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Tenants in the 124-unit Chinatown complex say provisions in the deal for payment of back rent would make rents unaffordable for some.
Today on AirTalk, longtime NPR business desk editor Uri Berliner has resigned following his controversial essay criticizing NPR’s overall coverage. Also on the show, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has approved an overhaul on apartment inspections and code enforcement; the latest on Los Padrinos Juvenile Hall; and more.
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Today on FilmWeek, Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Tim Cogshell review this weekend’s new movie releases in theaters, streaming, and on demand platforms.
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In her first public statements since controversy erupted over millions of unaccounted for tax dollars, Rhiannon Do says she’s no longer with the O.C. nonprofit Viet America Society. She also says she never had a leadership role. Public documents show otherwise. -
The officer thought the man had a gun and opened fire, inadvertently also hitting a 14-year-old girl who was hiding inside the store.
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The council voted 3-2 to disband the Human Equity, Access and Relations Commission, known as HEAR, despite calls from the community to retain it.
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The highly anticipated airport service likely won’t open until October 2025.
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The new proposal will allow the theme park to create immersive experiences within its current footprint.
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After an allegedly speeding driver killed four Pepperdine students last fall on the Pacific Coast Highway, a pending bill could add Malibu to a list of six California cities testing out automated cameras to ticket speeders.
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Learn more about the "wild things," a poetry "spa" in West Hollywood, and the stars come out for gospel legend Mavis Staples.
Education Wednesday
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Floriculture blends science, sustainability, financial literacy, and creativity. At Sylmar Charter High, the school’s gardens also invite a rare moment of calm in a hectic high school day.
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The UC Native American Opportunity Plan seeks to make the system a viable option for Native students in California by offering them free tuition. But Native students enrolled at UC campuses report that strains on their budgets along with insufficient resources and faculty representation have been obstacles to academic success.
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There’s a shortage of early childhood educators across the country. To help, Los Angeles County is training parents who have their kids in Head Start to become teachers themselves.
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NPR’s Sarah McCammon discusses her new book, “The Exvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church" with host Julia Paskin.
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Documents obtained by LAist reveal FBI scrutiny of the testing operation, which was managed by former Anaheim Chamber of Commerce president Todd Ament.
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LAist reported in January that many of California’s universities are failing to make students aware that medication abortion pills are available on campus.
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Across the country, transfer rates remain bleak. Here’s how UCLA’s Scholars Program is working to change that.
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Application problems are having a particularly negative impact on many Latino students, threatening their ability to go to college.
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At Los Angeles City College, students turn toward financial literacy to chart a new path.
LA History
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Erskine had two career no-hitters and won a World Series with the Dodgers in 1955. But many remember his friendship with Jackie Robinson at a time when segregation was legal.
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Los Angeles has the most diversity in street light design of any American city.
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Valverde’s death comes after the city of L.A. honored her last year with a dedicated square.
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A group of unhoused people and a community organization claim the city has violated their constitutional rights by seizing and destroying property.
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L.A. County plans to hire staff for eight new teams of mental health clinicians to follow up with people after a mental health crisis.
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Rural Latino communities are divided about the project, which would capture carbon from an oilfield and power plant — and allow an oil company to keep operating as the state struggles to slash greenhouse gases.
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Renters say landlords aren’t fixing unhealthy living conditions. Will a new approach to code enforcement succeed where existing efforts have failed?
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Sixty years ago, America began closing mental hospitals. A growing chorus is blaming that for the crisis of mentally ill folks living on our streets.
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Asna Tabassum received some backlash about her social media content on the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Tabassum said she questions the university's reasoning for canceling the speech.
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Enjoy a warm and dry week.
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Today is Selena’s birthday. The late Mexican-American superstar who was crowned "the queen of Tejano music" would have been 53.
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The media personality and socialite is crusading against abuse of teens at treatment facilities and wants California legislators to pass a bill.
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Mayor Karen Bass introduced a new capital campaign called LA4LA, through which the city would seek private and philanthropic funds to address homelessness.
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After San Gabriel's city council rejected the proposal as "too narrow", one city councilmember argued the entire DEI commission, created in the aftermath of George Floyd's murder, had "run its course."
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Tourists have flocked to Orange County since the 1920s. While those parks remain open, the region has a running list of attractions long forgotten like the Lion Country Safari, the Japanese Village Deer Park and Ski Villa.
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