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In the foreground, a sign is attached to a pole and reads "Special Enforcement Zone," describing that no person shall sit, like, sleep or allow items to remain in the public right of way or risk removal. In the background, a person walks down a street instead of the sidewalk, which is full of blue tarps covering homeless camps.
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.
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors S19 Primary
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.
A white truck and a white compact car pull up to a security kiosk on a road in front of a green hillside under a blue sky
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.
Outside a subway station with colorful graphic artwork in its windows on a sunny day, with shade cast by a glassy, modern-looking overhang
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).
A Latino man with dark hair and a beard gestures with his right arm as he speaks into a microphone at a podium bearing the seal of Los Angeles, while a crowd stands behind him holding signs that read "SANTCUARY NOW" and "ICE OUT OF LA."
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."
A black and white photo of a crowd wearing dresses and suits gathering outside a sandstone brick building with an arched doorway and a sign that reads "CENTRAL JAIL"
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.
A 99-year-old woman wearing a wool wrap and a navy blue hat smiles as she reaches out to touch a younger Latina with dark hair and a purple streak, wearing a dark dress jacket with red dots
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 colorful playground structure appears on the left with oil pumpjacks on the right and barren hills in the distance
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.
A woman wearing a cat-ear headband stands up from her seat as a band plays on a stage at a daytime, outdoor concert.
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.
Michelle Yeoh is in a warrior pose, both hands in a pushing in one direction, palms open. Her hair is flying in a gust of wind that is also blowing various papers that swirl around her. She is in a dimly lit office floor with rows of cubicles. Yeoh's character has blood smeared across her forehead and dripping down one nostril. A googley eye is stuck on her forehead, between her brows.
"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.
Two bystanders look down at a makeshift memorial of flowers on the sidewalk at the base of a gate between two buildings
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.
A bouquet of flowers sits on a barrier blocking off the entrance to a Lunar New Year street fair, with a police vehicle visible in the background
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.
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