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Pat Rusell was the first woman to serve as president of the council in Los Angeles. NBC4 News reports at 11 p.m. on Feb. 14, 2021.

Holly Hunter will star opposite Ted Danson in an upcoming NBC comedy set in the world of local politics. The network said Wednesday that Hunter will play a liberal Los Angeles city councilwoman in the series from writer-producers Tina Fey and Robert Carlock.

Arraignment is set Monday for a reputed gang member charged with killing a USC jazz student, who was the son of an Oakland city councilwoman, during an attempted robbery just blocks from campus.

A proposed ordinance that would give law enforcement the authority to order homeless people out of encampments located in brush areas on high-risk fire days is being considered Wednesday by the Los Angeles City Council.

A Los Angeles City Council committee Tuesday requested a report on what resources would be needed to create a pilot program that would hire homeless people for cleanup efforts around the city.

The Long Beach main library set to re-open in September would be named after tennis legend — and Long Beach native — Billie Jean King under a proposal announced Thursday by City Councilwoman Jeannine Pearce.

A 23-year-old alleged gang member has been charged with murder in the shooting of the son of an Oakland city councilwoman who was a USC jazz student in an apparent robbery attempt blocks from the campus.

Witnesses were visibly shaken Friday evening after a gunman opened fire on the Virginia Beach Municipal Building, killing 11 people and injuring at least six others. 30-year-old Megan Banton called 911 after she heard gunshots and her supervisor gathered her and others into a barricaded office, according to the Virginia-Pilot. “It felt like forever,” Banton told the local newspaper. Sheila...

Police in Virginia Beach, Virginia, say 12 people were killed and at least four injured after a shooter opened fire at a municipal center. The shooter also died.

The Los Angeles City Council Tuesday approved a $50,000 reward for information leading to a conviction in the killing of a USC jazz student — the son of an Oakland city councilwoman — in an apparent robbery attempt blocks from the campus.

The idea to build a two-story complex to temporarily house the homeless in Riverside has many residents worrying it will jeopardize their safety.

A Craigslist ad shows that someone was trying to rent out tents in Whittier set up next to a bust boulevard for profit, but the person who owns the tents said he never put up the ad, and only wants to help the homeless. Mekahlo Medina reports for the NBC4 News at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 17, 2019.

A USC student, who was the son of an Oakland city councilwoman, was shot and killed in a robbery attempt. Kim Tobin reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Mar. 10, 2019.

A USC student, who was the son of an Oakland city councilwoman, was killed in a robbery attempt. Kim Tobin reports for NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Mar. 10, 2019.

A student at the University of Southern California, who has been identified as the son of an Oakland city councilwoman by NBC Bay Area, was shot and killed Sunday morning, authorities said.

With hundreds of illegal marijuana shops continuing to operate in the city, a Los Angeles City Council committee will vote Tuesday on an ordinance aimed at cracking down on the businesses by shutting off their utilities.

The briefly-discontinued Palm Springs Buzz trolley service will return a week from Thursday following six months of inactivity, providing free service to riders throughout the downtown area.

A man charged in a series of attacks in Los Angeles and Santa Monica that left four men dead and eight other people injured — some of whom were homeless — pleaded not guilty Thursday to capital murder and other charges, and indicated that he may want to settle his case without going to trial.

The Los Angeles Police Department’s Operations-Valley Bureau Human Trafficking Task Force marked its third anniversary Friday, with officials saying it has resulted in 1,717 arrests related to human trafficking, pimping, lewd conduct and other acts.

Following several serious or deadly attacks on homeless people in recent weeks, a Los Angeles city councilwoman introduced a resolution Wednesday supporting any legislation that would add homeless people to the list of those protected by the state’s hate crime law.