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Los Angeles has already ceded too much power to the Olympic machine

The city will host the Games in 2028 and the costs – as they always do – are already mounting. The city’s mayor needs to grab back some control

The Guardian - US

Editorial: Is LA's anti-camping law getting homeless people off sidewalks and into housing? Let’s find out

Nearly two years ago, the Los Angeles City Council passed a controversial ordinance that banned camping by homeless people near schools, day-care centers and parks as well as any other locations that council members wanted to decree off-limits. All they had to do was submit a resolution with a list…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: LAPD’s broken discipline system doesn’t hold officers accountable

Los Angeles Police Chief Michel Moore and Mayor Karen Bass want to make it easier to fire or otherwise punish officers who have committed serious misconduct, and they have the right idea. Police must earn the trust of the communities they serve, yet trusting them is hard if officers can’t…

Los Angeles Times

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In L.A., Unhoused People Say City Sweeps Leave Them Vulnerable to Hypothermia

Since January, the city has cleared nearly 600 encampments.

Capital & Main

He's bold, camera ready and loves Twitter, but has LA's schools chief uplifted students?

LOS ANGELES — Exhilarated, he proclaimed "I love LAUSD" in sign language during a 125-mph skydive in a Twitter video. He posed on horseback in Topanga Canyon because connecting with nature is "indispensable to the holistic education of our students." He has stood alongside Dr. Dre, George Clooney, Los Angeles…

Los Angeles Times

‘He was hunting Jews’: LA officials decry antisemitism in wake of shootings

LOS ANGELES — In a school gymnasium painted yellow and black to symbolize the star that Jewish people were forced to wear in Nazi Germany, Mayor Karen Bass addressed a crowd of 400 who had gathered for a town hall on antisemitic violence after the shootings of two Jewish men…

Los Angeles Times

Suspect in shootings of two Jewish men in LA is charged with federal hate crimes

LOS ANGELES — A man with a history of making antisemitic statements was charged Friday with federal hate crimes on suspicion of shooting two Jewish men as they left religious services in Los Angeles in recent days.

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Shootings of 2 Jewish men in LA under investigation as potential hate crimes

A suspect was arrested by LAPD on Thursday in connection with both shootings.

Axios

LA Mayor Bass orders list of vacant city properties where homeless housing could be built

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass ordered city officials on Friday to prepare a list of the city’s surplus and unused properties over the next three weeks, the first major step in identifying which ones will be used for building homeless housing.

Los Angeles Times

LA shifts course on vaccine mandates for city workers, will approve exemptions

LOS ANGELES — When Los Angeles city employees file for religious or medical exemptions to the city's COVID-19 vaccination requirement, the requests are typically reviewed to ensure that exemption requests are valid.

Los Angeles Times

‘I was hitting him with straight haymakers, dog’: Tyre Nichols police beating video released

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The city of Memphis released nearly an hour of graphic video Friday evening showing the beating of Tyre Nichols, footage capturing the moment-by-moment developments of a traffic stop that spiraled into a savage display of force, once again leaving an American city reeling from police violence.

Los Angeles Times

Authorities identify suspected gunman in Lunar New Year mass shooting; motive unclear

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — Authorities have identified the man responsible for a deadly shooting inside a Monterey Park dance studio as 72-year-old Hemet resident Huu Can Tran.

Los Angeles Times

Motive remains a mystery after suspected gunman in Lunar New Year mass shooting found dead

MONTEREY PARK, Calif. —

Los Angeles Times

LAPD ban of 'thin blue line' flags is latest salvo in culture war

LOS ANGELES — For some, the "thin blue line" flag is an expression of solidarity with police officers who have lost their lives on the job.

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For Patrisse Cullors, co-founder of Black Lives Matter, police violence hits close to home

LOS ANGELES — Patrisse Cullors is used to being the one consoling families of people who died at the hands of police, not the other way around.

Los Angeles Times

Faced with shrinking ranks, LAPD looks to rehire retired officers

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Police Department is making a simple but unusual pitch to its retired cops: Come back. Please.

Los Angeles Times

New storms move into Southern California, bringing wet, hazardous holiday weekend

LOS ANGELES — New storms are set to hit Southern California this holiday weekend, further drenching the region and bringing the risk of coastal flooding, especially during times of high tide.

WEKU

A cousin of a prominent Black Lives Matter founder died after being tased by police

Keenan Anderson, a 31-year-old teacher and father, flagged down police after a traffic collision. He was chased, held down by multiple officers and tased for over 90 seconds as he begged for help.

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LAPD’s repeated tasing of teacher who later died appears excessive, experts say

LOS ANGELES — Videos released this week of a teacher who died after Los Angeles police discharged a Taser on him at least six times on a Venice street raises serious concerns about the officers’ tactics, law enforcement experts who reviewed the tapes said.

Los Angeles Times

LA Mayor Karen Bass declares local state of emergency over storms

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Friday declared a local state of emergency after storms pounded the city earlier this week, causing mudslides, flooding and road closures.

Salon

Cousin of BLM co-founder killed by LAPD

Keenan Anderson, a high school English teacher, suffered cardiac arrest after police repeatedly used a taser on him

Al Jazeera

Black Lives Matter co-founder’s cousin killed in police incident

English teacher Keenan Anderson went into cardiac arrest after being Tasered by US police during a visit to Los Angeles.

The Independent UK

LA police chief admits he is ‘deeply concerned’ over two recent fatal police shootings

Three people have died after being shot or hit with a stun gun by LAPD officers in the last two days

Los Angeles Times

Q&A: ‘The city is demanding the tents go away,’ LA Mayor Karen Bass says of homelessness

LOS ANGELES — When she was running for mayor of Los Angeles last year, Karen Bass spoke often about how the homelessness crisis is what prompted her to leave a safe seat in Congress and “come home.”

The Independent UK

Los Angeles chief 'deeply concerned' by 2 police shootings

The Los Angeles police chief says he is concerned about two recent fatal police shootings, including one in which officers failed to call for a specially trained mental health team during an interaction with a man in crisis

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