Former L.A. Councilmember Kevin de León faces ethics fine
Former Los Angeles Councilmember Kevin de León is facing an $18,750 ethics fine for voting on city council decisions in which he had a financial interest and for failing to…
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Three drug overdoses at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall
Three youths suffered drug overdoses at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall in Downey on Friday, the latest scandal at a beleaguered facility that was supposed to close last year after a…
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Sources: White House ordered firing of L.A. federal prosecutor
A federal prosecutor in Los Angeles was fired Friday at the behest of the White House, after lawyers for a fast-food executive he was prosecuting pushed officials in Washington to…
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Open source devs are fighting AI crawlers with cleverness and vengeance
AI web-crawling bots are the cockroaches of the internet, many software developers believe. Some devs have started fighting back in ingenuous, often humorous ways. While any website might be targeted…
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The 20 hottest open source startups of 2024
A new report showcases the 20 top-trending open source startups around the world, more than half of which are closely aligned with AI. The report is the handiwork of European…
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Bay Area rapper wounded in shooting at Hollywood studio, LAPD says
A Bay Area rapper was shot after refusing to turn over his watch during an armed robbery late Thursday inside an East Hollywood recording studio, according to police and sources….
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Former L.A. firefighter union treasurer under scrutiny over car purchase
A former labor leader for Los Angeles firefighters is under scrutiny for buying a union car at an alleged discount — and then reporting an even lower sale price to…
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At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictment, sources say
At least 20 L.A. County probation officers face criminal indictments after an investigation by the California Attorney General’s office into their work with youth in the county’s beleaguered juvenile halls,…
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LAPD supervisors probed over racial and sexist remarks that mayor calls outrageous
Four Los Angeles Police Department officers are under investigation for allegedly making racist and sexist remarks while working with new officer recruits — accusations that Mayor Karen Bass called “especially…
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Bloomberg Law Rolls Out Two AI-Powered Legal Research Tools, Emphasizing Accuracy and Source Attribution
Bloomberg Law has launched two new generative AI-powered research tools – Bloomberg Law Answers and Bloomberg Law AI Assistant – marking the company’s most significant foray into providing its customers…
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What — or who — started the Palisades fire? Two leading theories emerge
For the last few weeks, a team of investigators from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has worked out of a command post in the Highlands neighborhood…
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What’s Next for Open Source Software Security in 2025?
Open-source software is common throughout the tech world, and tools like software composition analysis can spot dependencies and secure them. However, working with open source presents security challenges compared with…
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2 students stabbed at SoCal high school; one attacker was 14, source says
Two students were stabbed on campus Monday at Verdugo Hills High School in Tujunga. Both students were hospitalized with injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening, and a suspect…
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Possible H5N1 bird flu case in Marin County child; source of infection unknown
Health officials in Marin County are investigating a possible H5N1 bird flu case in a child. Officials have been investigating since last week and are working with the California Department…
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H5N1 bird flu infects six more humans in California, Oregon
As H5N1 bird flu spreads among California dairy herds and southward-migrating birds, health officials announced Friday that six more human cases of infection: five in California and one in Oregon…
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How Netscape lives on: 30 years of shaping the web, open source, and business
When I started using the internet, there was no web. Only computer scientists and geeks were using the internet. Then, along came the web, and everyone could use it. Well,…
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Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs arrested after grand jury indictment
Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested Monday in New York amid a federal sex-trafficking probe, officials said. No details were immediately available about the charges against the hip-hop mogul and entrepreneur….
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Denver Nuggets’ Aaron Gordon Needs 21 Stitches After Cuts To Face And Hand From Dog Bite, AP Source Says
DENVER (AP) — Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon needed 21 stitches after suffering lacerations to his face and right hand while being bitten by a family dog on Christmas, a…
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How It Works: AutoNDA, A Free Platform to Automate NDAs Under the Open Source oneNDA Standard
Today in the LawSites video series How It Works, we get a demonstration of AutoNDA, a free software platform developed by SimpleDocs to automate the creation and management of non-disclosure agreements…
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L.A. federal prosecutor axed amid Trump war on perceived legal enemies
When the White House fired a federal prosecutor last week in Los Angeles, it could’ve been dismissed as an isolated case, with the administration targeting a one-time Democratic congressional candidate…
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