David Carmany, who was heralded as a “perfect fit” for Rialto when he signed a five-year contract earlier this year to serve as city manager, has stepped down after less than three months on the job. Carmany’s resignation came suddenly, unexpectedly and quietly on April 12, with no public mention of it. In contrast, when …
The Los Angeles County Probation Department put four more probation officers on administrative leave following an internal review of additional incidents of youth-on-youth violence at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall, the department announced Friday, April 26. The agency previously removed eight other officers from the juvenile hall in January for standing by during — and potentially …
Inglewood’s insurance provider will pay nearly $15.5 million to settle a series of lawsuits stemming from a 2019 crash in which a city-owned vehicle driven by Mayor James T. Butts Jr. allegedly went through a red light, collided with another car and was sent spinning into a parked motorcycle officer, according to a newly released …
Teenage detainees at Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall exploited the facility’s understaffing in November to execute a coordinated escape attempt, during which one youth managed to scale a wall and reach a waiting car before he was apprehended, according to a new report from the Los Angeles County Office of Inspector General. The escape attempt on …
The City of Commerce allowed a tenant with ties to a businessman favored by City Hall to openly use a city-owned warehouse to sell bulk liquor, food products and energy drinks for nearly a year in violation of its own Municipal Code, a Southern California News Group investigation has revealed. Commerce was notified, but did …
California community college baccalaureate degree programs are prompting academic success, fewer student loans and better-paying jobs among Latino graduates, allowing them to overcome historic inequities in educational attainment and financial stability, according to a new UCLA study. Despite the promising findings, however, the study’s co-author said educators, researchers and policymakers must do more to understand …
An El Monte police dispatcher failed to tell two officers fatally shot by a convicted gang member that the suspect reportedly had a gun and was under the influence of PCP and methamphetamine, reveals a 911 recording obtained by the Southern California News Group. The frantic 911 call to the El Monte Police Department was …
A San Gabriel Unified School District assistant principal is facing charges that he sexually abused two teenagers he coached two decades ago at Woodrow Wilson High School in El Sereno. Michael Guzman, an assistant principal at Gabrielino High School, has been charged with four felony counts of lewd acts with a child, according to a …
A Christmas party at a Taco Bell in San Pedro descended into an alcohol-fueled night of debauchery in 2022, with one employee engaged in sex with his wife in front of others while his wife was seen kissing the restaurant supervisor and another woman, alleges a lawsuit filed by a former cashier. Alana Bechiom, who …
Commerce City Manager Edgar Cisneros, entangled in a federal cannabis corruption probe of public officials, has quietly resigned the position he held for six years. Cisneros stepped down during a closed meeting late Friday, a day that City Hall is typically closed. The city has yet to announce the departure on its website or social …