After decades of mirroring national downward trends in violent crime, California saw a 12% increase from 2014 to 2017, while the violent crime rate in the other 49 states together increased only 3%, the analysis showed. In 2014, California voters approved a ballot measure that reduced sentences for many low-level drug and property crimes. Source: […]
Blog: Former Yuma police officer convicted of raping a relative in San Diego
Elkins went into the woman’s room, forced sex acts on her, then raped her, threatening to kill her if she screamed, the prosecutor said. Fox said the victim waited until she thought Elkins was asleep in another room, then woke her mother and the two jumped out a window and ran off, with the mother […]
Blog: Residential Conversion Planned for 1920s Industrial Building in South L.A.
An industrial building in South Los Angeles may be reborn as apartments. Yesterday, an entity called Luxe Holdings, LLC submitted an application to the Department of City Planning to convert the three-story structure at 4851 S. Alameda Street into 118 apartments through the artists in residence ordinance. The property, which spans an L-shaped site at 48th […]
Blog: One of LA’s Most Celebrated Pastry Chefs Strikes Out on His Own
Moving on Shannon Swindle is moving on from Craft. The popular pastry and bread maestro has held his role at the upscale Century City restaurant run by Tom Colicchio for some 13 years, but he’s walking away from the paycheck at the end of the month. Instead, in a personal email sent around, Swindle says […]
Blog: Your no-drama drinking guide for the holidays
This is controversial, and I won’t pretend I’m not conflicted about it. But my feeling is, if you’ve spent all this time at the wine store, lovingly curating a menu for your family, you get to treat yourself (and a chosen few) to something special. I may be known to hide a bottle or two […]
Blog: Read the memo from William Barr
Read the memo William Barr sent to the Justice Department. Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times