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More than halfway into the Westside Regional Alliance of Councils forum at First Lutheran Church in Venice, the moderator stopped the debate and asked a pointed question. “But Traci, will

Former Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley is suing the City of Los Angeles over her removal following the Palisades Fire, escalating a high-stakes fight over who bears responsibility

A damning new report delivered to the United States Senate reveals the full extent of the shocking failures in the City of Los Angeles’ response to the January 7, 2025

Traci Park’s recent interview with the Westside Current reveals a councilmember on the defensive. As scrutiny intensifies across housing, homelessness, immigration, climate, labor, and tenant policy, Park appears to be

One year after the Pacific Palisades fire devastated entire neighborhoods, Los Angeles is confronting what the disaster revealed and what has gone unlearned since. Thousands of residents lost homes and

Contribution from a Palisades resident whose family lost their home in the fire For longtime residents of the Palisades, news of a fire breaking out in the Highlands is not

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