Emily Elena Dugdale
Former Senior Reporter, Criminal Justice
(she/her)
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As Long Beach prepares to play a part of the 2028 Olympics, the city is looking seriously at a plan that’s been around for some time to move people around their waterfront tourist attractions.
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A team of paleontologists working with the Metro Purple Line Extension project have uncovered hundreds of fossils near Beverly Hills.
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During the meeting, Inglewood residents lined the council chambers to share their own stories of rising rent and displacement.
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If plastic straws are important to you, you better start hoarding them. After an LA City Council vote on Friday, soon ALL restaurants in the city - yep, that includes food trucks - will only provide disposable straws upon request.
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Horses are back on the track at Santa Anita Park. Officials closed it down this week to study it after 19 horses died in just two months.
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A petition is circulating demanding District Attorney Jackie Lacey investigate and prosecute high-profile Democratic Party donor Ed Buck.
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Last night’s Oscars ceremony had more than the usual local pride - a film from the Oakwood School in North Hollywood took the award for Best Short Documentary. And the film called Period.
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It’s been four months since the Woolsey Fire broke out. 1,600 structures were destroyed and most are lying in ruins. Homeowners are undergoing the arduous task of cleaning up - one option is using the state debris removal program through the Office of Emergency Services.
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Los Angeles City Controller Ron Galperin says 30 percent of the city's trees are at risk of dying due to drought and disease.
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In Governor Gavin Newsom’s state of the state speech last week he called out cities that are not doing enough for affordable housing, and said he wanted to have a “candid conversation” with their mayors.
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