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Umbrellas rule the day on a baking hot Saturday in Boyle Heights. Sahra Sulaiman/Streetsblog L.A.
  • Rebecca Grossman: Prosecution wants life, defense wants probation (LAT)
  • 2 brothers killed in Playa del Rey crash identified as Morningside High School students (NBCLA)
  • Climate change turns up the heat
    • California’s hot spots: Heat wave breaks several daily records (LAT); What is a heat dome? (NPR)
    • There is more carbon dioxide than ever in the atmosphere. That’s bad for the climate (NPR)
  • Housing
    • California lawmakers are giving up a bid to repeal a nearly 75-year-old anti-public-housing measure (LAT)
    • Despite Promise To Judge, LA Isn’t Detailing How Homeless Dollars Are Spent (LAist)
    • Should California Double Down on Building Tiny Homes for People Experiencing Homelessness? (KQED)
    • Expunging convictions gets people closer to housing, but it’s not automatic (LA Public Press)
    • In Skid Row, a 19-story residential tower is opening, with gym, cafe (LAT)
    • Affordable housing takes shape at 7924 S. Western Avenue in South L.A. (Urbanize LA)
    • Ladera Heights residents wrestle with rezoning plan (NBCLA)
  • Long Beach releases data on e-scooter crashes as it weighs allowing them on beach bike path (LB Post)
  • South Pasadena To Reconsider Decision To Remove Bike Lane On Grand Avenue (LAist)
  • Turning back the clock
    • Louisiana court says mostly white enclave in Baton Rouge may secede and form its own city (NPR)

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Sahra is Communities Editor for Streetsblog L.A., covering the intersection of mobility with race, class, history, representation, policing, housing, health, culture, community, and access to the public space in Boyle Heights and South Central Los Angeles.

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