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A Van Nuys man who allegedly shot a California Highway Patrol officer multiple times during an altercation at a traffic stop in Studio City pleaded not guilty Thursday to attempted murder of a peace officer.

The federal criminal trial for suspended Los Angeles City Councilman Mark Ridley-Thomas on bribery and conspiracy charges has been delayed until November.

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Friday postponed again the implementation of a fee on companies whose import containers linger at marine terminals, with the assessment now potentially taking effect, if necessary, next Friday.

The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously Friday to rename a private driveway adjacent to the Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice in honor of the late character actor Orson Bean, a longtime Venice resident who served as a creative curator and frequent performer for the venue.

The former president and CEO of the Anaheim Chamber of Commerce pleaded guilty to federal charges for defrauding a cannabis company, fraudulently obtaining a COVID-relief business loan worth nearly $62,000, lying to a bank while seeking a loan for a $1.5 million second home.

A former Coachella Valley resident who was deported from Israel after she and her then-doctor husband fled there to escape criminal prosecution was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for her role in a scheme that bilked insurers out of $44 million for unnecessary cosmetic surgeries.

Starbucks Corp. has prevailed in arbitration in opposition to a man's claim that the company wrongfully denied him a $1.70 cash redemption for the balance on his gift card at one of its West Hollywood stores.

After weeks of silence, Los Angeles City Councilman Gil Cedillo conceded defeat Friday in his bid for re-election, with final election tallies confirming an upset victory for community activist and public policy advocate Eunisses Hernandez.

A judge Wednesday took under submission a request for a preliminary injunction brought by an association of health plans challenging the constitutionality of a state bill requiring them as well as insurers to pay for workplace COVID-19 testing retroactive to the beginning of the pandemic.

The Los Angeles City Council Wednesday approved a framework designed to speed the implementation of the city's Mobility Plan, which was adopted seven years ago in an effort to improve pedestrian safety and reduce traffic deaths, but has yet to come to fruition.