LAist on MSN1d
As LA veers toward a financial crisis, massive liability payouts play a big role
The city of Los Angeles is expected to pay at least $320 million in settlements and judgments this fiscal year. An LAist ...
Los Angeles Magazine on MSN1d
Are Massive Lawsuit Settlements Pushing L.A. Toward a Financial Emergency?
As city settlements near $320 million this year—more than triple what was budgeted—officials warn of approaching crisis ...
CBS News20d
Three hospitalized after explosion at East LA business
Three people were hospitalized after an explosion at a business in East Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon. It happened just after 3:20 p.m. in the 4200 block of Olympic Boulevard, according to the ...
LAist1d
LA's liability payouts
The city of Los Angeles is expected to pay at least ... than $37 million in just two cases — the LAPD bomb squad fireworks explosion that injured more than two dozen people and displaced ...
NBC Los Angeles20d
Three injured in gas explosion inside East LA business
Three people were injured following a gas explosion inside a business in East Los Angeles on Sunday. A gas leak and explosion were reported to authorities around 3:21 p.m. The explosion occurred ...
NBC Los Angeles5d
4 charged in death of 5-year-old boy ‘incinerated' in hyperbaric chamber explosion
The Oxford Center had said in an email following the explosion that "the safety and wellbeing of the children we serve is our highest priority.” “Nothing like this has happened in our more ...
Wall Street Journal7d
Rebuilding Los Angeles Is California’s Economic Moment of Truth
The charred landscape around Los Angeles presents a major test. January’s wildfires turned more than 16,000 buildings in the Altadena and Pacific Palisades into toxic ash. These are largely ...