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Los Angeles held five “Tom LaBonge Day of Service” cleanup events around the city Saturday in honor of the former councilman, known as Mr. Los Angeles, who...

Nithya Raman Puts Community Second in Her Homeless Housing Plans Details DEEGAN ON LA-This is Part 3 in a series about Councilmember Nithya Raman (CD4).  It was a facile promise for Nithya Raman (CD4) to make, in the final days of a hard campaign. Raman told voters in a last-minute mailer that she would  “use city-owned parking lots to create safe parking, with services, safety, and security, that will help our unhoused neighbors, not push them out of their cars ...

Recall Nithya Raman I have been key in starting the initiative to recall. I have lived in Los Angeles City Council District 4, for the most part since 1994, and I believe Raman is not the right representative we need for our area, at this time. Raman seems a nice person, based on my limited interaction with her. But in my view, she is not cut out to lead 250,000 constituents from the San Fernando Valley to Silver Lake at a time as precarious as this. And as one poster wrote recently on ...

By City News Service May 4, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council today unanimously voted to create a youth council similar to one created by former Mayor Tom Bradley, which two of the council members served on. The motion, introduced by Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez and Councilmen Mark Ridley-Thomas and Paul Koretz, instructed the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to create the “Olivia Mitchell Youth Council made up of two youth representatives from each Los Angeles cou...

By City News Service May 4, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council today unanimously voted to create a youth council similar to one created by former Mayor Tom Bradley, which two of the council members served on. The motion, introduced by Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez and Councilmen Mark Ridley-Thomas and Paul Koretz, instructed the Department of Neighborhood Empowerment to create the “Olivia Mitchell Youth Council made up of two youth representatives from each Los Angeles cou...

LOS ANGELES-Overexertion. Among the various causes of incidents outlined in the 2019-20 Trend Analysis, 15.7 percent of all workers comp claims at Los Angeles County were due to overexertion.  Overexertion includes those that involve strain or injuries due to lifting, carrying pushing or pulling. . . or doing bad things because Supervisor Ridley-Thomas asks you to.   Theres a great transcript from a landfill hearing that the Supervisor had to cut out of mid-stream because George Lucas wa...

By City News Service Apr 28, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Callers to Los Angeles 311 information line will soon hear the late Councilman Tom LaBonges voice following a City Council vote to add a clip of “Mr. Los Angeles to the system. “Hi, my name is Tom LaBonge and Im honored to serve the city of Los Angeles ... the great San Fernando Valley backed by the great San Gabriel Mountains, the beautiful Pacific Ocean, down to San Pedro, the gateway to Los Angeles ... the city of Los Angeles is a tr...

Updated on March 12, 2021 at 6:47 pm NBC Universal, Inc. Pinks Hot Dogs debuted a “Mr. Los Angeles” hot dog named after Tom LaBonge, the beloved former Los Angeles city councilman who died on Jan. 7.  The hot dog debuted Friday at the 82-year-old Hollywood landmark located at 709 N. La Brea Ave.  Download our mobile app for iOS or Android to get the latest breaking news and local stories. Photos: Pinks Hot Dogs Debuts Tom LaBonge ‘Mr. Los Angeles Hot Dog According to Pinks, 100% of ...

JOANE Pickett and her husband, Wiley, with the late Councilman Tom LaBonge. To say that closing her beloved Larchmont Boulevard store of 27 years, Pickett Fences, was completely traumatizing, would be the understatement of the year. But that is what happened, and this is where we are. The pandemic has taken a devastating toll on many Larchmont businesses, both restaurant and retail, and as the pandemic wears on, month after month, and as the boulevard continues to change with the pandemic pushi...