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According to a city memo, only two unhoused individuals were placed into permanent housing in the three years since an anti-camping law took effect in Los Angeles — despite costing more than $3 million to implement.
With "Oppenheimer" leading the way, many of PBS SoCal's "Variety: Actors on Actors" Season 19 guests received Academy Award nominations Tuesday — including Emma Stone, Mark Ruffalo, Bradley Cooper and Robert Downey, Jr.
The California Public Utilities Commission has agreed to a $71 million settlement with Southern California Gas Co. over the 2015 Aliso Canyon leak near Porter Ranch — the largest gas leak in U.S. history, which released nearly 100,000 tons of methane and other gases over the course of 118 days.
The Regional Connector project from Metro has opened in Downtown Los Angeles, featuring three new underground transit stations and transfer-free connections between Azusa and Long Beach and East L.A. and Santa Monica. It also eliminates the former Gold Line (a.k.a. the L line).
The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion calling on various municipal departments to take the necessary steps for the city to officially become a sanctuary city for immigrants. It would also prohibit city cooperation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (a.k.a. ICE) in "execution of their duties."
The Los Angeles City Council publicly condemned the 1943 "Zoot Suit Riots" and acknowledged the city's role in the treatment of Mexican Americans during a dark chapter in the history of the Chicano community.
Former Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, who was the first Latina to serve on the Los Angeles City Council and the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, died this week at age 74.
A referendum attempting to overturn SB 1137 — a law banning new oil and gas wells near schools, hospitals and businesses open to the public — has qualified for the November 2024 ballot.
The life of P-22, the beloved Griffith Park mountain lion that died in December 2022, was celebrated at a free event at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on February 4, 2023. The famous puma's Celebration of Life, which was also livestreamed, was presented and sponsored by the National Wildlife Foundation and hosted by advocate Beth Pratt — along with multiple speeches, eulogies and performances. Watch the recording of the memorial service here.
"Everything Everywhere All At Once" leads Oscar nominations for the 95th Academy Awards with 11 while "The Banshees of Inisherin" and "Quiet on the Western Front" get 9 nods each. See the complete list of 2023 nominees.
Here are some of the reactions from California state and local officials and spokespersons of other communities, in light of the January 21 mass shooting in Monterey Park.
Eleven people were killed and at least 10 others were wounded in a mass shooting at Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California — the deadliest shooting in the U.S. since the massacre in Uvalde, Texas in May 2022.