Following two straight years of decreases, homelessness increased by 3.4 percent in the city of Los Angeles this year, with the number of unsheltered individuals jumping by 7.9 percent, according […]
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Expert: Fragments found on teen matched D4vd’s pool
A police criminalist testified today that blue fragments recovered by the county medical examiner’s office from a 14-year-old girl whose remains were discovered in the front trunk of singer D4vd’s […]
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Anthony Anderson to be Honored in Beverly Hills
The Harold and Carole Pump Foundation announced today that Anthony Anderson will be honored next month at the foundation’s 26th annual celebrity dinner in Beverly Hills. Anderson, best known for […]
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Sen. Padilla condemns Trump administration
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the Senate Rules Committee, is condemning the Trump administration’s dismissal of the Democratic members of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission (EAC), […]
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Measles case confirmed in traveler passing through LAX
Yesterday, Los Angeles County health officials were advising people who passed through LAX last week to monitor for measles symptoms after confirming an infected traveler passed through the airport. According […]
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‘Stories from the Los Angeles Black LGBT Community”
A Place 2 Be founder, Dr. Byron Johns, is bringing forward voices of some of the most marginalized identities in the Black communi-ty: transgender people. In a series called “Stories […]
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Warrior Con ‘26 unites Sickle Cell Community
Sickle cell disease is an illness that heavily impacts the Black community. Data shows that 1 in every 365 Black Americans is born with sickle cell, which affects approximately 100,000 […]
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Pharmacists authorize possible strike vs. Ralphs, other chains
Pharmacists at some of Southern California’s major supermarket chains have voted to authorize a strike “should one become necessary ,” union officials said today. “Last night, hundreds of United Food […]
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Assemblymember Mike Gipson: Tragic Compton shootings drive home need for stronger gun control legislation
Assemblymember Mike A. Gipson (D-Carson) says a deadly Fourth of July weekend shooting in Compton that claimed the life of one of his former staff members underscores the urgent need […]
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Advocacy groups call for LAUSD investigation
California Black Media The Black Educator Advocates Network (BEAN) and the NAACP San Fernando Valley Branch are calling for an independent investigation into what they say is a longstanding pattern […]
