Flight activity over Mar Vista and East Venice has thrust Santa Monica Airport back into
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After nearly three months on strike, staff members employed by the Writers Guild of America West ratified their first union contract on May 9, ending an 82-day labor standoff that
As outside spending continues pouring into the Los Angeles City Council District 11 race, the labor endorsements lining up behind incumbent Councilmember Traci Park and challenger Faizah Malik are exposing
Council voted 11-4 Tuesday to dramatically expand anti-camping enforcement in Council District 6, approving Council File 26-4118-S5 and creating 26 new LAMC 41.18 enforcement zones across parks, underpasses, washes, recreation
This article by Carter Moon originally appeared in his Substack, and is republished here with his permission. When I was 19 years old, I spent most of a year with
This article by Kea Wilson originally appeared in Streetsblog USA, and is republished here with her permission. The twin movements against car dominance and unjust policing are thoroughly interconnected. America’s
For nearly a decade, Nick Melvoin has occupied a central place in Los Angeles education politics. His 2017 victory over then school board president Steve Zimmer became one of the
Los Angeles now has a clearer answer to the central question hanging over the fight to weaken Measure ULA. The proposed exemptions would not simply “reform” the voter-approved mansion tax.
A new neighborhood fight unfolding along the edge of the Santa Monica Airport is exposing larger tensions over who gets to shape the future of one of the most contested
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