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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

For months, real estate lobbyists have warned that Measure ULA, the voter-approved tax on luxury property sales, would grind Los Angeles construction to a halt. But new data released this

by Carter Moon, reposted from his Substack This Monday, I was very proud to see the campaign launch ad for my friend Rev. Rae Huang go live. I wrote and

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