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Los Angeles County Residents Urged To Avoid Roads Due To Wildfires

Residents in Los Angeles County urged to avoid travel as wildfires cause poor visibility. Emergency response teams are working to contain fires and protect...

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Popular LA Spots Closed For Safety Reasons

Important spots in Los Angeles are closed for safety, urging people to avoid unnecessary travel.

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Los Angeles Mayor Returns From Diplomatic Mission

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass returns to the city after a diplomatic mission, expected to resume leadership responsibilities and engage with the community.

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Los Angeles Declares State Of Emergency, Acting Mayor In Charge

Los Angeles declares state of emergency, urging residents to stay informed and cooperate with city authorities in response efforts.

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More than 100 vacant, government-owned parcels in LA could be used for housing, study finds

LOS ANGELES — On Google Earth it looks like a stunning opportunity: six acres of vacant land surrounded by single-family homes in a West Valley neighborhood.

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Erika D. Smith: 'I'm a Black woman, not a pawn.' The forgotten victim of LA's racist tape scandal

Heather Hutt, a longtime political staffer turned interim Los Angeles City Council member, was already disgusted listening to three colleagues and a prominent labor leader use racist language to justify their plot to hoard political power for Latinos.

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Racist audio leak has ‘tainted’ LA's redistricting maps. Now some want them scrapped

LOS ANGELES — For nearly a week, activists and elected officials have demanded the ouster of three Los Angeles City Council members, calling it the only acceptable response to secretly recorded audio of them engaged in a conversation with racist and derogatory language.

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Friday's LA City Council meeting canceled, next steps unclear

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles City Council will not hold its regularly scheduled meeting Friday amid calls for the resignation of two members, acting Council President Mitch O’Farrell said Thursday.

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LA civic leaders call for Martinez, de León and Cedillo to resign from City Council

LOS ANGELES — The chorus of civic leaders calling for L.A. City Council members Nury Martinez, Kevin de León and Gil Cedillo to step down from the City Council grew louder Monday, as U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, Mayor Eric Garcetti and both mayoral candidates called on the embattled politicians to…

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Nury Martinez steps down as Los Angeles City Council president

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez stepped down from her powerful position Monday morning, a day after incendiary leaked audio exploded into public. It appears that she will remain on the 15-member legislative body.

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Erika D. Smith: Nury Martinez's racism feeds into Black Angelenos' worst fear. It's us versus them

She called the Black child of Los Angeles City Councilman Mike Bonin "changuito," or "a monkey," who gets carried around like a purse. "Su negrito, like on the side."

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Gustavo Arellano: Nury Martinez's rant reveals the worst enemy of Latino political power — ourselves

The more you listen to it, the worse it gets.

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In leaked audio, LA City Council members make racist remarks, mock colleagues

LOS ANGELES — Three Latino members of the Los Angeles City Council and a top county labor official held a conversation last fall that included racist remarks, derisive statements about their colleagues and council President Nury Martinez saying a white councilman handled his young Black son as though he were…

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On his birthday, Nipsey Hussle gets a true LA honor: a star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES — On Monday morning, a plane circled above Hollywood Boulevard trailing a banner that wished a happy birthday to Nipsey Hussle.

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Alley near Nipsey Hussle murder scene will be closed for more than a year due to crime issues

LOS ANGELES — The alleyway near where rapper Nipsey Hussle was killed in South L.A. in 2019 will be temporarily closed to address what authorities say is a rash of criminal activity in the area.

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‘Horrified’: LA City Council members call for action on overcrowded animal shelters

LOS ANGELES — Two L.A. city councilmen called Friday for more resources for the city’s struggling animal shelters following a Los Angeles Times article about crowded kennels, shelter dogs that go for weeks without walks and staffing shortages.

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LA mayor’s race: Rick Caruso and Karen Bass headed to November runoff

LOS ANGELES — Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso and U.S. Rep. Karen Bass will square off in a November runoff in their costly race to become Los Angeles’ next mayor, with the two far ahead of the rest of the primary field.

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Nipsey Hussle's alleged killer heads to trial. Conviction won't bring closure to Crenshaw

LOS ANGELES — There are only nine miles between the Crenshaw neighborhood parking lot where Nipsey Hussle was shot to death in 2019 and the downtown Los Angeles courtroom where his alleged killer will stand trial this month. But to some, the two places might as well be worlds apart.

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