by wen-min | Nov 2, 2015 | Public Safety
Each year, LA Sanitation (LASAN) prepares itself and Los Angeles residents and businesses for the rainy season. This year, we are anticipating El Niño, which will likely cause higher-intensity storms and potential flooding. What can residents and businesses do to...
by wen-min | Oct 27, 2015 | City of Los Angeles, Council District 2
Los Angeles lawmakers voted unanimously Tuesday to pass a new law requiring Angelenos to lock up or disable their handguns at home if they aren’t close at hand. In an impassioned speech before the vote, City Councilman Paul Krekorian argued that the new rules would...
by wen-min | Sep 26, 2015 | City of Los Angeles
Mayor calls for investments in long-term initiatives, and rolls out short-term proposals to address emergency needs. Mayor Eric Garcetti today announced the first steps of a comprehensive strategy to address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles, an effort that would...
by wen-min | Sep 18, 2015 | LAPD-North Hollywood, LAPD-Van Nuys, Public Safety
The LAPD is alerting the public about a recent rash of phone scams that seek ransom for taking family members hostage. According to the police, the victims are contacted by a suspect who states they are holding a family member hostage. The caller then demands money to...
by wen-min | Sep 18, 2015 | Public Safety
There has been a significant increase of copper wire thefts targeting the city’s street lighting system in various neighborhoods, causing street lights to go dark for a period of time. If you observe a wire theft in process or see any suspicious activity around...
by wen-min | Aug 30, 2015 | LAPD-North Hollywood, LAPD-Van Nuys
The first LA police officers will begin wearing body cameras on Monday as city leaders look for funding to outfit all cops with them. Starting Monday, body cameras will be handed out to Los Angeles police officers at the Mission Station — the first of 860...
by wen-min | Aug 26, 2015 | City of Los Angeles, Public Safety, Transportation
More than 200 people die on LA streets each year, and most of those deaths happen on just six percent of streets. Sitting at a desk in the middle of a Boyle Heights street, Mayor Eric Garcetti today signed an executive directive aimed at cutting traffic fatalities in...
by wen-min | Aug 17, 2015 | LADWP
It was hailed as a modern makeover of an aging, inefficient way to bill customers. Instead, the new system at the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power became a nightmare, spewing out thousands of faulty bills, some wildly inflated. When upset customers called the...
by wen-min | Aug 15, 2015 | Public Safety
911 Dispatchers are being inundated with people calling because the fires in the Angeles National Forest and Simi Valley smell so close. People around the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood Hills, Studio City and Mount Olympus are smelling smoke and calling 911 thinking...
by wen-min | Jul 30, 2015 | LADWP
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has proposed a 5-year water and power rate action that provides funding to accelerate the replacement of aging infrastructure, better protect against drought conditions, and meet water and power supply mandates...
