May 4, 2015
A small earthquake has rattled the greater Los Angeles area, shaking buildings and waking residents over the weekend. There were no reports of injuries or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.9 hit …
March 27, 2015
A Los Angeles jury has awarded $28.2 million to a woman who said treatment delays by Kaiser Permanente doctors cost her a leg. City News Service says jurors found that Southern California Permanente Medical Group was negligent. Twenty-three-year-old Anna Rahm …
March 24, 2015
A jury has awarded a total of $4 million to two Los Angeles, Calif. police officers who sued the department alleging discrimination and retaliation after the shooting of an unarmed autistic man five years ago. The jury awarded $1.9 million …
March 6, 2015
Federal health officials say that the manufacturer of a medical instrument at the center of a recent “superbug” outbreak in Los Angeles did not receive federal clearance to sell the device. The Food and Drug Administration has confirmed that Olympus …
March 2, 2015
Los Angeles, CA, March 2, 2015- Sullivan Brokers Wholesale Insurance Solutions is pleased to announce that effective February 17, 2015, Bridget Livingston has joined the firm as a Broker in the Healthcare Practice Group. In addition to her solid Healthcare …
January 16, 2015
The Los Angeles City Council is mulling ways to pay for expensive retrofits of buildings in danger of collapsing during a major earthquake. Councilman Tom LaBonge said Wednesday he favors a state bond because strengthening at-risk apartments and other buildings …
January 5, 2015
Two small earthquakes have struck north of Los Angeles, shaking parts of Ventura and Los Angeles counties, but officials say there have been no reports of injury or serious damage. The U.S. Geological Survey says a magnitude-4.2 quake hit Saturday …
December 16, 2014
Short-term housing rentals are growing in Los Angeles – and so is the debate around them. “Home sharing” industry giant Airbnb has released a study showing its website helped nearly 4,500 “hosts” rent out rooms or homes in the city …
December 10, 2014
Federal and local investigators are trying to determine whether an arsonist set a fire that turned an unfinished downtown Los Angeles apartment complex into a block of flames so hot that freeway signs melted and windows cracked in office high-rises …
December 8, 2014
An apartment tower that was under construction in downtown Los Angeles along with two other buildings were being consumed by large blaze that closed freeways and roads in the early morning hours of Monday while commuters were starting to make …