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Trucking Leaders Urge Governor Newsom To Declare State of Emergency Over Port Backlog Crisis

October 21, 2021 6:08 pm

Trucking industry leaders urged California to declare the port backlog crisis a State of Emergency on Thursday in order to get regulatory relief for the trucking and shipping industries, as well as assist in ending the backlog sooner. Action from...

Governor Newsom Signs Executive Order to Alleviate Shipping Crisis at SoCal Ports

October 21, 2021 2:22 amOctober 20, 2021 8:39 pm

Governor Gavin Newsom signed an Executive Order on Wednesday aimed at alleviating California’s massive cargo congestion situation by increasing cargo space, creating better flow and ease of movement for all steps of the unloading and trucking processes, and identifying the...

Name Change for Father Serra Park in LA Finalized

October 15, 2021 3:33 pm

Plans were further finalized on Friday to rename a part of a Los Angeles Park honoring Father Junipero Serra to another name friendlier to Native Americans. While there had been some measures to replace the statue of Father Serra in...

Robert Durst Receives Life Sentence in LA Superior Court Ruling

October 15, 2021 11:54 am

One of Los Angeles’ longest running courtroom sagas came to a close on Thursday when Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark Windham sentenced real estate heir Robert Durst to life in prison with no parole for the murder of...

LA County Sheriff Alex Villanueva Announces His Department Will Not Be Enforcing County Vaccine Mandate

October 8, 2021 2:01 pm

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced during a Q and A session on Thursday that he would not be enforcing upcoming County and City vaccine mandates for his employees. LA County’s mandate, which stated that all employees must be...

LA City Council Passes Sweeping Indoor Business Vaccination Mandate

October 7, 2021 2:17 amOctober 6, 2021 9:17 pm

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles City Council passed a sweeping proof of COVID-19 vaccination law that requires full proof of vaccination to enter most indoor places of business including restaurants, bars, movie theaters, arenas, convention centers, gyms, salons, and other...

Lawsuit Claims LA Union Slush Fund Scandal Still Ongoing

October 4, 2021 9:11 amOctober 5, 2021 11:20 am

A long-time employee of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit alleging a decades-long shakedown involving the utility and the union representing its workers may have altered its form, but is still...