Author: 2UrbanGirls

TORRANCE, Calif. – A suspect in a 2005 cold case has entered not guilty pleas on multiple charges tied to the death of Pertina Epps. Charles Wright, 57, has pleaded not guilty to murder, aggravated kidnapping, and oral copulation by force charges Aug. 1 in a Torrance courtroom. Wright was…

COLUMBIANA, Ala. – Just days after city officials confirmed a text message containing a racist joke sent by a Vincent police officer, the city council approved a resolution to proceed with the termination of Police Chief James Srygley and Assistant chief John L. Goss and to disband the police department, Mayor James…

Dear 2UrbanGirls, We are surprised you haven’t looked into the gaggle of fools enjoined to a lawsuit on behalf of Mark Ridley-Thomas’ fight over his suspension from LA City Council. Rev. K.W. Tullos, Joy Atkinson, Pastor William Smart, and the rest of them are believed to have been on the…

INGLEWOOD – Authorities have finally released the identity of a man found dead in the lake at SoFi Stadium July 6. Javier Bautista-Reyes, 45, was identified after it took authorities a month to locate his next of kin. His cause of death was not identified as a drowning. It is…

LOS ANGELES – Charges could be filed as early as Monday against a registered nurse from Houston who is suspected of speeding a Mercedes through a Windsor Hills intersection Thursday, sparking a fiery crash that killed six people — including an infant and a pregnant woman. Nicole Lorraine Linton, 37,…

INGLEWOOD – Despite the Inglewood Transit Connector not being fully funded the City is pressing forward with lining up consultants to provide “relocation” services for properties slated for eminent domain. The Aug. 9 regular city council agenda details a $700,000 contract to Del Richardson & Associates and six other firms…

COMMERCE, Calif – The District filed a lawsuit against Director Vasquez for two videos she made and some letters she sent to our purveyors/cities. The District received phone calls and in one case a cease and desist letter advising that the District could face litigation for the false claims that…

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced today his office has filed charges against a man accused of assaulting a woman in a Hollywood parking garage last week. “Violence not only harms individual victims but also disrupts our entire community’s sense of safety,” District Attorney Gascón said. “Fortunately, this…

INGLEWOOD, Calif. – Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced that his office today charged a woman with assaulting a 53-year-old transgender woman in Inglewood earlier this year. “Unfortunately, hate crimes continue to plague Los Angeles County and inflict harm on the most vulnerable members of these targeted communities,”…

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles CIty Council will let voters decide in 2024 whether hotels should be required to offer vacant rooms to the homeless after a union representing hospitality workers presented an ordinance on the matter to the voting body. The citizen-initiated petition, filed in June, collected over…

LOS ANGELES – Six people, including an infant and a pregnant woman, were killed and eight other people were injured in a fiery multi-vehicle crash caused by a speeding car that ran a red light in the unincorporated Windsor Hills area. The pregnant woman who died was identified Friday by…

Dear 2urbangirls, I see you reported that Pinner Construction filed a lawsuit against the Community College District for a project at Valley College? I believe Senator candidate Sydney Kamlager was a member of the board at the time the contract was awarded. in fact, she served from 2015 – 2018…

GARDENA, Calif. – It is being reported a well-known fruit vendor was killed during an attempted robbery in the city of Gardena Thursday night and allegedly in front of his daughter. :  Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Homicide investigators responded to a shooting death investigation. The incident was reported at approximately 5:51 p.m.,…

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Congresswoman Nanette Diaz Barragán joined 75 of her colleagues, and the Congressional Progressive, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Pacific American Caucuses to call on congressional leadership to include people without health insurance in any legislation that limits out-of-pocket costs for insulin.  In their letter to Speaker Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Schumer,…

Pinner Construction is alleging corruption and fraud resulted in cheating taxpayers out of $20 million in funds on building a theatre for the Community College District, while the company is at the center of a lawsuit between the longtime treasurer of Inglewood against the City. Nine time elected treasurer Wanda…