LA County Registrar: ‘All Hands On Deck’ To Address Voting Machine Issues...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Los Angeles County Registrar’s Office is promising changes after a David Goldstein investigation last year criticized their new election machines. The report put the blame on...
View ArticleDavid Goldstein Investigation: LA County Charter Schools Received Over $78...
We found nearly $78 million in PPP money going to LA Charter Schools, with over $4.5 million alone going to Palisades Charter High, even though it is receiving all of its public funding.
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Sheriff Villanueva’s Chief Of Staff Reassigned After Social Media Posts About...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva’s chief of staff is being reassigned after comments he made on the CBS Los Angeles Facebook page about Andres Guardado, an 18-year-old...
View ArticleDespite Funding Cuts, LAPD Stuck With $10M Electric BMW Pilot Program
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The “Defund The Police” movement has prompted the city to cut $150 million from the LAPD budget. But what about those expensive electric BMWs that were exposed in several David...
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‘Complete Giveaway Of Taxpayer Dollars’: LADWP Pays Over 1K Employees To Stay...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — While a number of Angelenos have been called back to work in the midst of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, a David Goldstein investigation found that more than 1,000 Los Angeles...
View ArticleDavid Goldstein Investigation: Bags Of Mail Piling Up At LA Post Offices
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Post office sources say over the past few weeks dozens of sorting machines have been dismantled and mailboxes taken away around the Los Angeles area. David Goldstein says despite...
View ArticleOC Family On The Hook For $4,400 Bill Claiming They Used Equivalent Of 50...
GARDEN GROVE (CBSLA) – The Do family lives in a modest single-family home in Orange County. Their backyard is all artificial turf. Every two months, they get a water bill from the city of Garden Grove....
View ArticleUnemployment Insurance Scammers Targeting Unoccupied Homes
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The California Employment Development Department (EDD) has admitted to having 1 million claims that are still pending. But one local woman says she’s getting dozens and dozens of...
View ArticleGoldstein Investigates: COVID-19 Testing Lab For LAUSD Students Linked To...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Los Angeles Unified School District’s choice for its coronavirus testing lab for hundreds of thousands of students is raising questions. The lab just opened up and the founder...
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Goldstein Investigates: EDD Claims Filed On Behalf Of Children Raise Questions
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A Fresno girl who just celebrated her first birthday is collecting $167 per week in unemployment benefits after a claim was filed on her behalf stating that she was an unemployed...
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‘Absolutely Stunning’: Lawmakers React To Goldstein Investigation Into Minors...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Lawmakers want answers after a recent David Goldstein investigation found that children as young as 1-year-old were collecting unemployment benefits. An investigation by CBS Los...
View ArticleFraudsters Used ID Of Convicted Murderer Scott Peterson, Other Inmates In...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Officials now say California’s prisoner unemployment insurance fraud could reach a billion dollars. Investigative reporter David Goldstein obtained inside information that shows...
View Article‘An Information Coverup’: New Study Says California’s EDD Fraud Could Top $8B
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Unemployment insurance fraud in the state could top $8 billion, according to a new study from the California Center for Jobs and the Economy. According to the report, billions of...
View ArticleMetro Bus Drivers Overworked As Employees Call Out Sick With COVID, Other...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Hundreds of Los Angeles Metro bus drivers have contracted COVID since the outbreak began – and now a David Goldstein investigation has found some healthy drivers who say safety is...
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Metro Bus Drivers Say Safety Is Being Compromised With About 800 Operators...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Additional Metro Los Angeles bus drivers have come forward, saying they too have been ordered to work six-day weeks to cover for hundreds out sick with COVID-19. FILE: A Metro Los...
View ArticleBuyer Beware: COVID Vaccines Netting Big Bucks Online
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The shortage of COVID-19 vaccines has prompted some to try and get it on the black market. Investigative reporter David Goldstein says business is apparently booming, but buyers...
View ArticleLA County Looks To Strengthen Mask Policy For Metro Bus Riders In Response To...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – There’s new reaction tonight to our CBS2 investigation on Metro bus drivers forced to work extra days to cover for those out sick suffering from COVID. Investigative reporter...
View ArticleGoldstein Investigates: Shoulder Injury Linked To COVID Vaccination From...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — As millions are awaiting their COVID-19 vaccines, one Los Angeles man is warning people that who gives the shot could make a difference. Healthcare worker Sung Cho said he...
View ArticleGoldstein Investigation: LA Mayor’s Fund Takes In Record $66M During Pandemic
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The Mayor’s Fund For Los Angeles has taken in tens of millions of dollars since the outbreak of COVID-19. But where is the money going? Investigative reporter David Goldstein...
View ArticleCOVID Relief Funds Spent On Private Security For Animal, Homeless Shelters,...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – While Congress is debating the new $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill, investigative reporter David Goldstein wanted to find out how previous money was spent in LA – and he...
View ArticleFrench Bulldogs Stolen In Lady Gaga Robbery Go For Big Bucks
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The dogs sell for $5,000 and up and are so popular experts say thieves are targeting French bulldogs. SPCA-LA president Madeline Bernstein says what happened to Lady Gaga’s dogs...
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‘It’s Indefensible’: VA Spent Millions In Taxpayer Dollars To Perform...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has spent millions in taxpayer dollars to perform laboratory tests on cats at three facilities nationwide — including a secretive lab at...
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Corona PD Releases Body Camera Video From Response To Fatal 2019 Shooting At...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Police body camera video released Monday shows the moments after an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer shot and killed a man inside of a Corona Costco in 2019. In the...
View ArticleVeterans Affairs Ends Experiments On Cats In West LA
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – The Veteran’s Administration now says it has ended experiments on cats in West LA — at least for now. It comes a week after investigative reporter David Goldstein broke the story...
View ArticleGoldstein Investigates: Taxi Drivers Question Uber’s Deal With City Providing...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Uber’s $500,000 donation of rides to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles has come under fire from the city’s taxi drivers who claim the rideshare giant is trying to influence city...
View ArticleLA City Vehicles Hit With Catalytic Converter Thefts
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Catalytic converter thefts are now hitting taxpayer’s wallets. Thieves are stealing them off City of Los Angeles vehicles. Investigative reporter David Goldstein says it seems the...
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Goldstein Investigates: Trailers Meant To Shelter Homeless Residents Sitting...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — In a city where more than 40,000 residents are living on the street, dozens and dozens of travel trailers are sitting unused in parking lots. The trailers, gifts from the state to...
View ArticleGoldstein Investigates: Dozens Of Fire Safety Violations Reported at LAX
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A David Goldstein investigation has found dozens of fire safety violation reports for Los Angeles International Airport, some of which inspectors said have been repeatedly...
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Goldstein Investigates: Scammers Going Old School In Attempt To Defraud EDD
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — The state is spending millions of dollars with high-tech companies to try and stop unemployment fraud at the California Employment Development Department, but some scammers might...
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Goldstein Investigates: Thieves Caught On Camera Stealing Catalytic...
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — CBS Los Angeles has obtained nearly 100 videos showing people breaking in and stealing catalytic converters and other items from L.A. city trucks parked in a city yard in Boyle...
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‘It’s Alarming To Me’: Long Beach Building Inspectors On Alert Following...
LONG BEACH (CBSLA) — Long Beach has hundreds of older high-rise buildings near the water, prompting building officials to take a hard look at the deadly building collapse in South Florida to see if any...
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Exclusive: County Orders Inspection Of Marina City Club Towers In Marina Del...
MARINA DEL REY (CBSLA) – Los Angeles County officials have ordered an inspection of the Marina City Club Towers, a condominium complex with three buildings in Marina Del Rey, after the tragic Champlain...
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Building Inspectors Survey Marina Del Rey Condo Complex After David Goldstein...
MARINA DEL REY (CBSLA) — Just one day after an investigation by CBS2’s David Goldstein exposed potential problems at a Marina Del Rey condo, building inspectors were on the scene Thursday to survey the...
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‘The Public Needs To Know’: High Levels Of E. Coli Bacteria Found In Echo...
ECHO PARK (CBSLA) — People are back out having fun on the swan boats and getting soaked under the fountain at Echo Park Lake, but is it safe? A David Goldstein investigation found high levels of E....
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CBS2 Investigates Gets Results; City Starts Testing Water After We Found High...
ECHO PARK (CBSLA) – As people are trying to stay cool on the swan boats at Echo Park Lake, sometimes getting doused under the fountain, a controversy is brewing based on a CBS2 investigation into the...
View ArticleCBS2 Investigation Uncovers Dozens Of Security Breaches At LAX
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A new CBS2 investigation has uncovered 126 security breaches at Los Angeles International Airport over the past six years. CBS2’s David Goldstein obtained hundreds of pages of...
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Oil Rig Operator Waited 3 Hours To Shut Off Pipeline In Huntington Beach...
HUNTINGTON BEACH (CBSLA) – Despite receiving a warning that something was wrong, operators of an offshore oil rig appeared to wait more than three hours before shutting off a pipeline that leaked tens...
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Exclusive: CBS2 Investigates Low Income Housing Provider
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – An investigation into a company that provides housing for thousands of low-income families in Los Angeles has raised questions about the kind of living conditions residents are...
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Goldstein Investigates: Burgeoning Business Of Black Market Vaccine Cards
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — With proof of COVID-19 vaccination now required at Los Angeles bars, breweries and other businesses, a CBS2 investigation has uncovered a growing black market for fake or stolen...
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Video Allegedly Shows VA Police Officer Using Baton To Beat Suspect 32 Times
WEST LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — A video depicting an officer with the Veterans Affairs Police Department swinging his baton at a suspect on the ground more than two dozen times has raised questions about...
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