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L.A. officials say people living on the streets will likely have to leave certain areas come 2028. They don't know how they'll be moved or who will pay for it.
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For the first time, starting this fall, 56 East L.A. College students will use student housing at Cal State L.A. in an effort to address housing insecurity.
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A new California Supreme Court ruling upholds limits on how many vacation hours government workers can cash out and apply toward the pension formulas.
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Long Beach officials proposed deep cuts as they grapple with dwindling reserves, rising personnel costs and a slew of fiscal issues. -
Interim findings show residents want elected representatives, greater transparency and more influence over county decisions.
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A new rule for asylum applications adds to the bevy of changes under the Trump administration to the core program for those fleeing persecution in their home countries.
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Todd Blanche's nomination to serve as attorney general has been held up in a Senate committee over the $1.8 billion fund. -
Trump officials say they found 250,000 noncitizens on voter rolls in just four states. Those states don't know where the numbers came from.
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The flare-up on multiple fronts raised the risk of a return to all-out war, underscoring the difficulty of winding down a conflict that has jolted the world economy. -
The U.S. continued airstrikes in Iran while Tehran launched retaliatory attacks on U.S. targets in the Gulf. -
Four Republicans joined Democrats to approve the measure. While it is not legally binding, the resolution represents growing frustration inside Congress over the war.
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L.A. Mayor Karen Bass is directing city departments to stop the Lineage warehouse from being rebuilt for now.
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They’re all over our roads and really good at helping police solve crimes, but do California’s automated license plate readers need limits?
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The new visa limits they say will reduce flexibility they have to find a job.
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The University of California system also announced a record high number of transfers from California community colleges.
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"People think of this as the ultimate Hollywood experience," says Escott Norton, former executive director of the Los Angeles Historic Theatre Foundation.
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He’s sat down for meals with nearly 20 neighbors so far this year, with more to come. -
Nearly a century in, the Fairfax institution is still going strong — feeding Canter's original patrons’ grandkids and their grandkids.
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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. -
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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 30:25The city of Los Angeles is home to over two thousand active oil wells, many concentrated in communities of color where residents have long reported serious health issues. On this episode of Imperfect Paradise, LAist’s Erin Stone takes us inside one neighborhood’s fight to shut down a drill site, and explores what a broader effort to phase out drilling could mean for a region whose economy and infrastructure were built on an oil field.
Can a city built by the oil industry stop drilling for good?
