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LAX Opens Rental Car Center Nearly Seven Years After Construction Began
12+ hour, 42+ min ago (246+ words) LOS ANGELES - Nearly seven years after construction began, LAX has opened its Consolidated Rent-A-Car Center, a 6.4 million-square-foot facility that consolidates 12 on-airport rental car companies into one location. Los Angeles World Airports announced Wednesday that the center is part of the…...
$177 Million ULA Contract Approved Despite City Attorney Warnings
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (686+ words) The vote ended a two-week delay that exposed deeper reported fights over oversight, confidentiality, and whether City Hall should be awarding a massive housing-related contract to organizations that also challenge the City in court. The money comes from Measure United…...
LAX Approves New Access Fees for Uber, Lyft and Taxi Service
1+ day, 23+ hour ago (366+ words) LOS ANGELES - Getting to or from LAX by Uber, Lyft, taxi, or limousine will get more expensive after airport officials on Tuesday approved higher access fees for for-hire vehicle companies. Right now, Uber and Lyft pay about $4 for each pickup…...
Ray Kappe’s Landmark Rustic Canyon Home Sells for $12 Million
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (201+ words) Ray Kappe's Landmark Rustic Canyon Home Sells for $12 Million'westsidecurrent.com PACIFIC PALISADES - Ray Kappe's landmark Rustic Canyon residence in Pacific Palisades sold for $12 million less within two months after the famed modernist home was listed for sale. The sale marks…...
LAX Considers New Access Fees for Uber, Lyft and Taxi Service
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (366+ words) LOS ANGELES - Getting to or from LAX by Uber, Lyft, taxi, or limousine will get more expensive after airport officials on Tuesday approved higher access fees for for-hire vehicle companies. Right now, Uber and Lyft pay about $4 for each pickup…...
Soaring Legal Bills Drive New Push to Expand City Attorney Office
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (311+ words) LOS ANGELES " City officials are moving to examine whether Los Angeles can hire its way out of a legal cost crisis draining public dollars for years. On paper, it may sound like a dry internal staffing matter. In practice, it…...
Horvath Draws Three Challengers as Filing Closes for Third District and Sheriff Races
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (377+ words) LOS ANGELES - Supervisor Lindsey Horvath now has company on the June 2 primary ballot. The race will test whether any challenger can break one of county politics" longest streaks. No elected county supervisor has lost reelection since 1980. Arey is already trying…...
Palisades Bowl Listed as Redevelopment Opportunity as Park Pushes Restoration
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (235+ words) PACIFIC PALISADES - The former Palisades Bowl Mobile Estates site has been put on the market, with a listing describing the fire-damaged Pacific Coast Highway property as a "blank canvas for redevelopment" and a potential "transformative residential or mixed-use project." The…...
Appeals Court Again Blocks Diversion in Santa Monica Hate Crimes Case
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (369+ words) LOS ANGELES - A state appeals court has again blocked mental health diversion for the man charged in a series of racially motivated attacks in Santa Monica, ruling that a trial judge abused her discretion by finding he was suitable for…...
Malibu Rehab Facility Moves to Settle Lawsuit Over Emily Willis Medical Crisis
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (246+ words) MALIBU - A rehabilitation center has tentatively settled a lawsuit brought by the mother of former adult film actress Emily Willis, who suffered a heart attack in 2024 that left her in a vegetative state, according to court filings in Santa Monica....