Deerfield Center would replace Deerfield Plaza with a five-story, 369-unit building and roughly 20,000 sq ft of retail, developers say. A community meeting was held in early April.

Metro sold about $900M in Measure R‑backed bonds to refund older debt and help fund a subway extension to UCLA and the 2028 Olympic Village.

Former Nebraska and Seahawks safety Rickey Thenarse was shot in South Los Angeles and rushed to surgery, sources say. Detectives are investigating; no arrests have been announced.

Disney is preparing another round of layoffs at its Burbank operations as marketing teams are centralized; reports say cuts could reach roughly 1,000 roles.

Onni Group has started demolition at the Marina Shores site on PCH to make way for a five‑story, 600‑unit apartment complex. The teardown starts visible construction on a six‑acre parcel.

A 35-year-old woman was killed at her Sylmar home Wednesday night; LAPD says her boyfriend fled and is being sought.

County officials identified the man killed in a late-night Lynwood shooting as 32-year-old Salvador Ortega Sandoval. Detectives are asking anyone with information or footage to contact LASD Homicide.

A Woodland Hills man was sentenced to 18 years for running a network of clinics that prosecutors say funneled thousands of illegal oxycodone pills nationwide.

LA28 pledged to direct 75% of its addressable contracts to Greater Los Angeles vendors and 25% to small businesses, and offered training and registration guidance for suppliers.

A City Controller review found $80.4M idle in special accounts and urged Mayor and Council to repurpose the balances to ease a looming budget gap.

County plans to drain Big Tujunga and Pacoima for multi‑year sediment removal. Foothill residents warn the timing could weaken firefighting capacity after recent blazes.

Crab N' Spice is opening at Cudahy Plaza (8017 Atlantic Ave., Suite 103); franchisee Kevin Maranan expects a spring opening for the seafood boil spot.

Facing a tight budget and recruitment headaches, Mayor Karen Bass told The Times she has scaled back LAPD plans: the priority is to stop the department from shrinking.