Apartments for unhoused remain empty, Hochman claims massive fraud in sex abuse settlement, Ohtani injured — Morning Edition

About this episode

The episode discusses empty apartments for unhoused individuals, allegations of fraud in a sexual abuse settlement, and updates on the Palisades Fire.

Hundreds of apartments for unhoused people, that we paid for, are sitting completely empty. LA's District Attorney says the County's history-making sexual abuse settlement may be full of fake claims. The feds say the suspect accused of starting the Palisades Fire immediately tried to throw police off his trail. Plus, more from Morning Edition. Support The L.A. Report by donating at  LAist.com/join  and by visiting  https://laist.com Support the show: https://laist.com

Topics covered

• unhoused apartments
• sexual abuse settlement
• Palisades Fire
• fraud claims
• morning news

Keywords

• unhoused
• apartments
• fraud
• sexual abuse
• Palisades Fire
• Hochman
• LA news

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LAist

Places: LA, Palisades

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