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Los Angeles freeway is fully reopened after arson fire, just in time for Monday morning's rush hour

An elevated Los Angeles freeway closed by a Nov. 11 arson fire has reopened ahead of Monday morning’s commute

The Independent UK

Los Angeles criticized for its handling of homelessness after 16 homeless people escape freeway fire

A fire that erupted in storage yards underneath a Los Angeles freeway has renewed attention on the city’s inability to protect the thousands of unhoused residents living in such perilous locations

The Independent UK

Residential Hotels Got Contracts Under the Los Angeles Mayor’s Homelessness Program Despite Violations

A city law sought to prevent low-cost housing from turning into hotels, but some landlords rented to tourists anyway. That didn’t stop them from receiving city funds for a new temporary shelter program.

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Fire that indefinitely closed vital Los Angeles freeway was likely arson, governor says

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says arson caused a massive fire that has indefinitely closed a vital section of a freeway in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Arson likely caused fire that damaged vital artery of Los Angeles freeway, governor says

A stretch of Interstate 10 south of downtown was closed after a fire early Saturday. The freeway handles 300,000 cars on a typical weekday and is a major freight corridor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Massive fire that caused traffic chaos in Los Angeles was set intentionally, says governor

Gavin Newsom told a press conference on Monday that a preliminary investigation into the incident, which has caused traffic chaos in the city, had found ‘malice and intent’

The Independent UK

Major fire near homeless encampment under 10 Freeway brings traffic chaos to LA

Mile long section of 10 Freeway which sees 300,000 vehicles daily now closed indefinitely

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Los Angeles motorists urged to take public transport after massive fire closes interstate

Officials say Los Angeles motorists should expect traffic snarls as crews assess how much damage was caused by a weekend fire that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown

The Independent UK

After massive fire closes Los Angeles interstate, motorists urged to take public transport

Los Angeles motorists should expect traffic snarls indefinitely as crews assess how much damage was caused by a weekend fire that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown

The Independent UK

Los Angeles Mayor Orders Residential Hotels to Be Opened for Temporary Shelter

A 2008 city law intended hotels used as primary residences to be preserved as safety-net housing. But with little enforcement, some landlords had turned their buildings into tourist hotels.

Capital & Main

Armed man shouting ‘Free Palestine’ arrested after breaking into Jewish family’s LA home

Shocking incident took place in city’s Studio City neighbourhood as war in Middle East continues to deepen

The Independent UK

To tackle homelessness faster, LA has a kind of real estate agency for the unhoused

A Los Angeles program aggressively scouts vacant units and lobbies landlords in one of the country's tightest real estate markets. Some landlords offer up units even before putting them on the market.

WEKU

L.A. Housing Department Proposes Increasing Residential Hotel Enforcement

Amid the city’s homelessness crisis, some landlords have turned buildings meant for low-cost housing into tourist hotels.

Capital & Main

Los Angeles city and county to spend billions to help homeless people under lawsuit settlement

Los Angeles County and city will spend billions of dollars to provide more housing and support services for homeless people under a lawsuit settlement approved by a federal judge

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As a tropical storm bore down on Southern California, Texas sent migrants on a bus to Los Angeles

The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, voluntarily took the bus ride from Brownsville to Los Angeles even as Tropical Storm Hilary crossed into Southern California.

The Independent UK

Greg Abbott branded ‘evil’ for sending migrant bus to LA in middle of tropical storm Hilary

‘It is evil to endanger the lives of vulnerable migrants by sending a bus with families and toddlers on board to a city that at the time was under an unprecedented tropical storm warning,’ LA Mayor Karen Bass said

The Independent UK

Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practices

Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, engineers and traffic officers, walked off the job for a 24-hour strike alleging unfair labor practices

The Independent UK

California Gov. Gavin Newsom offers to help negotiate Hollywood strike

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has offered to help negotiate an end to the strikes that have hobbled Hollywood

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How We Found What the City of L.A. Didn’t: Landlords Renting Low-Cost Housing to Tourists

Hotel ads, booking sites and guest reviews. Tourists staying in rooms meant for low-cost housing. Yet the city’s Housing Department has cited few landlords for violating the residential hotel law.

The Guardian - US

Fifth bus of asylum seekers arrives in Los Angeles from Texas

Bus was carrying 44 people hailing from Colombia, China, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela, including 14 children

WEKU

Why can't we stop homelessness? 4 reasons why there's no end in sight

Many cities have devoted considerable focus and money to house people, only to see the number living outside continue to rise.

Capital & Main

Checked Out: How L.A. Failed to Stop Landlords From Turning Low-Cost Housing Into Tourist Hotels

Fifteen years ago, Los Angeles passed a law to preserve residential hotels as housing of last resort. Now, amid the homelessness crisis, some hotels may be violating that law by offering rooms to tourists.

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: LA’s homeless numbers are grim. We must keep building housing and expanding services

Once again, the news from the annual tally of the Los Angeles County homeless population is grim. Based on the three-night point-in-time count conducted in January, the number of homeless people in Los Angeles rose by 10% to 46,260 this year from 41,980 in 2022. The overall number in Los…

Los Angeles Times

LA County leaders vow to continue supporting migrant Angelenos based on State of Immigrants report

Focusing on ways to serve immigrants better and give them more of a voice on a host of economic and social issues, local legislators, academics and nonprofit leaders gathered last week at the fourth L.A. immigration summit.

Los Angeles Times

LA mayor ousts Native American DWP commissioner; Indigenous groups outraged

Cynthia Ruiz, the first Native American ever to serve on the Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners, got some bad news from City Hall recently.

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