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Local News Day LA: Meet LAist and local newsrooms at neighborhood coffee shops
The LAist community engagement team spoke with Altadena residents outside Fair Oaks Burger in Altadena on January 17.
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The story first appeared on The LA Local.
Your neighborhood has a reporter. Have you met them yet?
On Saturday, coffee shops across L.A. are turning into places where you can tell a journalist exactly what’s been bugging you about your block … while drinking amazing coffee.
From Boyle Heights to Silver Lake to Inglewood to Long Beach, local reporters will be set up at neighborhood coffee shops from from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. — to hear what’s on your mind. Got a tip about a pothole that’s been eating tires for years? A landlord the city keeps ignoring? A community hero nobody’s written about? We want to hear it all!
It’s part of Local News Day LA, a pop-up series organized by The LA Local that connects you with your local reporter and give you a chance to become the source instead of just the reader.
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The Los Angeles mayor, who also chairs the Metro Board, plans to introduce a motion to study a fare-free transit system, her office said. The timing for the motion is unclear. -
Los Angeles Police Officer Daniel Flores secretly recorded colleagues he says were making racist, sexist and homophobic remarks. -
Alexandra Lozano had offices across the country, including Southeast L.A.
LAist has been meeting community members in person through LAist Listens tabling events by popping up at local businesses.
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See below for the full list of participating media outlets and coffee shops — The LA Local and our media partners hope you’ll join us:
LAist will be joining The LA Local and other local media partners for Local News Day LA on June 27.
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Where to find a journalist
- The LA Local – Koreatown, Pico Union, Westlake will be hosted by Open Market
- The LA Local – Inglewood and South LA will be hosted by Asteroid Vinyl Cafe
- Boyle Heights Beat will be hosted by Picaresca Cafe
- CalMatters will be hosted by Yia Caffe
- Calo News will be hosted by Cruzita’s Deli and Cafe
- The Eastsider will be hosted by Rosebud Coffee (Highland Park location)
- LAist will be hosted by Cafe Calle
- Los Angeles Radio Collective will be hosted by Spoke Bicycle Cafe
- LA Sentinel will be hosted by Patria Coffee
- LA Taco will be hosted by Cafecito Organico (Silverlake location)
- LA Public Press will be hosted by Holy Grounds Coffee & Tea
- Long Beach Post will be hosted by Wrigley Coffee
- Q Voice News will be hosted by Hot Java
- USC Annenberg Media will be hosted by South LA Cafe (Western location)
Come enjoy a cup of coffee (or tea) with us while supplies last.
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