Music
More details about Liam Payne’s death emerge: Argentine officials have charged three suspects in connection with the pop star’s sudden demise.
Liam Payne has died at age 31. The British singer-songwriter, formerly with the boy band One Direction, fell from the balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires.
Lana Del Rey reveals she and husband Jeremy Dufrene are ‘very happy’ as she confirms their marriage and bashes paparazzi for allegedly invading her privacy.
Housing & Homelessness
The city of Norwalk has passed one of California’s most drastic anti-homeless laws in recent memory. Gov. Gavin Newsom is threatening a lawsuit and homeless people wonder where they will sleep.
Entertainment & Arts
Surveillance video of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs confirms singer Cassie’s allegations that he brutally assaulted her as she tried to leave a hotel in Los Angeles.
Business
Construction is underway on a $300 million hotel next to SoFi Stadium, the latest addition to Rams owner Stan Kroenke’s sprawling mixed-use development in Inglewood.
The minimum wage for workers at larger hotels and LAX would rise to $30 an hour by 2028 under a proposal to be voted on by the L.A. City Council.
Politics
Marisela Olvera, a 12-year employee of Trump International Hotel Las Vegas, has been knocking on doors in Las Vegas for Vice President Kamala Harris.
INDUSTRY UPDATES
The Regent brand has returned to the shores of the United States with the opening of Regent Santa Monica Beach, part of IHG Hotels & Resorts’ luxury and lifestyle portfolio.
California
The developers contracted to build housing on the VA’s West Los Angeles campus have said veterans have no interest in a hotel being built on the property, but leaked results of an internal survey show a large majority do.