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Residents of a two-story Laurel Avenue apartment complex in West Hollywood stood on the building’s front porch as dozens of protesters shouted at them. The residents were mostly white. The protesters were mostly black. What brought them together in a heated scene Monday night was the troubling, baffling and, for some, deeply infuriating case of […]

David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City’s first African-American mayor, but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemployment and his mishandling of a riot in Brooklyn, has died. He was 93. Dinkins died Monday, the New York City Police Department confirmed. The department said officers were called […]

Mayor John Duran announced Monday that he will resign the largely ceremonial position for health reasons amid sexual harassment allegations. Duran said he will relinquish the title — which is rotated annually among City Council members — with two months to go but will remain on the council, the Los Angeles Times reported. Duran was recently […]

For the second time within 18 months, a man was found dead at the West Hollywood home of wealthy Democratic donor Edward Buck, authorities said Monday. Paramedics responded to Buck’s apartment in the 1200 block of Laurel Avenue shortly after 1 a.m., where they discovered an unresponsive victim, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s […]

Some of the protesters were affiliated with the #MeToo movement. Others with Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ groups. Many were simply West Hollywood residents who were fed up with all the drama. They showed up at a packed West Hollywood City Council meeting Tuesday because of two scandals: the recent sexual harassment allegations against Mayor […]

The second black man to die inside the West Hollywood apartment of Ed Buck was identified Wednesday as some politicians began to distance themselves from the prominent Democratic donor. Timothy Dean, 55, worked at Saks Fifth Avenue’s Beverly Hills location and was well-liked in the community, according to his roommate, Ottavio Taddei. “He was a […]

They knew Marley was the perfect dog. So when it came time to say goodbye to their beloved Labrador, Alicia and David Tschirhart did what they had to do to keep a part of Marley alive — they cloned him. Ziggy’s resemblance to Marley, the California couple say, is uncanny. “They have the same personality, […]

Prosecutors have declined to file charges against prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck in connection with the fatal overdose last summer of a 26-year-old man at Buck’s West Hollywood home, citing insufficient evidence, according to court records. In a document dated Thursday, the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office said that the “admissible evidence is insufficient […]

Prosecutors are reviewing whether to file charges in the fatal overdose of a 26-year-old man who died last summer in the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck. Gemmel Moore’s July 2017 death was ruled an accident, and an initial review by sheriff’s deputies found nothing suspicious. But the following month, Los Angeles […]

Before a majority black crowd in early primary state South Carolina, 2020 presidential candidate Kamala Harris mounted a forceful defense of her career as a prosecutor. Harris has been criticized by activists on the Democratic party’s left for decisions she made as California’s attorney general and San Francisco district attorney — including on criminal justice […]

Facebook allowed children to rack up huge bills on digital games while the company rejected recommendations for addressing what it dubbed “friendly fraud,” according to newly released court documents. The internal Facebook memos and other records were unsealed late Thursday to comply with a judge’s order in a federal court case settled in 2016. The […]

The West Hollywood apartment of a prominent Democratic donor where a 26-year-old man was found dead of an overdose this summer was littered with drug paraphernalia, according to the man’s autopsy report. The Los Angeles County coroner’s report, which was obtained by the Los Angeles Times on Friday, says that Gemmel Moore died from an […]

A Los Angeles teachers’ strike that sent thousands of shouting educators into downtown streets, paralyzing traffic during a rainstorm and leaving a half-million students in uncertainty, isn’t the kind of publicity Mayor Eric Garcetti needed for his potential presidential campaign. The Democratic mayor, who has said he will soon decide whether to enter the 2020 […]

The mother of a man who died after apparently overdosing at the West Hollywood apartment belonging to prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck told KTLA that there is more to the story behind the death. Latisha Nixon is asking the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department to launch a “thorough investigation” into her son Gemmel Moore’s death. […]

A lawyer for a wealthy Democratic donor who has become the subject of an investigation into a drug death claims that a West Hollywood official has launched a “character attack” on his client and should be investigated for ethics violations. As Los Angeles County sheriff’s homicide detectives continue to investigate the death of Gemmel Moore […]

After Gemmel Moore was found dead of a drug overdose in the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic fundraiser Ed Buck, the contrasts between the two men immediately jumped out to Moore’s family. Moore was 26, black and poor. He had been homeless and had worked as an escort. Buck was 62, white and wealthy, […]

Family and friends gathered for a vigil on Friday night in remembrance of Gemmel Moore, a 26-year-old man who was found dead in West Hollywood home of Democratic donor Ed Buck. Mary Beth McDade reports for the KTLA 5 News at 10 on August 18, 2017.

Los Angeles County Sheriff’s homicide detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the fatal drug overdose of a 26-year-old man at the West Hollywood home of prominent Democratic donor Ed Buck. Sheriff Jim McDonnell said Monday that while coroner’s officials ruled Gemmel Moore’s July 27 death an accident, homicide detectives will be conducting a follow-up investigation […]

The mother of a 26-year-old man who died at a wealthy Democratic donor’s home in West Hollywood in what was initially determined to be an accidental drug overdose is calling for more alleged victims to come forward. The circumstances surrounding Gemmel Moore’s death have been called into question, and the man’s mother, Letisha Nixon, spoke at […]

Nominations for the 60th Annual Grammy Awards were announced Tuesday on “CBS This Morning.” Singer Andra Day revealed the nominations in four categories: record of the year, song of the year (which goes to the writers), best new artist and album of the year. The Latin single “Despacito” keeps its winning streaking alive by snagging […]

The mother of a 23-year-old La Cañada High School graduate who died in October is searching for a missing ring that she said served as a symbol of strength for her son. On the morning of Oct. 27, Ryder Buck was walking across the 2 Freeway in Glendale when he was struck by two cars. […]

James Garner, the understated, wisecracking everyman actor who enjoyed multi-generational success on both the small and big screens, has died. He was 86. Police, who were called to his residence Saturday night in Los Angeles, say he died of natural causes. Garner starred in hit TV series almost 20 years apart — “Maverick” in the […]