Jasmyne Cannick

A longtime undercover operative for the Los Angeles Police Department has filed a claim against the city of Los Angeles, alleging he was stiffed by the department on his payment for the 2016 bust of a Skid Row drug kingpin that brought in almost $2 million and made headlines around the world....

On Thursday morning, April 12, nearly a dozen people woke up in new surroundings at a motel in Long Beach after being relocated by the city of Los Angeles out of a filthy, dilapidated house on Crenshaw Boulevard. The men and women, including 56-year-old former comedian Vincent Cook, were facing eviction and sudden homelessness after what they and their attorney are calling a room-for-rent scam run by a woman who claims to operate transitional housing....

About a dozen tenants of a ramshackle house on Crenshaw Boulevard are facing eviction and stuck in the middle of a bureaucratic blame game after their property manager failed to pay rent and abandoned the house....