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LAist’s coverage of civic life and citizen issues in Southern California. We cover elections, examine who gets listened to and why, and provide a guide for anyone who wants to more fully participate in civic life.
Police departments around SoCal are starting to embrace new technologies this Fourth of July that cracks down on illegal firework use.
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The news comes just days after a disastrous meeting between the U.S. president and Ukraine's leader, Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Listen 3:41
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If his lead holds as expected, he will avoid a runoff by winning more than half the vote.
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Before becoming the second-in-command at the FBI, Dan Bongino used his popular podcast to spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack. Here's what else he said.Listen 4:30
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President Trump will lay out his second term agenda in an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night.
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The move, which is in line with an executive order from President Trump to slash the federal workforce, raises concerns about staffing at the agency that delivers crucial benefits to Americans.
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The first hearing in the legal action is scheduled to take place April 3.
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The former pro told LAist he was charged with a misdemeanor for disturbing an assembly — and then later fired from his job as a coach.
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After she was ousted, Crowley decided to remain in the department at a lower rank, an option she had under civil service protections.
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That incident is one of numerous complaints of alleged mismanagement against Orange County Treasurer-Tax Collector Shari Freidenrich.
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A federal judge in San Francisco issued a temporary restraining order on the Trump administration's firings of thousands of probationary employees, calling the actions illegal.Listen 3:33
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California Democrats were among 201 members of Congress to reintroduce a bill on Wednesday that would provide a path to citizenship for an estimated 2.7 million undocumented immigrants — most of them so-called Dreamers.
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Little about how Trump discusses tariffs is normal — not only because he threatens tariffs on a weekly, even daily, basis, but also because it's often unclear if or when those tariffs will happen.
