work after Labor Day, Pope said. In the…
COMPTON – A man was fatally shot in Compton Tuesday and an investigation was underway. The crime occurred at about 10:55 a.m. in the 200 block of West Rosecrans Avenue, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Information was not immediately available on the identity of the victim, who died at the scene. No arrests were reported. Anyone with information on the death was urged to call the sheriff’s Homicide Bureau at 323-890-5500 or Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS. Tipsters may also use the website lacrimestoppers.org.
LOS ANGELES – A scheduled arraignment Tuesday was put over to Wednesday for a former Los Angeles Police Department officer who is facing charges of committing lewd acts on four young boys. Paul Razo, 46, was arrested May 10, five days after he was charged by prosecutors with eight counts of lewd acts on a child, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Razo was scheduled to appear in court Monday, but his arraignment was delayed until Tuesday, then Wednesday. He remains jailed in lieu of $2.5 million bail. According to the District Attorney’s Office, Razo committed the lewd…
SUN VALLEY – One person was killed Tuesday when a Metrolink train struck a vehicle in the Sun Valley area. The crash occurred around 3:20 p.m. near Coldwater Canyon Avenue and Raymer Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. Responding crews found the mangled vehicle on the scene, and one person was reported to be trapped in the wreckage. Fire officials quickly determined the person in the vehicle had died at the scene. According to Metrolink, the train that struck the vehicle was heading from downtown Los Angeles to Moorpark on the Ventura County Line. The tracks were closed…
LOS ANGELES – Mayor Karen Bass Tuesday released an update on her plan to identify city-owned lands that could be used for interim and permanent housing, as well as “next steps and timelines” to scale up the plan. “Part of urgently addressing this crisis is identifying land to build housing in ways we haven’t before, which will bring the overall cost of housing (for) Angelenos down and it also allows us to act quicker,” Bass said in a statement. “Today’s report shows groundbreaking progress in our effort and I look forward to continuing collaboration with all levels of government as…