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All over California, people with serious mental illness are living in nursing homes that experts say weren’t meant to care for them — an investigation by LAist, APM Research Lab and The California Newsroom reveals. Some call it "warehousing" and say the practice might violate federal laws. The consequences have been deadly.
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More than 50% of unhoused women are survivors of domestic violence. -
The saga of tenants at one dilapidated Mid-City housing complex is emblematic of a citywide problem that got worse during the pandemic. -
Racism 101 gives Angelenos the opportunity to ask tough questions about race — and facilitate their own deeper talks about races with our conversation “starter kit.” -
There's LAPD and LASD — and 70 more(!) police departments operating in Los Angeles County. -
In affluent or gentrifying areas of the Los Angeles Unified School District, parent fundraising organizations often cover some major costs. Are they buying an education inaccessible to most Los Angeles students? -
Will higher education get you where you want to go? What are all the ways to get free tuition? Who can you talk to for advice? We did a bunch of research and want to help. -
At LAist, we've thought a lot about how to motivate people to prep for an inevitable massive earthquake here in Southern California. We even dedicated an entire podcast to it.No more excuses or delays. Here's your one stop shop. -
A large nursing home business and the system designed to regulate it were failing California’s most vulnerable before the pandemic struck, advocates say. That failure intensified amid COVID-19. -
A preschooler was killed while walking to school with her mother in Koreatown. Who is responsible? -
These are your stories about how race and/or ethnicity have shaped your life and experiences. -
Year-round wildfires, rising sea levels, scorching heat — we’re already experiencing the impacts. How much worse it gets remains to be seen, but there's hope — and a lot we can do. -
Part of the Race In LA series, The 8 Percent explores the inextricable ties between L.A. and its Black residents - how Black migration, community and culture have shaped and changed L.A. -
What Raising Kids In SoCal Really Looks Like -
Child care was labeled essential during the coronavirus pandemic, but preschool teachers, family child care providers, relatives and nannies have long been doing the critical work of helping young kids grow and thrive.Here's what SoCal early care and education really looks like. -
In this portrait essay, we look at the impact of COVID-19 on the high school class of 2020, examining how the graduates grapple with the derailment of their expectations yet redefine themselves while in quarantine. -
Many 'boarding house' residents are low-wage Chinese workers new to the U.S. They live among rats, roaches and dangerous conditions to earn a living. (Read story in Mandarin) -
OCSA, located in the heart of Santa Ana, boasts alumni who include Hollywood celebrities and working artists. But behind the scenes, allegations of a stringent admissions process, a lack of diversity and parents encouraged to donate at least $4,000 per year to cover the school’s costs illustrates that access to arts education isn’t equal. -
Bedbugs. Mold. Typhus. Problems at some of SoCal's low-rent properties is extensive. Many tenants share one thing: a management company and a landlord. (Read this story in Spanish) -
65 years after the Supreme Court desegregated public education, California's public preschools are almost entirely nonwhite. -
Proposition 187 won the vote in 1994. But the reaction to it was a victory for Latinos and progressives in California. -
How the worst gas leak in US history forced Angelenos to rethink their energy supply -
How LA's fight against sex trafficking is hurting vulnerable women -
Homelessness is up 86% in Koreatown. Here’s how the neighborhood has been responding. -
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