Westside Current Los Angeles

04/09/2025

Exclusive: A Westside Current review found City Attorney candidate Marissa Roy misrepresented her legal career. She billed herself as a deputy city attorney, but records show she was an unpaid intern.

LOS ANGELES - The 2026 Los Angeles City Attorney race is already heating up — and official records raise questions about one progressive contender. A Westside Current investigation found that

04/09/2025

An icon on PCH is gone.

The Reel Inn Malibu, destroyed in the Palisades Fire, won’t be allowed to rebuild. State Parks has declined to renew its lease, ending decades of fish tacos, sunsets & family memories.

“It wasn’t fancy, but it was ours.”

MALIBU — A longtime Pacific Coast Highway landmark won’t be coming back.

04/09/2025

A request advocates say has gone unanswered for years finally saw its first action Wednesday:

Federal & local agencies launched an animal abuse task force in LA with a Skid Row sweep checking dogs & seizing one abandoned.

Shira Astrof of The Animal Rescue Mission, who’s been fighting for animal rights across Los Angeles, called the move long overdue: “Our animals need to be removed from danger, and abusers must finally be held accountable.”

LOS ANGELES — Federal agents and local law enforcement officers were in Skid Row on Wednesday checking on dogs and seizing one that had been abandoned as part of the

04/09/2025

LA’s MyLA311 app — meant to keep our city clean & safe by handling graffiti removal, bulky item pickup, potholes & illegal dumping — is under review after repeated failures.

: “We’ve invested a lot in this app…A clean city is a safe city.” She wants answers — and fixes.

LOS ANGELES — A system used by Angelenos to request city services is under review after ongoing failures have raised questions about whether recent upgrades are delivering as promised.

03/09/2025

North Hollywood’s Jasveen Sangha admitted to selling the powerful drug that caused Friends star Matthew Perry’s fatal overdose in Oct. 2023.

Sangha faces up to 65 years in prison when sentenced Dec. 10. https://www.westsidecurrent.com/news/ketamine-queen-pleads-guilty-in-od-death-of-friends-actor-matthew-perry/article_50c6cb8e-8098-456e-b8ba-b9a23c27dd5f.html

03/09/2025

Election 2026: The Money Race is Strong

With nine months until the June primary, fundraising is already shaping the battlefield in Los Angeles politics.

Traci Park (CD11) leads with a $649K war chest — 15.7% of all money raised so far.

Mayor Karen Bass brought in $180K — but with no major challenger yet, analysts say it’s not cause for alarm.

Faizah Malik, challenging Park from the left, raised $127K in just six weeks.

City Attorney and Council races are also heating up.

The early numbers reveal who’s coasting, who’s grinding, and who’s ready for a fight.

Read the full breakdown

Looking at the Money Candidates Are Raising, and What It Means

03/09/2025

Santa Monica Hate Crime Investigation

Police say a man was attacked near the Pier during dueling Israel-Palestine rallies Sunday. The victim was assaulted because of his religious identity, sustaining minor injuries. SMPD is investigating the assault as a hate crime.


Info? Contact Detective Jauregui: 310-458-8944

SANTA MONICA — Police in Santa Monica are investigating a weekend assault near the pier as a possible hate crime after a man was attacked during dueling demonstrations, authorities said.

02/09/2025

An 80-year-old woman was rescued by LAFD after being pinned beneath a vehicle in a crash on West Gorham Ave. this afternoon. She was transported to a local hospital; her condition is not yet known.

BRENTWOOD — An 80-year-old woman was rescued from beneath a vehicle after a traffic collision in Brentwood on Tuesday afternoon, authorities said.

02/09/2025

Gov. Gavin Newsom’s new task force to clear homeless encampments launches this month in L.A. and 9 other cities. Some welcome the move — others are asking why this wasn’t done a long time ago.

LOS ANGELES - Gov. Gavin Newsom Friday announced a new statewide task force that will prioritize clearing homeless encampments and expanding services in California's 10 largest cities, including Los Angeles.The

02/09/2025

UPDATE: Police in armored vehicles have boxed in an SUV driven by a naked woman who led LAPD on a short chase this morning near Sepulveda & Montana in West L.A.

The woman, inside with a dog, is refusing to exit. Sepulveda remains closed in both directions and 405 traffic is heavily backed up.

UPDATE: Police in military-style armored vehicles have closely surrounded that SUV with the naked driver who led officers on a brief pursuit before stopping in the area of Montana Avenue

02/09/2025

Westside drivers say the roads are rough — and the data backs them up.

According to Crosstown, Venice logged 215 pothole complaints since April, while Westchester topped the city with 547 — the most in L.A.

With only 12 of 28 pothole trucks on the streets, fixes aren’t keeping up.

VENICE — Los Angeles’ roads are taking a toll on Westside drivers, and newly released numbers show Venice among the neighborhoods with some of the city’s highest pothole complaints.

02/09/2025

A naked woman led LAPD on a short chase in West L.A. this morning before refusing to exit her SUV near Sepulveda & Montana.

Sepulveda is shut down in both directions and traffic on the 405 is heavily backed up. The standoff is still active.

LOS ANGELES - A naked screaming woman led officers on a brief chase before stopping in West Los Angeles and refusing to get out of the SUV she was driving.