As the holiday season is upon us, so is the massive shopping spree many people are planning to go on. With scamming and robberies at an all-time high, the DOJ […]
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Garcetti celebrates $60 million for South L.A. climate projects
Mayor Eric Garcetti recently announced a $35 million Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) grant from the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) for the South LA Eco-Lab, a collection of environmental and […]
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Mayor-elect Karen Bass
Rep. Karen Bass (D-37) felt compelled to become mayor of Los Angeles. A native of the city — even though she had been spending a lot of time in Washington […]
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Californians spurn sports gambling
On Election Day, Golden State voters emphatically rebuked the sports gambling initiatives on the ballot. With 67% of the ballots counted at press time, according to the Associated Press (AP), […]
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Settlement of LA homelessness lawsuit delayed again
A federal judge said Monday that he wants to meet with the new mayor of Los Angeles once election results are final before approving the settlement of a lawsuit over […]
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… And the votes are still being counted
OK, residents did their part and voted — whether by mail, by vote box, or in person — during Tuesday’s midterm elections. Now, for many races, it’s waiting time before […]
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Inglewood Police Dept. awarded grant
The Inglewood Police Department recently received a grant which will increase patrols throughout the community and provide other traffic safety programs to help reduce the number of serious injuries and […]
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The Politics of lying, blustering and head-faking the electorate
While we are all quite used to politicians and would-be pols stretching the truth, negatively asking leading questions about opponents, fibbing about an opponent’s real record in or out of […]
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South Los Angeles has the highest concentration of parolees
The United States doesn’t have one “criminal justice system;” instead, we have thousands of federal, state, local, and tribal systems. Together, these systems hold almost 2 million people in 1,566 […]
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Proposition 30
California, in the past decade, has dealt with extreme environmental issues that have caused damage to inhabitants and even caused death in some cases. Wildfires have caused Southern California to […]
