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Today’s Big Stories
1. LA Council calls for Olympic zoning exemptions to support event structures
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday advanced a proposal to establish an ordinance allowing temporary and permanent construction of facilities, installations and or activities for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In a 14-0 vote, council members instructed the City Attorney’s Office and Department of City Planning to draft the Olympic/Paralympic Zoning Exemption Ordinance, which aims to streamline and expedite various structures for the international event such as public bathrooms, fan zones, training facilities, security checks, broadcast and media centers, live sites and transit infrastructure.
Councilman Curren Price was absent during the vote.
2. LA County supervisors want probe of alleged fraud in $4B sex abuse settlement
The county Board of Supervisors on Tuesday directed its attorneys to investigate allegations that some people included in a landmark $4 billion settlement of sex abuse claims against county workers were paid to file lawsuits and become plaintiffs in the litigation.
“Fraudulent claims do a grave disservice to survivors of childhood sexual abuse and to taxpayers,” Supervisor Kathryn Barger said in a statement after the unanimous board vote. “This motion ensures we are protecting both by holding bad actors accountable while maintaining the integrity of a process designed to deliver justice and healing.”
The investigation follows a Los Angeles Times report earlier this month that some plaintiffs in the sweeping sex abuse settlement were paid by vendors to sue the county, and in at least two cases, fabricate claims so they could become plaintiffs.
3. Mark Sanchez sued by truck driver allegedly attacked
Perry Tole, the man who was allegedly attacked by former USC and NFL quarterback Mark Sanchez, filed a lawsuit against Sanchez and Fox Corporation in which he claimed he “suffered severe permanent disfigurement.”
Tole filed the lawsuit in Indiana’s Marion County Superior Court and in it asked for punitive and compensatory damages from Sanchez for “assault and battery” and Fox Corporation for “negligent hiring, retention and supervision.”
On Monday, prosecutors charged Sanchez with felony battery after an altercation he had with the 69-year-old truck driver in downtown Indianapolis that left both men with stab wounds. Sanchez was initially charged with misdemeanors and posted a $300 bond.
4. Surfrider: 70% of California’s sandy beaches to vanish by 2100
More than half of America’s sandy beaches will be lost by 2100 due to climate-driven sea level rise, with that number at 70% in California, a nationally recognized environmental group said Tuesday.
The Surfrider Foundation’s 2025 State of the Beach Report also highlights how coastal communities are successfully fighting back with nature-based solutions, even as federal climate support dwindles.
The foundation said erosion of sandy beaches is a normal coastal process, but climate change is intensifying and compounding its impacts, leading to sea levels rising more quickly and more frequent extreme weather events.
In this file image taken with a drone, a mass of debris is seen along a cliff beneath residential homes after a landslide occurred in San Clemente, Calif. on March 16, 2023. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Your Notes for Tomorrow
- U.S. Supreme Court to hear GOP Rep. Michael Bost’s challenge to mail-in voting
- Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee’s probe into the Jeffrey Epstein controversy
- Federal Open Market Committee meeting minutes and economic forecast to be published
- Competency hearing set for man charged with murdering Los Angeles bishop
- Forbes World’s Best Employers List to be published
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry to be announced
- Draconids meteor shower due to peak
In Case You Missed It
Rene Amy holds a hose watering some of the trees at a kids summer camp in Altadena. (Spectrum News/Jo Kwon)
While it is estimated that tens of thousands of trees were lost during the Eaton Fire in Altadena in January, there are still many that have survived. The problem is, they need water.
That’s where Altadena’s tree stewards come in.
Amigos de los Rios, an Altadena-based environmental nonprofit building a natural green network of infrastructure in the Los Angeles Basin known as the “Emerald Necklace,” has been in emergency watering mode since about mid-June.
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