Paul Krekorian

Discovery of $43 million prompts city oversight of 'special funds'

2013-05-14 18:43:00

Following the discovery of nearly $43 million that accumulated unnoticed for 17 years in a Transportation Department account, Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian called Tuesday for more transparency for other so-called special funds that he said...

$42.6 million hidden in city fund through accounting error

2013-05-09 22:33:00

During years of cuts to basic services, Los Angeles city officials say, nearly $43 million piled up unnoticed in a Department of Transportation fund because of an accounting error. The discovery of $42.6 million will be a welcome one-time infusion...

L.A. council finds funds to reverse Fire Dept. staffing shift

2013-05-07 19:50:00

The Los Angeles City Council voted Tuesday to provide $1.6 million to reverse a controversial new staffing plan at the Fire Department, handing a victory to the employee union that had branded it as unsafe. Over the weekend, the department began...

L.A. looks to ban possession of high-capacity gun magazines

2013-05-03 15:33:00

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to draft a law prohibiting the possession of high-capacity ammunition magazines, sparking lawsuit threats from two gun rights organizations. On an 11-0 vote, the council called for an ordinance labeling the...

L.A. to draft law banning possession of large-capacity gun magazines

2013-05-04 01:03:00

The Los Angeles City Council voted Friday to draft a law prohibiting the possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines, sparking lawsuit threats from two gun rights organizations. On an 11-0 vote, the council called for an ordinance labeling the...

Cindy Montañez in City Council District 6

2013-05-01 00:00:00

Just once, it would be nice to encounter a well-prepared grass-roots candidate for the Los Angeles City Council. There is no good reason that a neighborhood activist or business owner can't do some homework and come to a council race with a well-crafted,...

L.A. council race leads to confrontation in Little Armenia

2013-04-29 00:00:00

When two groups supporting rival Los Angeles City Council candidates met on a street in Little Armenia last week, an afternoon of vote canvassing turned into an altercation. Two 17-year-old campaign workers for candidate John Choi claim they were...

$50,000 reward considered in hit-and-run that killed bicyclist

2013-04-26 07:51:00

The city of Los Angeles will consider offering a $50,000 reward to help find the driver who hit and killed an 18-year-old bicyclist. David Granados was killed March 24�after he was hit by a car as he rode his bicycle on Bellaire Avenue at Oxnard...

L. A. City Council to consider tighter ammunition laws

2013-04-26 16:13:00

Saying the public is beyond frustrated, members of the Los Angeles City Council's public safety committee agreed Friday to make it illegal to possess the type of high-capacity ammunition magazines that were used to kill 20 schoolchildren and six adults in...

Change of coasts for 'Tonight' could mean a big shift

2013-03-22 05:00:00

For more than 40 years, a studio at the corner of Olive and Alameda avenues in Burbank has been churning out a show that keeps viewers up late. But with NBC's "Tonight Show" poised to migrate back to New York, Southern California is in danger of losing...

Departure of Jay Leno, 'Tonight Show' a blow to L.A., Burbank

2013-04-03 12:43:00

The announcement that Jay Leno will be replaced by Jimmy Fallon and that "The Tonight Show" would move from Burbank to New York next year was met with disappointment by L.A. officials. “Obviously, it is a great disappointment that 'The Tonight...

Coldwater Canyon Avenue to close for a month beginning Saturday

2013-03-22 15:31:00

Drivers who traverse the hills between the Westside and the San Fernando Valley are bracing for long detours as Coldwater Canyon Avenue closes for a month beginning Saturday at 8:30 a.m. In the evenings and on Sundays, one lane in each direction will be...

Los Angeles City Councilman Paul Krekorian inspects the nearly 100-year-old pipe. The new trunk line pipe project will replace a steel water line that was installed in 1914 that ruptured in 2009, sending torrents of water down Coldwater Canyon.

2013-04-05 00:00:00

Families and friends of the victims of last week's electrocution accident attend a press conference where the accident happened on Ben Ave. and Magnolia Blvd. in Valley Village on August 22, 2012.

2012-08-30 17:11:00

Paul Krekorian listens during a Los Angeles City Council meeting.

2012-03-16 00:00:00