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Local officials say that unhoused people living inside security zones during the Olympics will probably have to move.
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LA City Council is questioning its own homeless count — here's why
Yaamava' celebrates 40 years, looking back to its bingo hall origins
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Bass missed over half of LA's homelessness commission meetings
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Watchdog Wednesday
An LAist investigation found officials awarded millions to a homeless services group even after it was flagged for failing to do its job. Its leader pleaded not guilty.
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Bass is the first mayor to appoint herself to the commission that oversees the region's top homelessness agency. Her attendance record could trigger removal under the bylaws. -
California Legislators are racing to regulate data centers amid public outcry. Business interests are trying to blunt the backlash.
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Follow the fast-moving developments under the Trump Administration.
California announced a new lawsuit over President Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting.
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Chevron is the largest foreign oil operator in Venezuela. The deal will expand its footprint at a time of political and economic uncertainty for Venezuela. -
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday directing the federal government to rename Lake Ontario amid an escalating trade dispute with Canada.
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The Trump administration calls this "economic D-Day" on Iran. Iran vows to respond to fresh sanctions in a "seismic manner." -
The shift comes as U.S. stockpiles of key weapons have dwindled and as stop-start talks seem again to have stalled. But Trump insists the pressure can lead to a breakthrough. -
Iran's parliament is reviewing a plan to ban ships linked to the U.S., Israel and other "hostile countries" from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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Sat, Sep 12LAist Listens — Café Calle
LAist Listens is popping up in neighborhoods across SoCal to meet community members in person.
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Sun, Sep 13LAist at Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Ruby Jubilee: 40th Anniversary Celebration
Join LAist as we celebrate 40 years of arts, community, and connection at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
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Wed, Sep 16LAist at The Moth StorySLAM: Divas
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme.
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On September 27, comedian and actor Jeff B. Davis and actor Vella Lovell, plus surprise experts will join J. Keith and Helen for a trivia show like no other!
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Cookbooks don’t just provide instructions for recipes; they connect food with storytelling. Join LAist and the James Beard Foundation for these nights of culinary connection and exploration.
Civics & Democracy
The measure, which was opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom and the state’s public utiliites, never came to a vote in the Assembly.
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A Long Beach state lawmaker authored rules on the forefront of regulating Instagram, TikTok, Snapchat, Facebook and YouTube. -
Proponents say after last year’s L.A. County fires, the state needs to establish “first-in-the-nation testing and remediation standards based on science.”
Education
The district’s kitchens are moving away from individually-wrapped lunches to freshly cooked dishes in an effort to boost nutrition and reflect their community diets.
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An analysis of nearly 277,000 graduates’ earning data found that computer science and nursing degrees translated to the highest-paying jobs four years after graduation. -
District leaders are reevaluating how students, educators and schools use AI tools in the classroom.
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Explore LA
The tribe’s popular gaming enterprise started out as a bingo hall in the ‘80s. It faced opposition from the start.
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The Linda Lindas talk about their new album Gotta Get Out and evolving beyond their “kid band” image. -
For many millennials, '90s Nickelodeon shows represent a golden age of animation, with music often just as weird and offbeat as the characters.
Food
LAist sat down with two of the minds behind Pawn Shop, a new sports bar on Melrose with menu items like pickle-brined fried chicken and caviar.
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Obsessive sourcing, a tight menu, USDA Prime over mesquite — and a $7 taco. Inside the most ambitious new taco stand in L.A. -
Everything to know about tickets, sessions and vendors of your favorite side dish at The Autry.
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Three drinks, three rituals, one hot summer — from the midday vermouth hour to evening gin and tonics.
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Imperfect ParadiseLAist's weekly on-demand news magazine show that pulls back the curtain and dives deeper into the biggest and most consequential SoCal stories of the week from our newsroom. New episodes drop every Friday.
Listen 48:13This episode originally aired on January 8, 2025.
Struggling with addiction and reentry after multiple stints in prison, Cesar Quijano discovers ultrarunning, a hobby that turns into his addiction and salvation. Through Cesar’s story to complete a 100-mile race, Imperfect Paradise host Antonia Cereijido and producer Lucy Copp explore urgent questions around what support people need to successfully transition out of prison and into society.
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