LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The family of William Dixon and the Los Angeles Police Department’s Missing Person Unit are asking for the public’s help to locate Dixon.
Category: Local Politics
Assessor urges property owners to seek tax relief from Powerhouse fire damage
The Office of the Los Angeles County Assessor is urging property owners affected by the Powerhouse fire to contact local assessor offices for information and assistance about tax relief for property damage of $10,000 or more. Structures may qualify for tax relief.
Mayor Parris seeks report on county reforms after Fernandez death
At the Lancaster City Council meeting Tuesday night, Mayor R. Rex Parris called on the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) to report on reforms being made in the system following the alleged murder of young Gabriel Fernandez.
Couple charged with felony child abuse
Two adults were arraigned in the Antelope Valley Superior Court Monday for two counts of felony child abuse.
Lancaster receives grant to fund plan for ‘Safe Routes to School’
Lancaster will begin developing a Safe Routes to School plan, with the receipt of a $475,000 Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) grant from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health to fund the process.
Drug Take Back Day set at Edwards AFB
Edwards AFB will give the public an opportunity to turn in expired, unused, and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications today from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Exchange lobby at 240 W. Fitzgerald Blvd., No. 6001, Edwards. This service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.
Ralphs closes one store but re-opens another
As protesters were planning a rally at the Ralphs market on the corner of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Western Avenue on Thursday, June 13, the grocery company was putting the final touches on the “grand re-opening” of another supermarket in Baldwin Hills at 5080 Rodeo Road.
Larenz Tate to keynote 6th annual Fatherhood Solution Conference
Larenz Tate, whose acting credits include the television show “Rescue Me” and films such as “Ray,” “Love Jones,” “Crash,” and “Menace II Society,” will keynote the 6th Annual Fatherhood Solution Conference hosted by the Children’s Institute Inc.
Juneteenth celebrations throughout the Southland
Juneteenth is a worldwide African American celebration commemorating the date (June 19) in 1865 when many slaves in Texas learned they had been freed by the Emancipation Proclamation (Jan. 1, 1863), two and a half years after President Lincoln issued the document.
A more perfect Union serves the unbanked and underbanked
Union Bank of California has a successful history of fostering economic sustainability in the regions its serves, particularly providing financial services to so-called “underbanked” and even “unbanked” communities, including portions of south and east Los Angeles.

