Case dropped against TikTok streamer who was shot by US immigration agents Carlitos Ricardo Parias, who livestreams LA breaking news, was accused of ramming car into federal officers’ vehicles The Guardian - US · Dec 29, 2025
LA man shot by federal agents during arrest streams law enforcement activity on TikTok A Los Angeles man shot by federal officers while he tried to evade arrest is a popular local TikTok streamer who documents police activity, immigration enforcement and daily neighborhood life The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025
LA TikTok creator streaming ICE raids charged with assault after being shot Carlitos Ricardo Parias remained hospitalized after he was shot in the elbow by federal agents during arrest The Guardian - US · Oct 22, 2025
TikTok star Richard LA is hit by bullet during ICE operation in LA that also left US Marshal injured Richard LA was shot after he allegedly rammed his vehicle into cars being used by ICE agents, who were trying to arrest him The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025
Immigration agents shot a suspect after he rammed their vehicle during LA stop, DHS says Federal officers shot a man in the elbow and a deputy U.S. Marshal was hit in the hand with a ricochet bullet during an immigration enforcement operation in Los Angeles The Independent UK · Oct 22, 2025
Los Angeles City Council members seek more protection for the city's fast-food workers A recent report by the Step Forward Foundation found that 88% of fast-food workers lack comprehensive knowledge of their labor rights Latin Times · Jul 5, 2024
Los Angeles to pay $21M to settle claims over botched fireworks detonation by police 3 years ago Los Angeles will pay more than $21 million to settle claims by residents of a neighborhood where police bungled the detonation of a cache of illegal fireworks, injuring 17 people and displacing dozens of others three years ago The Independent UK · Jul 3, 2024
Two years after LAPD fireworks explosion, residents are still trying to rebuild They gathered in the middle of East 27th Street, the spot where two years earlier — to the day — Los Angeles police botched the detonation of a cache of fireworks and blew up their lives. Los Angeles Times · Jul 1, 2023
Imelda Padilla claims victory in LA council race LOS ANGELES — Imelda Padilla declared victory Friday in the race for the vacant Los Angeles City Council seat representing the central and northeast San Fernando Valley, saying she is “ready to serve as the next councilwoman for the communities of CD 6.” Los Angeles Times · Jul 1, 2023
Charges against Price draw outrage, sadness and sense of ‘Black loss’ in South LA LOS ANGELES — Curren Price was sworn in for his third term on Los Angeles City Council last fall with a promise to mend rifts. Los Angeles Times · Jun 17, 2023
City Council Indictment Shows How L.A.'s Overregulated Housing Market Breeds Corruption City Councilmember Curren Price is indicted for steering favors to affordable housing developers who were bribing his wife. Reason · Jun 14, 2023
Los Angeles city councilman charged with embezzlement and perjury Prosecutors have charged a Los Angeles city councilman with embezzlement and perjury in the latest criminal case to upend the scandal-plagued governing board of the nation’s second-largest city The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023
LA City Council member Curren Price charged with embezzlement, perjury LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Council member Curren Price was charged with 10 counts of embezzlement, perjury and conflict of interest on Tuesday, becoming the latest in a years-long parade of elected city officials to face public corruption allegations from state or federal prosecutors. Los Angeles Times · Jun 13, 2023
LA City Council members propose $30-an-hour wage by 2028 for hotel and LAX workers The minimum wages of workers at larger hotels and Los Angeles International Airport would rise to $30 an hour by 2028 under a proposal put forth Wednesday by several Los Angeles City Council members. Los Angeles Times · Apr 12, 2023
Los Angeles Times · Jan 4, 2023 LAPD chief backtracks after saying he has ‘full support’ of Mayor Karen Bass LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore apologized Tuesday after sending an email that described his bid for a second term and suggested he has the backing of Mayor Karen Bass.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 26, 2022 Amid noisy protest, the LA City Council — listening via earbud — conducts its business LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council held its first in-person meeting in nearly two weeks on Tuesday, plowing through its agenda and taking more than 90 minutes of phone-in public comment while demonstrators shouted, chanted and jeered from the audience.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 19, 2022 Paul Krekorian voted in as new LA City Council president LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council selected Council member Paul Krekorian as its next leader Tuesday afternoon, with the 10 members present voting unanimously for him to take over the council presidency.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 18, 2022 Los Angeles City Council meets to choose a new president LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council’s online meeting came to order as scheduled on Tuesday morning, ending questions about whether the body would have the 10-person quorum necessary to proceed, with key votes expected on the council’s presidency, an expansion of the council and the future of redistricting.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 18, 2022 Erika D. Smith: 'I'm a Black woman, not a pawn.' The forgotten victim of LA's racist tape scandal Heather Hutt, a longtime political staffer turned interim Los Angeles City Council member, was already disgusted listening to three colleagues and a prominent labor leader use racist language to justify their plot to hoard political power for Latinos.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 16, 2022 Racist audio leak has ‘tainted’ LA's redistricting maps. Now some want them scrapped LOS ANGELES — For nearly a week, activists and elected officials have demanded the ouster of three Los Angeles City Council members, calling it the only acceptable response to secretly recorded audio of them engaged in a conversation with racist and derogatory language.
Los Angeles Times · Oct 14, 2022 For Black Angelenos, recording stokes anger, fears of losing hard-fought gains LOS ANGELES — Watching the news in her View Park home, Helen Ray sat in stunned disbelief as she listened to the now infamous tape of three Los Angeles City Council members and a labor leader privately strategizing about redistricting.