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At a January 15 meeting of Metro’s Executive Management Committee, Metro quietly advanced a legislative position that would weaken a state law whose central purpose is to take land use

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

A federal judge’s decision to let California’s new antisemitism law take effect has quietly redrawn the boundaries of classroom speech, with consequences that extend far beyond the specific lawsuit before

A long-running fight over a small city-owned parking lot in Venice has again broken out of the local news bubble and into the national spotlight. This week, Politico devoted a

By Barrie Levy, Pat Raphael, and Chris Tilly, originally published in City Watch LIVING CRISIS – An average of six unhoused persons die each day in Los Angeles County, according

From contributor Stephanie Wade Let’s talk about your intentions, Mr. Buttigieg. I am a trans woman, a teacher, and a veteran trying to find protection and comfort in this dangerous

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