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Sarmiento emerged atop a six-candidate field in Tuesday's election and will replace termed-out Mayor Miguel Pulido, who has been on the City Council since 1986 and served as mayor since 1994.
The human remains recently found in Mexico are those of missing Los Angeles firefighter Francisco Aguilar, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesperson said Wednesday.
The IRS is reminding taxpayers that neither the IRS nor state agencies will ever text taxpayers asking for bank account information to receive the Economic Impact Payment.
The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health will host a virtual town hall event Monday discussing steps being taken to protect children returning to school, the reopening process and school waivers.
Ortiz, a Trump supporter, posted video on election night hailing the results that showed he won the Huntington Beach City Council seat.
According to social media posts, hundreds out-of-town Trump supporters descended on South Pasadena to rally ahead of the election.
Project Roomkey, which is led by the county and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority, houses people 65 or older, those who have underlying medical conditions and those people with other health risks.
Today's stock market gains come despite all the election uncertainty, but may suggest optimism for a second stimulus package down the line.
A stretch of the eastbound 210 Freeway will be closed this weekend in the Sylmar area due to paving work.
If it had passed, Prop. 25 would have made California the first state to end the use of cash bail for all detained suspects awaiting trials.
The Los Angeles City Council voted to approve the ordinance, which was proposed in response to "major setbacks" in July, according to Councilman Herb Wesson, the proposal's author.
Democratic nominee Joe Biden has surpassed Obamas'a tally with a record 69,589,840 votes (50.2 percent), and counting, in the 2020 election.
The sheriff's department was out in force on election night, performing patrol checks at polling sites, transporting completed ballots to the registrar's office, and keeping Los Angeles County's 10 million residents and its 4,000 square miles safe.
Big corporations like Facebook, Amazon and Apple dominate our lives, but do they have our best intentions in mind? Sally Hubbard explains why monopolies are ruining our democracy and economy.
The measure was approved by nearly 71% of voters, according to the preliminary results released Wednesday. An unknown number of ballots still need to be counted, but they are not expected to impact the results of the election.
