In May 2024, Shams was also sentenced to five years in prison in connection with a 2017 plea in New York to conspiracy to commit money laundering, conspiracy to pay and receive kickbacks, and defrauding the United States by obstructing the lawful functions of the IRS. Three years of that sentence will run consecutively to his California sentence.

Tourism officials are looking for signs of what short- and long-term toll the wildfires that struck the Los Angeles area may take on its prowess as a tourism destination.

The Palisades and Eaton fires, which continue to ravage large parts of Southern California, serve as stark reminders of the systemic failures in disaster management under capitalism.

Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles ... Newsom ordered shutdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. About 3 million workers were idled ...

On March 11, it will be five years since the declaration of covid-19 or novel coronavirus as a pandemic by World Health Organization, and when it was announced by WHO on 5 May 2023 that ‘The head of

Just when many restaurants had turned the corner of surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, some near the fire zones in Los Angeles County are feeling the same burden all over again. The doors are open but no one is coming in.

When Gov. Gavin Newsom met President Trump at the foot of Air Force One in Los Angeles on Friday, some Democrats say it weakened his typically bullish approach. Newsom, who thanked Trump for coming to the state to tour areas ravaged by wildfires,

stressed that the Los Angeles community will need donations to last beyond the immediate aftermath of the wildfires. She compared the disaster relief to the Covid-19 pandemic. “In the early days, people would have said, well, we just need protective gear ...

As the Los Angeles wildfires rage on, charring more than 40,000 acres and destroying 12,000 structures, News Channel 3 has followed several evacuees fleeing to the desert. Now, some local realtors say they expect the housing market to change because of it,

FilmLA's annual on-location production report shows shoot days in Los Angeles were the lowest since 1995, except for the Covid year of 2020.

Three days after immensely destructive and deadly wildfires broke out in and around Los Angeles ... Newsom ordered shutdowns to battle the COVID-19 pandemic. About 3 million workers were idled ...

Scores nationwide and in California have yet to rebound from pandemic-era declines. Some outcomes continue to get worse. Low math and English scores, California and L.A. included, mark the nation's report card.