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The spending targets getting thousands of homeless off the streets. Robert Kovacik reported on NBC4 News on Monday, April 19, 2021.

According to the mayor, in anticipation of the holiday, Los Angeles City Attorney Mike Feuer asked Eventbrite to remove invitations to New Year’s Eve parties from its website. And Garcetti said the Los Angeles Police Department “will have a significant deployment” to find and stop large gatherings and parties.

An initiative designed to provide assistance for people struggling in the restaurant industry launched Monday in Los Angeles.

The mayor warmed that 3,000 people could die due to COVID-19 in LA County in December alone, which would match the city’s murders for a decade. Robert Kovacik reported on NBC4 News on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced an initiative Wednesday designed to provide assistance for people struggling in the restaurant industry.

Mayor Eric Garcetti Friday announced a program for motorists to receive a $20 discount on certain traffic citations if they are paid within 48 hours.

Mayor Eric Garcetti, at a Wednesday, news conference, said the city’s COVID-19 testing sites will be closed Saturday and Sunday due to the extreme heat advisory, when temperatures are expected to reach the low 100s.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that he signed an executive directive to make city services more accessible online and contact-free whenever possible amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Garcetti said people can already pay bills online, and contact-free pickup services of materials from libraries is available, but “this directive is a critical step to not only modernize government but to keep us…

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that he authorized shutting off utility services at a home in the Hollywood Hills that’s been the site of raucous parties despite a ban on large gatherings during the coronavirus pandemic. “Despite several warnings, this house has turned into a nightclub in the hills, hosting large gatherings in flagrant violation of our...

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he has convened a national coalition of scientists, bioscience firms and government leaders to explore and develop rapid at-home coronavirus testing methods. “Last week, I brought together this group for the first time … a grassroots effort to accelerate the science of testing so that we can know where outbreaks are quickly and,…

Homes that are confirmed to be hosting parties by the Los Angeles Police Department will have their utilities cut, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday in the wake of reports of parties during the coronavirus pandemic in recent days. The mayor said that he had authorized the Department of Water and Power to cut utilities within 48 hours after…

The LAPD makes a pivot in philosophy of the department. Eric Leonard reported on NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2020.

The Los Angeles Police Department has created a new bureau to expand one of the Department’s most successful crime-fighting initiatives, the Community Safety Partnership, which has focused on building relationships between a handful of specially selected officers and residents, and in particular, the neighborhoods’ youth. The new group will be headed by Emada E. Tingirides, who was recently promoted...

As officials announce that Los Angeles reopened too quickly and may be on the brink of new shutdown orders, the governor of California Monday clarified guidelines for barbershops and hair salons regarding outdoor services in counties on the watch list. Monday, Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s coronavirus site released guidelines for personal care services for counties including Los...

Mayor Eric Garcetti conceded Sunday that Los Angeles reopened too quickly and again warned that the city was “on the brink” of new shutdown orders as the coronavirus continues to surge in California. Appearing on CNN, Garcetti was asked about a Los Angeles Times editorial that criticized the rapid reopening of California, which was followed by a spike in new COVID-19 cases...

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced sweeping reforms. Robert Kovacik reported on NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2020.

Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday he will not authorize an increase of the Los Angeles Police Department’s budget for the 2020-21 fiscal year and is temporarily prohibiting officers from entering names into a statewide gang database. “To the men and women of our Los Angeles Police Department, we ask so much of you, and never more than in these...

Thousands thronged the streets of Los Angeles in peaceful protests Tuesday and smaller demonstrations dotted California while authorities renewed overnight curfews in LA and other areas that have seen clashes with police and groups of thieves wreck hundreds of businesses. There were several sizable demonstrations in Los Angeles and Mayor Eric Garcetti took a knee at one while in a…

Mayor Eric Garcetti said Tuesday he still has confidence in Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore, despite his comments when he equated looting to the in-custody death of George Floyd. “I’ve known this man’s heart for decades. He was the person brought in after the Rampart scandal to clean up that station as a captain,” Garcetti said of...