The LAPD today continues to take hit after hit in social media after an incident involving a Hollywood film actress last week. There’s an ongoing investigation and Kevin Roderick of LA Observed spoke to KCRW's Steve Chiotakis.

Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, who is being termed out of her board seat, has announced she’s going to challenge Jose Huizar next year for his seat on the LA City Council. Kevin Roderick from LA Observed joined KCRW's Steve Chiotakis to discuss it.

On this Labor Day, Mayor Eric Garcetti is helping celebrate by announcing a proposal that would give a lot of folks in LA a raise.

The High-Speed Rail Authority already had its own selected path from the high desert to San Fernando Valley. But now there’s word that an alternate route being pushed by an LA County Supervisor is gaining some steam.

There’s a state law that if an ambulance takes you to a hospital, the crew has to stay by your side until you’re admitted. Often times it’s a matter of minutes – but sometimes it can take hours. Last year, the Fire Department figures it spent $6 million on the wasted time those paramedics had to wait.

The LA Times has a new publisher and CEO. He's Austin Beutner, a former Wall Street investment banker who served as first LA deputy mayor under Antonio Villaraigosa.

Los Angeles County supervisors are expected tomorrow to consider establishing a civilian oversight commission to serve as the public’s eyes and ears on the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department. It comes after renewed calls for such a commission following the accidental shooting of a Pico Rivera man.

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti wants to specify, and then work on, neighborhood streets to spruce them up and make more pedestrian-friendly areas with his "Great Streets" program. But some detractors say, what's the point?

Just a couple of weeks ago, Angelenos celebrated the Fourth of July by illegally shooting off fireworks. And often, these displays of patriotism and pyromania often turn into cases of arson and destruction. Among the victims of these fires were palm trees – 55 all together, according to fire officials.

Happy Birthday, Blue Line! 24 years ago today, area transit officials cut the ribbon on the first leg of what would become a modern transit system in Los Angeles.