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Police say they’re working to de-escalate confrontations with people in crisis, but an LAist investigation found deadly outcomes persist.
Today on AirTalk, we dig into a new LAist analysis that has found that since 2017, 31% of people shot at by police were perceived by LAPD officers at the scene to be struggling with mental illness. Also on the show, everything you need to know about ultra-processed foods; a look into how the California Supreme Court might decide on Prop 22; and more.
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Guest co-hosts Austin Cross and Julia Paskin are joined this week by LAist film critics Manuel Betancourt and Christy Lemire to review this weekend’s new movie releases on streaming and on-demand platforms.
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Providers say they’re struggling to pay their own staff because it often takes months to get reimbursed by L.A.’s city and county homeless services agency.
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Barrington Plaza landlord says it needs to halt business for fire safety repairs. Tenants say their apartments will still be rented after they’re kicked out.
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About half the dogs on the city’s “red list” are being housed at the South L.A. shelter.
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The DEA and the U.S. Postal Service’s law enforcement arm that investigates illicit drugs in the mail stream are assisting the LAPD.
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Lazarus' supporters said she had turned her life around in prison. The victim’s friends and family said Lazarus is a master of manipulation and should remain locked up.
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The southbound side in Agoura Hills will be closed again Tuesday night, marking a major milestone for the largest wildlife crossing of its kind.
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Turandot at the L.A. Opera, a new David Zwirner gallery space, Kraftwerk and Pearl Jam live, Metro Mondays at Angel City Brewery, and more.
Civics Tuesday
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The idea of expansion gained momentum in 2022, after the City Hall tapes scandal.
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Tense budget negotiations are underway between Newsom and the leaders of the state Senate and Assembly, who must reach an agreement on the state’s estimated $288 billion budget by June 15.
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State lawmakers often don’t know how well a program is working before deciding whether to cut or increase spending.
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Looking to kick off your Saturday with something that will grow your kiddos’ brains and get the creative juices flowing? Join us at LAist for a morning of multilingual reading and kid fun.
LAist Promise Tracker
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Mayor Bass made an ambitious campaign pledge to address homelessness by housing 17,000 Angelenos. We’ve been trying to keep tabs, but it’s complicated.
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Here's how Mayor Bass did on her campaign promises on homelessness during her first year in office.
Best Of LAist
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Supervisor Andrew Do directed millions to the group, which was supposed to go toward feeding needy residents. “If they can’t prove then they should pay the money back,” Supervisor Katrina Foley told LAist.
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One year after California became the first state to require that its public universities provide the abortion pill to students, LAist found that basic information on where or how students can obtain the medication is lacking and, often, nonexistent.
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Images from across the Golden State show how the storm systems have transformed our mountains into winter wonderlands.
Education
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UCLA faculty started a petition against Block the day after a pro-Palestinian student encampment was attacked by counterprotesters.
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The stand-up strikes are meant to call attention to what members say are unfair labor practices.
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California’s deficit has increased, but K-12 schools are largely spared cuts in the governor's May revision.
LA History
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The Santa Monica Pier started off as a sewage line over a century ago and has since transformed into an amusement park, event center, and tourist destination.
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A death in the owner’s family has caused a problem with the contract. But the prospect of the street without La Carreta is causing public concern, prompting the L.A. City Council to intervene.
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We talk to historian Elsa Devienne about how beaches developed and her new book Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.
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Lack of EV chargers in remote areas could derail California’s aim to electrify cars. In Imperial County, residents have access to few public chargers and buy electric cars at only a fifth of the statewide rate.
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The Japanese snack Takoyaki — fried octopus balls — is a staple at baseball parks in Japan.
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Too few trees at California’s schools mean there’s little protecting students from a warming planet. Here’s how advocates say the state can pay for more shade.
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Johansson says she was approached multiple times by OpenAI to be the voice of ChatGPT, and that she declined. Then the company released a voice assistant that sounded uncannily like her.
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Business owners and residents can apply for federal loans.
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Today will be a few degrees warmer more inland than Monday.
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Wildlife officials are now trying to capture and tag the cougar to see if it's a regular visitor, in which case it'd be identified as P-122.
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The job action starting today at UC Santa Cruz isn’t about pay, but instead is in response to how UC deployed police to clear pro-Palestinian encampments on campuses.
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Backers of a tough-on-crime California ballot measure put homelessness at the forefront of their campaign to roll back Prop. 47. But would the measure actually help get people housed?
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Kick off the week with cool weather.
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As much as $20 billion in upgrades will be required, but the electric vehicle transition could still reduce rates statewide.
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To make crops resilient to climate change, scientists are exposing seeds to cosmic radiation, extreme temperatures, and low gravity.
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