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10:09 AM PDT on September 12, 2025

CicLAvia returns to South L.A. this Sunday with a six-mile route on Central Avenue

This weekend, L.A. El Grito celebrations will proceed in honor of Mexican Independence Day (Boyle Heights Beat, NBCLA, SpectrumNews1); Chicago’s had been postponed due to ramped up immigration enforcement there (WGN)
The Daily Memo at L.A. Taco
An LAX immigration detention stretched from hours into days. Family says it feels like a kidnapping (LAist)
California lawmakers pass bill banning law enforcement officers from covering their faces (LAT); Judge rebukes DHS and LAPD for use of less lethals on journalists, legal observers and protesters and upholds injunctions against them (LAist)
These sites help communities avoid ICE—and now they’re under attack (LA Public Press)
How Trump’s Crime Crackdown Muted Other Parts of D.C. Life (WaPo)
‘Zero tolerance’ for speeding along PCH in Malibu includes Sean Penn (NBCLA)
Speaking of speed, more on L.A.’s speed camera program from LAist
Serial drunk driver charged in deaths of 6 people in California wine country (KTLA)
In abrupt turnabout, Mayor Bass withdraws her bill to overhaul L.A.’s ‘mansion tax’ (LAT)
With over 150 problem vacant lots, Long Beach will run an experiment to address them (LB Post)
High-speed rail project slated to received $20 billion in state funding (LAT)
CalBike Joins A South Pasadena Elementary School Bike Bus
Celebrate Historic South Central and Watts this weekend via CicLAvia. Or Culver City via the Walk & Roll Festival.

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