Illegal Parties

A skateboarding world champion is among five people prosecutors in Southern California have charged with organizing parties that were possible superspreader events amid the pandemic. Nyjah Huston, a four-time world skateboarding champion, and Edward Essa, the owner of a home in the Fairfax District in Los Angeles, held a party last month with at least 40 people that was shut…

The 67 arrests were made at parties late Saturday and early Sunday, Deputy Joana Warren of the sheriff’s department said. A third party monitored by authorities was shut down by Los Angeles Police Department officers after a shooting occurred nearby, Warren said.

With planned holiday parties threatening the spread of COVID-19, Airbnb announced Thursday a plan to prevent illegal gatherings over the New Year’s Eve holiday period at its short-term rental home listings in Los Angeles and elsewhere.

“The new nightclub” is how some neighbors describe the illegal parties at short term rentals in the Hollywood Hills. Police said the number of phone calls about these parties doubled over Memorial Day weekend. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Tuesday May 26, 2020

After an accidental shooting at an illegal house party tast weekend, police are trying to stop party houses during the pandemic. Lolita Lopez reports for the NBC4 I-Team on Wednesday, May 20, 2020.