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To supplement the city’s bare-bones emergency management team, Mayor Karen Bass turned to an Illinois-based disaster recovery firm, Hagerty Consulting, inking a yearlong contract for up to $10 million.
For Catholic theologians, the significance of the name was evident, with the new pope tying himself to one of the foundational figures of modern Catholic social teaching, Pope Leo XIII, who advocated for the rights of the poor and working class.
Girardi was taken by ambulance Wednesday morning from an Orange County nursing home, and he was admitted in the afternoon due to “liver dysfunction,” according to a court filing from his attorneys.
Ben Camacho and Cerise Castle allege that Ground Game LA has continued to profit off their work without authorization. Ground Game LA argues that the two journalists essentially tried to hijack the news outlet.
The 117-million-gallon reservoir in the heart of Pacific Palisades was 25% full when additional leaks were found in its floating cover. The reservoir is expected to be back online in June.
A jury has awarded $48 million to six former students of a South El Monte elementary school who were sexually abused by a longtime teacher.
Adam Schleifer, a longtime financial fraud prosecutor, was dismissed from the U.S. Attorney’s office in L.A. on Friday. He was pursuing charges against the former CEO of Fatburger, a Trump supporter, for alleged financial fraud.
Prosecutors say Robert Finnerty negotiated a $53-million settlement with PG&E without his clients’ knowledge or approval.
In churches and community centers, on private Zoom calls, and at public food giveaways, lawyers and their swarm of assistants, marketers and “victim advocates” are ready and available.
The LAFD had identified at least 1,350 hydrants in need of repair, according to its 2024 inspection. But the department did not properly transmit the data to DWP in August.
