US EditionLA Councilman Curren Price taken to hospital from Convention Center event
Councilmember Curren Price was hospitalized due to dehydration during the $2.6 billion Los Angeles Convention Center expansion groundbreaking, an event expected to create over 15,000 jobs.
- On Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, Los Angeles City Councilmember Curren Price, 74, experienced a health-related incident at the Los Angeles Convention Center groundbreaking and was taken to a hospital for monitoring.
- Price's office said `During today's groundbreaking for the expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center, Council member Curren Price experienced a health-related incident`, with medical experts determining dehydration.
- Mayor Karen Bass, a former nurse, assisted Curren Price as he appeared dizzy during remarks, while event attendees and news crews shielded cameras as footage captured the moment.
- A court hearing on Nov. 3 will determine if Price, charged in 2023 with public corruption, will stand trial, according to Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
- The $2.6 billion expansion of the Los Angeles Convention Center Expansion Project is aimed at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games, with city officials expecting nearly 9,000 union jobs, 1,600 apprenticeships, 190,000 square feet of exhibit space, and a 98,000-square-foot rooftop ballroom.
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass Quickly Intervenes as Fellow Politician Experiences 'a Health-Related Incident' During City Ceremony
Before becoming mayor, Bass was the first physician assistant to be elected to the U.S. House of RepresentativesRobin L Marshall/Getty; Michael Tullberg/Getty Los Angeles City Council member Curren Price (left); Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass (right)NEED TO KNOWLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass quickly assisted a fellow politician who “experienced a health-related incident” at a city eventFootage captured council member Curren D. Price, 74, dropping to…
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San Gabriel Valley TribuneLos Angeles City breaks ground on $2.6 billion Convention Center expansion
Mayor Bass said expansion of the L.A. Convention Center is critical to revitalizing Downtown Los Angeles.
LA Convention Center Breaks Ground on $2.6B Expansion Project
Elected officials, dignitaries and downtown residents conducted a groundbreaking ceremony Wednesday for the recently approved $2.6 billion Convention Center Expansion Project, as Los Angeles races to prepare the facility for the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. During a news conference outside the facility, Mayor Karen Bass and City Council members, among others, placed gold-colored shovels into the ground to mark the start of construction. Th…
LA Councilman Curren Price sent to hospital after 'health-related incident' at city event
Los Angeles City Councilman Curren Price was sent to the hospital Wednesday morning after suffering a "health-related incident" during a city event, his office said in a statement.
L.A. council member suffers health incident at groundbreaking event
A member of the Los Angeles City Council was hospitalized after he suffered an apparent health issue during a public event Wednesday morning. During the groundbreaking ceremony for the L.A. Convention Center renovation project, Councilman Curren Price, 9th District, ended up lying on the ground behind the podium. He was tended to by Mayor Karen Bass, who previously was a nurse and physician assistant. "During today's groundbreaking for the Los A…
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