One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Extra, Extra
Photo by stephenfalk via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr
- Another water main break to report: This one today in Stevenson Ranch also caused a sinkhole.
- 5 freshmen boys from Long Beach's Poly High have been arrested on charges of groping female students during a lunch break last week.
- It "takes a village" it seems to work on saving the Century Plaza Hotel.
- The Valencia High School choir is hoping to raise the $129,000 they need to make it to NYC to play a gig at Carnegie Hall.
- Ladies in Thousand Oaks are being asked to be on the alert; a sexual predator is thought to be out and about.
- If you were looking forward to taking a dip in the (proposed) pool at the (not yet built) SoHo House on the Sunset Strip...you're S.O.L. Sorry!
- Gratuitous stupid celebrity "news" item of the day: Britney Spears' ex was sentenced yesterday here in L.A. to 45 days in jail for leaving the scene of an accident.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
