2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1000+ words) James Brass, 47, of Victorville, was arrested Thursday and charged alongside two petition circulators accused of working for him: Courtney Price, 49, of Jacksonville, Florida, and Jateisha Herron, 33, of Boron in Kern County. All three defendants face one count of conspiracy to…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (722+ words) MALIBU — Repairs to coastal erosion damage on Sea Level Drive are expected to take about five weeks, Malibu officials said Wednesday, with 31 red-tagged properties remaining under a mandatory evacuation order after a sinkhole collapsed part of a beachfront driveway into…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (796+ words) Bass’ attorney, David Michaelson, told the House Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency that the mayor is unavailable for the hearing. He said the mayor’s office has contacted subcommittee staff to discuss the issue, but did not publicly explain the…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (817+ words) Councilmember Nithya Raman’s campaign said Tuesday that Mayor Karen Bass has declined several proposed televised debates ahead of the Nov. 3 runoff. Raman has accepted invitations for debates hosted by NBC4 and Telemundo 52, CBS2 and KNX, ABC7 and Univision 34, KTLA5 and CNN, according to her…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (750+ words) MALIBU — Malibu declared a local emergency Tuesday and ordered evacuations along Sea Level Drive after pounding surf opened a sinkhole that collapsed part of a beachfront driveway, ruptured a gas main and restricted access for residents and emergency crews. The…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (777+ words) An abandoned construction project in Del Rey. The fire broke out last week at 4343 N. Babcock Ave., following complaints from nearby residents. Bass visited the property, directed the Los Angeles Department of Building and Safety to pursue a lien against the…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (652+ words) MALIBU — Malibu will test its emergency alert system in every evacuation zone this month as the city prepares for peak wildfire season. The Everbridge Disaster Notification System will send test messages at 5 p.m. each Thursday in September. The tests give…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (968+ words) During the Aug. 19 debate at the Sherman Oaks East Valley Adult Center, hosted by the Sherman Oaks Homeowners Association, Bass criticized Raman over missed council votes and her work as chair of the Housing and Homelessness Committee. Raman pushed back,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (706+ words) Brenda Lee Brown Armstrong, 64, pleaded guilty in June to one federal count of paying another person to register to vote, according to the Justice Department. Armstrong worked periodically for nearly 20 years as a petition circulator, collecting signatures for initiatives, referendums…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (790+ words) VALLEY CURRENT — A Pavilions employee was stabbed in the back during a late-night trash run at a Sherman Oaks grocery store, and police arrested a local man the following day. The attack happened around 10:55 p.m. Tuesday in the parking lot…...