By MARGARET SHUTTLEWORTH | City News Service LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Budget and Finance Committee heard the last round of public comment Thursday on the mayor’s proposed budget for the 2021-22 fiscal year, and many people called in to oppose a 3% increase to the police department’s budget and call for additional funding
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There are two distinct strands to today’s decision by Facebook’s oversight board, which is funded by the social media giant but made up of an independent board. There is the domestic impact and then there is the international precedent it sets. Domestically, it’s clear that Mr Trump is frustrated by his social media ban. Image:
Polling stations have closed on an election day that could have profound implications for the future of the United Kingdom and the Labour Party. Dubbed Super Thursday, the polls closed at 10pm in the largest test of political opinion outside a general election in nearly 50 years. The future of the Labour Party and the
AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron was nearly giddy Thursday, quoting Winston Churchill, trying to top him, talking up a box office recovery, the chain’s expanded market share, cash position and hiring plans and millions of new retail investors who have replaced China’s Wanda Group as its core shareholder base. Like an Oscar acceptance speech, he
InfoSec leaders tend to be a specific type. Their jobs require them to think of possible threats, take actions that may not pay immediate results, plan for unknown security risks, and react quickly when emergencies arise, often before the morning’s first coffee. The high-stakes position also means that CISOs need to keep their knowledge and
WhatsApp is working on a new feature that will suggest stickers based on the words you type, according to a report. The new feature is said to be currently under development and it could be made available to both Android and iOS users. Some references suggesting how the sticker suggestion feature could work have surfaced
Craig Gerdes tells his own love story in his new song “I Could Get Used to This.” The single, due out on Friday (May 7), is premiering exclusively on The Boot. “From the opening lyric, this song is entirely true,” Gerdes tells The Boot. As the song details, the singer and songwriter married his high
Former Iron Man and Marvel Cinematic Universe star Robert Downey Jr. has taken to social media to pay tribute to Jimmy Rich, his longtime personal assistant that tragically passed away in a car accident yesterday, May 5. Rich was the Oscar nominee’s personal assistant for almost two decades, credited with being his right hand man
Man, Alan’s got me teary eyed on a Thursday. A few weeks ago, Alan Jackson released a lyric video for his new song “You’ll Always Be My Baby,” a song he wrote for his daughters’ weddings, and it could make a grown man sweat from his eyes as the video takes you through a timeline
US Agent’s big Captain America debut in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier sparked a ton of conversation among fans. Composer Henry Jackman sat down with Comicbook.com to talk about how he crafted the homage to “Star-Spangled Man” from Captain America: The First Avenger. Now, since the song was first included in Alan Silvestri’s score,
For decades — long before 4/20 became the unofficial weed holiday — New Yorkers of all stripes have gathered on the first Saturday in May to celebrate marijuana and demand its decriminalization at the NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally. Revelers would flout the law, smoking joints in public, under the assumption that there was a
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A driver and her passenger ran from the scene of a two-vehicle crash that killed three men in Anaheim early Tuesday morning, but were later found in the emergency room of a local hospital. Michele Gile reports.
Warning: contains spoilers for the Line of Duty series six finale In preparation for Line of Duty series six, production designer Gillian Devenney and creator Jed Mercurio discussed the character of Detective Superintendent Ian Buckells. An over-promoted dolt around whom smarter officers run rings, how would DSU Buckells decorate his office? Golf was the answer. “The decision to feature
The Bank of England has upgraded its growth forecast for the coronavirus-hit UK economy and signalled it will not raise the interest rate in the near term – despite seeing a looming spike in inflation ahead. The latest meeting of the central bank’s interest rate-setting committee left policy unchanged, with rates remaining at their COVID-19
“Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, we know her as this legend but there is a story to everyone. Her life had so much depth to it, and it came through the music,” says Jennifer Hudson, who portrays Franklin in the new feature film. Directed by Liesl Tommy, the Respect movie — set for a theatrical
Dr. Lucy Jones fondly remembers the days when she would take her children to the Pasadena Central Library. “That’s the building where I taught my kids to read,” she said. “… It was an experience.” It was a moment of added poignancy for the renowned seismology expert, who like many in a city with a
Facebook’s oversight board has upheld the indefinite suspension on former US President Donald Trump. The board has upheld Facebook’s decision on 7 January to restrict Mr Trump’s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account. Mr Trump was banned from a number of social media platforms after his supporters stormed the US
The polls open at 7am today for the biggest set of elections outside a general election in almost 50 years. Voters will cast their ballots despite the many COVID-19 restrictions still in place, with 48 million people given the chance to have their say. In Scotland and Wales, the electorate will decide on their national
While Los Angeles County will wait until tomorrow to loosen business restrictions in accordance with its move into the least-restrictive Yellow tier of the state’s economic-reopening blueprint, Pasadena and Long Beach enacted eased guidelines today, including the reopening of indoor bars. Weekly statistics released by the state Tuesday showed L.A. county’s rate of daily new