Los Angeles/ Community & Society
Published on April 03, 2019
Top LA news: City leaders call for Hotel Bel-Air boycott; suspect arrested in Nipsey Hussle caseHotel Bel-Air. | Photo: Alan Light/Flickr

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Los Angeles, from a man wanted for slashing tires in South LA to a junior hockey team suspended for a Nazi salute posted to social media. 

Suspected gunman arrested in killing of rapper Nipsey Hussle: LAPD

A man suspected of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle over the weekend was arrested in Bellflower on Tuesday following an individual's tip, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

Read the full story on KTLA. 

Slasher terrorizes South LA from the seat of his bike

The Los Angeles Police Department released new photos of a man wanted in a series of slashing attacks around South LA and southeast Los Angeles County.

Read the full story on the Los Angeles Times. 

Los Angeles leaders join call to boycott Hotel Bel-Air, Beverly Hills Hotel over anti-gay laws

Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin and Councilman Paul Koretz called Tuesday for a boycott of the Hotel Bel-Air and the Beverly Hills Hotel owned by the government of Brunei for anti-gay measures in the tiny kingdom making homosexual sex and adultery punishable by death.

Read the full story on NBC Los Angeles. 

Trump returns to LA this week to fundraise for 2020

While he’s quick to criticize “Hollywood liberals,” Donald Trump nonetheless likes to visit when he’s out sniffing around for campaign cash. In town for an April 5 fundraiser with high-dollar donors, the visit marks the president’s third appearance in LA since taking office.

Read the full story on Los Angeles Magazine. 

Jr. Kings hockey team suspended over Nazi salute

A Los Angeles youth hockey team has been suspended over a video posted to social media last month which showed one of its players doing a Nazi salute while others made anti-Semitic remarks.

Watch the full story on KCAL 9.