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As shootings by LAPD climb to their highest level in a decade, Mayor Karen Bass says she is “deeply concerned.” That concern comes as people continue to be killed by

What does it mean when a City Councilmember bypasses the graffiti abatement process by spray painting over political speech under pressure from locals? That’s what just happened in Brentwood, when

The U.S. Border Patrol is now monitoring millions of drivers across the country through a secretive surveillance program that tracks license plates and flags so called suspicious travel patterns. A

On Friday, LA City Council approved new funding for LAPD after the department hired far beyond what the Council itself had authorized in the budget. The vote was framed as

Los Angeles is in a budget crisis, but the LAPD has been hiring far beyond what the city can afford and far beyond what the City Council ever approved. What

LAPD has failed to meet multiple state deadlines to publicly report its use of less lethal weapons during the June 2025 protests, deepening concerns about the department’s accountability and the

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