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Rapper Lil Durk’s racketeering trial has been postponed until August 2027. On Wednesday, attorneys for Lil Durk, whose legal name is Durk Banks, requested a new trial date for charges contained in the fourth superseding indictment. Co-defendants DeAndre Wilson and David Lindsey’s attorneys joined the request. The filing comes after the court scheduled a Nov. 4 bond hearing, leading the public to speculate whether the Oct. 5 trial would be delayed.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed landmark legislation on Wednesday that he hopes will help save the gutted news media industry. Assembly Bill 2222, also called the Community Newsroom Employment and Workforce Sustainability Act, will provide “job retention credit” of $20,000 per journalist for up to five positions, and after that, $15,000 for every additional journalist. Part-time positions will be awarded half-credits.

At a Jewish community forum in Sherman Oaks, the candidates also fielded questions about antisemitism, BDS, homelessness and the 2028 Olympics. Karen Bass and Nithya Raman shared a stage Tuesday night at the Jewish Los Angeles Mayoral Forum, though not at the same time. Each candidate sat for a separate, back-to-back conversation with Spectrum News anchor Alex Cohen. The event was co-hosted by Jewish Federation Los Angeles, the Skirball Cultural Center and other organizations.

The Los Angeles Public Library was scheduled to hold an event for Read Palestine Week on December 6, 2025, where authors Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad were set to have a discussion with young readers regarding their literary works and Palestinian livelihood. According to a social media post from Matari, the event was abruptly cancelled three days prior to the date. Both authors received emails from the LAPL saying the event would not take place without offering an explanation.

Korean fried chicken isn’t just another food trend in Los Angeles – it’s a full-blown culinary war, and nowhere does it better than Koreatown. Crunchy, succulent, bites sized flavor bombs of umami makes them a truely craveable delight that simply hits the right spot. With so many options in just a small square footage in central Los Angeles, we’ve put together your guide on the best places to get your Korean fried chicken fix, and where to go for specific tastes.

A federal judge has approved a settlement in the antitrust case challenging Paramount Skydance’s proposed acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), removing a final legal hurdle to the merger. The order, signed Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, said the proposed consent decree represented a reasonable resolution of the dispute. “The Court finds the proposed consent decree represents a reasonable factual and legal resolution of the dispute,” the ruling states.

L.A. Metro Board Chair Mayor Karen Bass signed an order to invest one million dollars in the non-profit event CicLAvia and other open and slow streets events. The funding will support additional events through July 2028, leading up to L.A.’s Summer Olympics and Paralympics. “As a lifelong biker and native Angeleno, I know how important open and slow streets events like CicLAvia are to our city and the L.A. region.

A newly obtained account of Jane Doe’s 2024 police statement is providing more detail about the media-dubbed “Cornell Seven” case and what the former Cornell University student told law enforcement roughly one month after the alleged incident. Los Angeles reviewed Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten’s detailed account of the six-page sworn statement and compared it with the allegations Doe makes nearly two years later in the 101-page civil lawsuit.

A South Los Angeles community has created a memorial for Luna, a 4-month-old baby who was discovered in a garbage bin across from Holmes Avenue Elementary School. Angelenos from the neighborhood and beyond have traveled to the site to leave flowers and gifts and light candles for the child. “People don’t even live here and they came,” neighbor Meme Johnson told Los Angeles.

Newport whale watchers were in for a surprise this Monday when a pod of 10 to 13 killer whales breached the surface off the coast of Orange County. Unlike blue whales, finback whales, gray whales, and humpback whales, which are all common off the Southern coast of California depending on the season, Killer Whales are considered a rarity. This specific pod of killer whales was identified by Newport Landing Whale Watching as a group that normally hunts off the coast of Mexico and Central America.