A 29-year-old man was arrested Sunday, April 21, on suspicion of breaking into Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s home in the Hancock Park neighborhood, authorities said. Around 6:40 a.m., the intruder broke into the Getty House — the official residence of the mayor of Los Angeles, located at 605 South Irving Boulevard — said Deputy … Read more
Former City of Nedlands councillor Andrew Mangano claims the city has “unreasonably” held documents from him ahead of his defamation trial brought on by a Jutland Parade property owner. Paul and Meredith McGarry are suing the former Nedlands council representative over claims he defamed them in notices of motion he presented to the council in … Read more
The City of Joondalup has taken down a lakeside fence it installed only a month ago to protect wildlife. The fence’s installation was authorised under delegated authority of the CEO, rather than being brought to the council. Its installation and subsequent removal, plus returning the area to its original state, cost the city $4910 including … Read more
Used meth pipes in the trash can, drug stashes beneath the stairs, prone bodies in the middle of the street. “My kids are growing up with people overdosing and doing drugs right in front of their eyes,” said a South Laguna dad with a state-licensed detox center across the street. The city of Beverly Hills … Read more
City of Joondalup CEO James Pearson has survived a coup from council members. Seven of the city’s 13 elected members called for a special meeting on April 2 to vote on a proposal to strip some of the CEO’s delegated authority. The meeting was called by Crs Daniel Kingston, Rohan O’Neill, John Raftis, Christopher May, … Read more
China has rolled out new rules to strengthen its nationwide network of community workers, the group that was once key to enforcing its “zero-Covid” strategies on the ground. The stronger network would aim to “maintain social stability and consolidate the party’s long-term rule”, China’s cabinet and the ruling Communist Party’s central decision-making body said in … Read more
The City of Cockburn’s credit card spending will be audited to ensure that the more than a million dollars being racked up each year is being spent “wisely” and “ethically”. The council approved the terms of reference on Tuesday night for an “external and independent” auditor to examine the southern suburbs council’s expenditure. FOLLOW US … Read more
A bid to dramatically increase the pay packets of councillors in Perth’s biggest councils has been rejected by the independent salaries tribunal, saying all local governments faced “unique challenges”. The proposal, made by the City of Stirling, was to create a special group of just four councils — Joondalup, Wanneroo, Swan as well as Stirling … Read more
Moss Vale mother-of-four Kylie Smith was feeding her four-week-old daughter at home when she noticed her baby was going “blue in the face”. She rushed her to the hospital, where little Laurah-Rose Geenen was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease and hypertension — a condition which, at the time, Smith had no idea about, nor what … Read more
A vacant Cloverdale site could soon be redeveloped into a five-storey community home for young people with disabilities. The proposed $4 million redevelopment would see the site, located at 362 Abernethy Road just 250m from Belmont Forum, transformed into a community home with specialist disability accommodation and overnight assistance facilities. FOLLOW US ON GOOGLE NEWS … Read more
