In Brief
The closely watched election could influence which political party controls the House of Representatives after next year's midterms.
Today on AirTalk, Election day: Prop 50; Gen Z nostalgia; Rose Bowl/UCLA lawsuit; AI drug development, and What to do when your friend cheats.
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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Peter Rainer, Tim Cogshell, and Charles Solomon review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.
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LA mayor says emergency declaration was meant to be temporary, cites progress on homelessness. -
Unhoused people sleeping in county parks and along flood control channels can now be immediately fined or jailed. -
An LAPD after-action report lists arrests and reports of crime, and also documents and makes recommendations on the department’s challenges in responding to the disaster. -
Volunteers plant hundreds of milkweed plants in hopes of supporting the dwindling Western monarch population in California. -
The project, involving $53 million in construction costs, includes controversial plans to install sidewalks, streetlights and bike lanes. -
We've updated this list with additional restaurants and organizations that have stepped forward to help. -
The California Air Resources Board gave no public announcement but confirmed that it has redirected the e-bike program’s funds as “a recent outcome of legislative direction.” -
Garbage plays the Palladium, Sarah Millican brings laughs to the Wiltern, a new group art show at These Days, free pizza in O.C. and more of the best things to do.
Town Hall Tuesday
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Every ballot filed in the upcoming special election requires a voter’s signature. Here's a look at how the process to verify them works. -
A new lawsuit argues the latest changes to Public Service Loan Forgiveness could exclude public servants whose organizations have resisted President Donald Trump's policies. -
Faculty filed a public records lawsuit to get details of a negotiation that has mostly taken place behind closed doors.
More on Proposition 50
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The narratives and the margins coming out of the Nov. 4 elections will matter — and offer some clues as to how the landscape for 2026 begins to take shape. -
The measure would replace the congressional lines drawn by the redistricting commission with ones drawn by Democrats for the next three elections. -
California Republicans say the Democratic redistricting measure unfairly targets GOP districts.
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Food assistance resources
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We’ve compiled a list of resources throughout Los Angeles and Orange counties to help fill the gap while the federal shutdown continues. -
Hundreds of Los Angeles Unified School District schools will start serving supper to anyone 18 and under. -
We've updated this list with additional restaurants and organizations that have stepped forward to help.
Latest from the White House
Follow the fast-moving developments under the Trump Administration.
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California now has a law requiring hospitals and clinics to improve patient privacy and have clear protocols for handling requests by immigration agents. -
President Donald Trump and several others now high up in his second administration have been talking about using the National Guard to help with mass deportations — and possibly invoking the Insurrection Act — for years. Now, those plans might be playing out. -
President Donald Trump's administration faces deadlines on Monday to tell two federal judges whether it will continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds.
School Game Plan
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California is making transitional kindergarten available to all 4-year-olds. So what is it, and how do you know if it’s right for your child and your family? -
There are all kinds of ways to engage with your child's education, whether you have only a little time or a lot. -
What started as a strategy to integrate campuses can now feel like an opaque competition to get into a select group of schools.
LA's wildfires: Your recovery guide
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Your game plan for what happens next. LAist will be there every step of the way. -
For family childcare providers who ran their daycares out their homes, it’s been hard to open back up months after the fire since they remain displaced. -
The Lachman Fire reignited several days after firefighters responded to it, becoming the deadly and destructive Palisades Fire.
Featured events
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Cookbooks don’t just provide instructions for recipes; they connect food with storytelling, both visual and narrative, and are your kitchen guides to help create delicious memories with family and friends. Cookbook LIVE takes these stories from the page to the stage.
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Grab your bowling ball and a White Russian and join us for a special FilmWeek screening of “The Big Lebowski.” Come watch Joel and Ethan Coen's 1998 L.A. crime comedy on the big screen with a few hundred other fans. We’ll be screening the film at the Gardena Cinema, a family-owned nonprofit independent theater that has been continually showing movies since 1946.
Civics & Democracy
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Four races highlight this year's elections: a redistricting referendum in California, governor's races in New Jersey and Virginia and the mayoral contest in New York City. -
The voter ID measure has been embroiled in legal battles ever since it was approved by the beach city's voters. -
“There are a lot of indicators that suggest the Yes side is going to win comfortably,” says one nonpartisan pollster.
Education
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The Reseda high schooler has been in federal immigration detention since August. -
Schools are grappling with how to prepare students for the possibility of gun violence without traumatizing them. -
Districts like Lynwood Unified with the smallest tax bases per student — and generally the most low-income students — have gotten less state money for school upgrades.
Featured Podcast
Prop 50: Is California’s redistricting push a threat to democracy or a defense of it?
Proposition 50 is part of a nationwide battle over control of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Californians are being asked to take a side: Should the state be temporarily allowed to redraw congressional maps to counter the Trump administration and redistricting in Texas? LAist Civics & Democracy Correspondent Frank Stoltze and Civics & Democracy Engagement Producer Brianna Lee break down the arguments for and against ballot measure Prop. 50, and how the Nov. 4 special election could shape local and national politics for years to come.
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Explore LA
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Thousands of Angelenos were in Elysian Park to celebrate the Dodgers' back-to-back World Series win. -
UCLA bat biologist Joey Curti hopes his nighttime bat walks will educate people about the diversity of species flapping just above our heads. -
The musician-led Salastina brings chamber music to L.A. and Orange counties.
Food
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Volunteers expect dozens of people to show up this Saturday to get food products as federal food assistance lapses. -
LAist reporter Yusra Farzan is of Sri Lankan descent and loves a pineapple chutney with her rice and curry. -
It's spooky season, and the upscale health influencer grocery store has a new smoothie.
