In the News
U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman announced Monday a new $500,000 federal investment to help replace Los Angeles County Fire Station 8 in West Hollywood, a 73-year-old facility L.A. County officials have deemed vulnerable to collapse during a major earthquake.
Two weeks after 139 people died in raging Texas floods last summer, the leader of the Federal Emergency Management Agency ridiculed reporting that said the agency had missed thousands of calls to its emergency help center.
“Fake news,” David Richardson, the acting administrator at the time, told House lawmakers who were probing officials’ response to the flash flooding that killed more than two dozen children.
“The vast majority of phone calls were answered,” Richardson said. “All calls were answered within three minutes.
- The Riverside County’s Sheriff’s Department became the first state agency in California to adopt the Grappler system.
- A pursuing vehicle pulls within 5 feet of a motorist, a button is pressed, and a net from the front bumper wraps around the back tires or axle of the fleeing vehicle.
California Democrats in Congress are raising concerns about Paramount Skydance’s proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery — a $111-billion deal that would dramatically reshape Hollywood by consolidating two historic film studios.
Last week, President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump both made calls for Disney to take Jimmy Kimmel, host of the ABC late-night series “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” off the air, citing his jokes against the president, which they characterized as harmful. Trump alleged that Kimmel called for “violence.” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the “rhetoric” was “completely deranged.”
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman, D-Calif., joined Rose Bowl Stadium officials, Pasadena leaders and local elected officials to announce Thursday that she secured a new, $1,092,000 federal investment to replace and modernize the water and wastewater systems at the Rose Bowl Stadium ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympic Games.
Truth And Accountability League (TAAL) hosted its annual TAAL Remembrance and Honors: Armenian Genocide Commemoration and Awards on Friday, April 24, at the Glendale Central Library Auditorium.
It marked the 111th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and honored distinguished leaders whose work reflects courage, public service, and commitment to justice, a news release states.
Sharing the CVWD Vision
It was great to see so many of you at the Hometown Country Fair and to have commemorated our 75th anniversary in partnership with the CV Chamber of Commerce with our local Mary Dyer band filling the air with some great classics. I shared that the partnership between Water and the Chamber makes a lot of sense. After all, water is the silent foundation supporting every home, business and life in the Crescenta Valley that we are here to serve.
On April 19, LACMA officially opened the David Geffen Galleries, marking this transformative moment for the museum and all of Los Angeles with a celebratory ribbon-cutting ceremony.