via LA Public Press VAN NUYS — An encampment sweep planned near the Van Nuys Metro G Line station was averted Tuesday, after community members turned out to defend the unhoused community. The “sweep” on Aetna Street was the first official planned removal of tents and...
via LA Times The sparrows fled the courtyard. It was quiet amid the classics. John Szabo stepped out of the elevator and walked through the sunlit atrium of the Central Library. He passed a slumbering homeless man and, with the efficiency of a spy, disappeared into...
via LA Times Workers, managers and elected officials braced for one of the biggest labor actions to hit Los Angeles city government in a generation — a one-day walkout by the union that represents traffic officers, gardeners, mechanics, custodians, lifeguards,...
via Los Angeles Times The real estate standoff on a windswept spit of land in industrial North Richmond, Calif., had the makings of one of those bitter and protracted battles in which community well-being was once again at risk of being squashed by the rapacious might...
via New York Times By the end of Shekinah Samaya-Thomas’s first date with her now-husband Chris, she had made two things very clear: She was going to get married — not necessarily to him — and she was going to own a house. For two people looking to establish a life...
via LA Times Los Angeles is taking another step toward opening a city-owned public bank that would support projects driven by public interest. The City Council voted last week to fund a feasibility study for the bank after advocates argued it would do better than...
