The following piece was written by a survivor of the Palisades fire whose family lost
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Earlier this month, LA City Council voted to rein in the Board of Transportation Commissioners (BOTC) after a judge ruled that the appointed body overstepped its authority in trying to
Los Angeles County will open just 46 additional emergency shelter beds on November 1, with another 60 beds scheduled to open later in the month. Not one of those beds
ICE has detained at least six people in five separate operations across the Westside this month, including repeated arrests at a federal immigration services office where immigrants report for government
Last Sunday, October 25, neighbors across Mar Vista opened their front porches to local musicians for Porchfest LA, a free, community-organized music festival that has become increasingly popular in cities
Nine members of the LA City Council voted Tuesday to block LAPD from rolling out yet another network of surveillance cameras across the city. Only six voted to let the
On October 26, community organizations including the Los Angeles Community Action Network (LA CAN), Stop LAPD Spying, Mar Vista Voice, Venice Justice Committee, and Palms Unhoused Mutual Aid (PUMA) gathered
It’s no secret that Angelenos are struggling to make ends meet. Between skyrocketing grocery bills, unaffordable housing, and the rising cost of just about everything else, people are barely scraping
Los Angeles is bracing for months of extreme weather, with El Niño threatening to bring atmospheric rivers, flooding, severe thunderstorms, and more. One might expect one of the wealthiest cities
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