By Dorany Pineda Contributing Writer CRENSHAW — Local residents and business owners in Leimert Park aren’t happy about the new cannabis dispensary in town and they’ve been expressing their dissent outside the shop while stimulating change in City Hall. On Oct. 30, the Los Angeles City Council unanimously voted to prepare and present an ordinance Read More…
From City News Service LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles City Council committee has recommended more centralized oversight and inspections of oil wells, while also taking a step that would prevent the reopening of a South L.A. oil field which closed when residents complained that fumes were making them sick. The City Council has been Read More…
From City News Service LOS ANGELES — The City Council approved a $1.95 million legal settlement Aug. 21 stemming from the 2015 Skid Row shooting death of a mentally ill transient from Cameroon by police officers. The shooting of Charly “Africa” Keunang received national attention after video posted on social media by a bystander went Read More…
