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TOP STORIES As the House of Representatives prepares to vote on impeaching President Trump today for a second time and the FBI vows to prosecute hundreds of his supporters who took part in last week’s deadly U.S. Capitol assault, the president’s hold on the Republican Party is weakening. Several House Republicans — including the No. 3 GOP leader, Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) — announced they would vote for impeachment. The New York Times reported that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell thinks Trump committed an impeachable offense and is glad Democrats are moving against him. Adve...

“Tom was so much more than a councilperson. He was 24/7 working for L.A. with tireless energy,” wrote Gerry Hans, president of the community organization Friends of Griffith Park, to KCET. LaBonge first worked for Mayor Tom Bradley’s youth program in 1974. Two years later, he was hired by Councilwoman Peggy Stevenson and, four years later, he went on to serve Councilman John Ferraro. He ran for city council in 1993 but lost. Instead, he became an aide to Mayor Richard Riordan. In 2000, he was hired by the Department of Water and Power. Eventually, in 2001, he was elected to the Los Ange...

Two of these Toms died on the same night last week. Explaining L.A. With Patt Morrison Los Angeles is a complex place. In this weekly feature, Patt Morrison is explaining how it works, its history and its culture. Tommy Lasorda was 93, the Dodgers’ manager emeritus, the man who bled Dodger blue since Brooklyn. Tom LaBonge was 67, a city aide, a mayor’s deputy, a councilman and eternally a groupie for the city that LaBonges have called home since at least 1901, when a barber named LaBonge served on the jury for a Chinatown murder. Advertisement The first act in the play belongs to the Tom ...

By City News Service Delta Air Lines Unveils $229-Million Dollar Enhancement Of LAX Terminal 5 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The LAX pylons are drenched in Dodger blue and white this weekend as the city continues to  mourn the death of former Councilmember Tom LaBonge, whose enthusiasm for the city and seemingly endless knowledge of its history earned him the nickname “Mr. Los Angeles.   LaBonge died Thursday at age 67. He represented the council's Fourth District from 2001-15, overseeing an area that includes Koreatown, Mid- Wilshire, the Miracle Mile, Fairfax District and much of Hollywood, S...

President Trump after last week’s ransacking of the U.S. Capitol, unless Vice President Mike Pence and the Cabinet agree to remove him under the 25th Amendment. Pelosi’s plan, disclosed in a letter to colleagues, came as a second Republican senator — Sen. Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania — joined Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska in calling on Trump to resign over his incitement of the mob that attacked the seat of Congress on Wednesday. It’s part of an intensifying push by lawmakers to force Trump from power before his term ends at noon on Jan. 20. Advertisement Must-read stories f...