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Los Angeles had a chance this week to rein in how police use military-style weapons against residents. Instead, a narrow majority of the City Council chose to maintain the status

LA renters were promised a more predictable future when the City Council finally voted to cap rent increases for rent-stabilized apartments at 4%. Now Councilmember John Lee is trying to

LAPD officers have opened fire on 41 people so far in 2025, representing a sharp increase from the 29 shootings the department recorded last year. It comes at the same

Santa Monica will pay $350,000 to the descendants of Silas White, the Black entrepreneur who tried to build the Ebony Beach Club in the late 1950s only to have the

There are just 285 seasonal winter shelter beds in all of Los Angeles County this year. That number comes straight from the county’s winter shelter materials, which list only seven

In April, the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission quietly voted to erase all mentions of “climate change” and “disadvantaged communities” from its annual work plan, without legal requirement or written

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