Leslie Berestein Rojas | KPCC staff|The move to legalize vendors, more than four years in the making, got City Council approval. It does not include a controversial provision that would have given nearby brick-and-mortar business owners the power to veto vendor licenses.
Councilman David Ryu is asking the city to consider legal action against Waze over complaints that the navigation app is recklessly guiding motorists off thoroughfares and into residential neighborhoods in search of shorter or quicker routes.
An elevated rail between LAX terminals and the Crenshaw Line will make the airport more accessible, but only 1 percent of travelers are expected to use rail.
Smell from Santa Monica to Venice to West L.A. could have come from decomposing seaweed or algae releasing methane as well as rotten-egg smelling sulphur compounds.
Police say Eferem Demery, 28, has been booked on suspicion of murder in the fire that killed two people. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
Incoming owner Patrick Soon-Shiang told the staff the move came after they failed to reach a deal with the Canadian developer that owns the historic Times-Mirror Square complex.
