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The first major Los Angeles mayoral debate of 2026 was supposed to expose sharp ideological differences between Karen Bass and Nithya Raman. Instead, it may have revealed something much more

Los Angeles City Councilmembers John Lee and Monica Rodriguez are pushing to dramatically expand the city’s anti-camping law through a proposed 2026 ballot measure that would broaden enforcement around schools

Community members gathered last month at the Venice Japanese American Memorial Monument to commemorate the 84th anniversary of the forced removal and incarceration of Japanese American families from the Westside

On Wednesday, LA City Council voted 14-0 to advance a sweeping set of recommendations aimed at limiting LAPD pretextual traffic stops, marking the culmination of nearly five years of organizing,

On the evening of June 22, 2024, a boy named Edel Anthony Quintero was stabbed to death on Venice Boulevard in Palms at a street carnival organized by the LAPD

The LAUSD Board of Education voted this week to rein in how much time students spend on school-issued devices, signaling a shift away from years of expanding classroom screen use.

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