The Ivory, a 48‑room boutique, quietly opened in Koreatown at 457 S. Mariposa Ave. The property replaces the Shelter Hotel and features a rooftop deck, pool and rotating local art.

A Culver City animal control officer was arrested after claiming to be an off‑duty cop and interrupting an LASD traffic stop in Windsor Hills.

Antico Nuovo alum Bradley Ray has launched Henry’s Secret Ice Cream — tiny weekly drops and Friday–Saturday pickups on the Sunset Strip. Pints move fast.

Viceroy Santa Monica and More Than Matcha team up for a monthlong Sugar Palm pop-up beginning May 2, featuring a Tropical Mango Matcha and a public morning launch. The menu highlights cream-top Summer Cloud drinks and at-home whisking kits.

Maurice “Mopreme” Shakur filed a wrongful‑death suit in Los Angeles naming Duane “Keffe D” Davis and John Does 1–100, citing grand‑jury transcripts and documentary evidence. The filing arrives as Davis heads to trial this summer.

Freddy Snyder is scheduled to be arraigned April 29 on murder and related charges after Caltech scientist Carl Grillmair was found shot on his Llano porch on Feb. 16.

Mostly sunny and mid‑70s today in Downtown LA; late‑day gusts possible. Boaters should note small craft advisories.

A dirt bike rider led CHP on a chase through South L.A. and Compton Tuesday evening, ending in an arrest near Alondra Boulevard.

Prosecutors seized about $2.04 million from a Pasadena wound‑care clinic after filings say the clinic billed Medicare millions for skin‑graft treatments investigators say didn’t occur.

JPMorgan Chase was named the Olympics’ first global banking partner and a founding LA28 sponsor, pledging athlete programs and local investments tied to the 2028 Games.

An unidentified passenger fell from a stateroom balcony aboard the Carnival Firenze off Catalina Island and died; federal agents have joined the investigation.

A juvenile was stabbed Monday night in downtown Long Beach; police arrested a nearby suspect and investigators are still working to determine a motive.

Heavy attic smoke sent LAFD crews to a Koreatown apartment on James M Wood Blvd early Tuesday. Crews moved into an offensive attack to contain the fire.