Newsbeat LA talks to veteran first responder Mike Leum, a 30-year member of the Los Angeles County Search and Rescue Team about the numerous rescues using the IPhone 14 SOS notification and other satellite technology in remote areas where there is no cell phone service or Wi-Fi increasing response times for emergency personnel and saving lives.

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Mother nature is unleashing her fury with a yet another sizable storm starting tomorrow as head into the first week of spring.This powerful weather pattern packs a mean punch with wind whipping rain as high as 80 miles per hour with thunderstorms.I spoke with meteorologist Jason Farhang who gave us an in-depth look at this storm and potentially another one which could make land fall next week.

The showdown between LAUSD and the union that represents service workers such as classroom aids, cafeteria workers, bus drivers and custodians may bring America’s second largest school district to the brink of temporary closure if the union follows through with their threat of a three-day strike starting next Tuesday. The teacher’s union says they will honor picket lines.On Thursday, Sheriff Robert Luna spent his 103rd day in office attending his first Citizens Oversight Commission hearing as the head of the largest Sheriff’s Department in the country. Luna appeared in front of the commission to discuss the highly controversial topic of Deputy gangs within his department.LAPD Chief Michel Moore is in Glendale Arizona this weekend to address members of the Los Angeles Dodgers organization in a think outside of the box to recruit candidates amid a historical staffing crisis.Newsbeat LA spoke with retired LAPD Detective Moses Castillo who told us LAPD has had a tough time recruiting given the current anti-law enforcement environment. We spoke with him about Moore’s efforts in Arizona and the lowering of hiring standards by Mayor Karen Bass.

With yet another significant storm hitting southern California, my recent interview with the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is a must listen to prepare and survive catastrophic conditions.

Former LA Metro CEO Phillip Washington's past is coming back to haunt him during the Senate confirmation hearings. Here is the back-story and what you can expect next as the process continues. The criminal investigation by the California Attorney General continues as confirmed by Senator Ted Cruz at the Senate hearing on March 1st.

Yesterday, the Senate held a confirmation hearing where Cruz grilled Washington specifically about his involvement in the Peace Over Violence Pay-to-Play No Bid Contract criminal investigations and while Washington has made several public statements stating he was not the subject of a criminal investigation by the LA County Sheriff's department, Cruz went on record to confirm the California Attorney General's office informed him Washington was "materially involved" in the on-going criminal case that is expected to "take months" to conclude.

https://thecurrentreport.com/senator-ted-cruz-confirms-via-ca-attorney-general-faa-nominee-phil-washingtons-material-involvement-in-on-going-lasd-criminal-investigation/

Southern California is in the middle of a powerful atomospheric river and arctic blast prompting the first Blizzard Warning in Los Angeles County since 1989. Newsbeat LA host and investigative journalist Cece Woods talks with Mike Leum from the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Search & Rescue Team about critical safety measures to take during this unprecedented weather event in over two decades.