A 12-year-old girl has died days after what her family says was a bullying incident at a Los Angeles school, prompting a homicide investigation by the Los Angeles Police Department. Khimberly Zavaleta Chuquipa, a sixth-grader at Reseda High School in the San Fernando Valley, suffered a fatal brain injury in mid-February when another student allegedly threw a metal…
The city of Los Angeles will honor the legacy of late rapper, entrepreneur, and community activist Nipsey Hussle this Saturday by officially renaming a prominent South Los Angeles intersection in his memory. The ceremony will take place at the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Slauson Avenue, which will be formally designated as “Nipsey Hussle Square.”…
Actor, musician, and activist Jaden Smith has publicly shared a deeply personal goal: establishing a permanent presence on Los Angeles’ Skid Row, where he can distribute free meals to people experiencing homelessness every single day. In a recent social media post, Smith described what he called his “real dream” — securing a building on Skid Row that…
A Los Angeles-area certified nursing assistant has been arrested and charged in connection with multiple allegations that he sexually abused vulnerable adult patients while on duty at a care home in Southern California, authorities confirmed this week. According to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office, 61-year-old Kayode Agbolade Ogunba was taken into custody on January…
In a landmark vote Thursday, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) board of directors unanimously approved plans for a new underground heavy-rail line designed to dramatically improve transit between the San Fernando Valley and the Westside. The project, part of Metro’s Sepulveda Transit Corridor initiative, calls for a nearly 13-mile underground rail line…
