In Los Angeles, one of the best stories to cover has been misconduct within the LAPD and the much larger Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department.  An investigation in this Sunday’s Los Angeles Times proves that yet again.

There is now, another Southern California Democrat being accused of sexual assault. Sacramento lobbyist Pamela Lopez says San Fernando Valley Assemblyman Matt Dababneh followed her into a bathroom at a Las Vegas hotel in 2016 and then exposed himself.

There is now, another Southern California Democrat being accused of sexual assault. Sacramento lobbyist Pamela Lopez says San Fernando Valley Assemblyman Matt Dababneh followed her into a bathroom at a Las Vegas hotel in 2016 and then exposed himself.

California Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra resigned today, after several women accused him of sexually harassing them.

San Fernando Valley Democratic Assemblyman Raul Bocanegra announced today he will not seek reelection and that he’ll step down from the State Assembly next September.

It’s safe to say it’s an uncertain time for a couple of Southern California news outlets.  The staff at the L.A.Times is still adjusting to new leadership, after its parent company cleaned house this summer.  As for the L.A. Weekly, the publication has some new owners. But it’s unclear just who they are and what direction they want to take the publication.

The LA Times reports that its entertainment reporters and critics are not being offered advance screenings of Walt Disney Company movies because of what the media behemoth says isunfair reporting about its business ties with the city of Anaheim.

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti says he will not run for governor of California.  That race already has a couple of former mayors: Antonio Villaraigosa – from here in LA, and Gavin Newsom, California's lieutenant governor and a former mayor of San Francisco.

Gas and diesel cars and trucks could soon be banned in large parts of Los Angeles. That's the promise that LA Mayor Eric Garcetti made in Paris today.

State regulators have already given Southern California Gas the green light to begin using some wells at the beleaguered Aliso Canyon Storage Facility. But now a new report claims the months-long gas leak may not be the only health problem afflicting the residents of Porter Ranch.