The city of Los Angeles is expected to pay at least that much in settlements and judgments this fiscal year. An LAist ...

LAist took a deeper look at some of the highest-costing incidents of the last two fiscal years, including excessive use of ...

As city settlements near $320 million this year—more than triple what was budgeted—officials warn of approaching crisis ...

Sparked by the New Year’s Aliamanu fireworks explosion, which so far has claimed six lives, injured 20 and led to the arrest of a dozen people, Bill 7 seeks to amend the city’s fire code to ...

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1 Aliamanu fireworks explosion that killed six people and wounded dozens when a cake of aerial projectiles fell over and fired into a cache of illegal fireworks, detonating them. That deadly New ...

During public comment, Jason Reedy, an activist and critic of the LAPD, said the alleged racist remarks are common at “every station, every division at every level of the department.” ...

The LAPD initially responded to the 7500 block of Dunfield Avenue around 5:545 a.m. for calls of a large group gathering outside a home. When officers arrived, the individuals dispersed ...

A Masury man who allegedly set off a large fireworks explosion in his back yard that broke neighbors’ windows and caused items in homes to fall or keel over no longer faces criminal charges, although ...