Sam Benson Smith

Here's what you need to know this morning — you can help out your unhoused neighbors with gift cards, a care package, or even a conversation, the Los Angeles vaccine mandate will stay in place for at least another week, and the Los Angeles Unified School District lifted its mask mandate Wednesday.

Here's what you need to know today: several dozen Disney employees walked out in Burbank Tuesday, USC researchers compiled a database of police killings over the last two decades, and an El Monte lending library that highlights authors of color opened over the weekend.

The tentative ruling sets the stage for the dismissal of a lawsuit that claims Anaheim's sale of the stadium to the Los Angeles Angels violates the Brown Act.

LAist is partnering with KCRW to highlight candidates in the Los Angeles Mayoral Race and the L.A. County Board of Supervisor Race, a bike shop in Whittier has a special tie to Ukraine, and you can now take your written driving test online at the DMV.

Hundreds of demonstrators came together in Santa Monica Saturday to support Ukraine, a Boyle Heights park is getting a $5 million makeover, and the ACLU says LAUSD students were silenced for trying to pass out buttons opening campus police.

A lost hour from Daylight Saving Time was redeemed by lovely weather in Greater Los Angeles Sunday, while the rest of the country was beaten up by bad weather.

The rally was organized by the Stand with Ukraine Los Angeles group and was attended by six to seven hundred people Saturday according to one of the organizers.

The Boyle Heights park partially runs under the the I-5 freeway. The grant comes courtesy of the Caltrans Clean California grant program.

A recent survey of the Latino community in Los Angeles found that only a fifth of those polled want to defund the police. The report comes from Cal State LA's Pat Brown Institute.

Brewer, 46, credits Angel City Sports, a foundation for kids, adults and veterans with physical disabilities and visual impairments.