Friday’s Headlines

The World Cup is here! Partake of Metro’s enhanced service and/or Metrolink’s supplemental service. Kick It in the Park at one of the city’s watch parties. Check out the FIFA Fan Festival. Or visit David Beckham’s new star on Hollywood Boulevard.

• L.A. Charter Reform seems to have lost the little momentum it had. Key reforms – including LAPD oversight and the creation of new districts – are likely to be kicked well down the road. L.A. Squawk Box has the run down. Tune into the Rules Committee today at 1 p.m.
• Duarte students uncover the history of a community buried by freeways (LAist)
• This Silverlake staircase is an important LGBTQ+ historical site (LA Public Press)
• If you know Central Ave, you know the 27th Street Bakery – a staple in the community for 70 years. The employees are staples, too. One, Maximina Rodriguez is retiring after 43 years there. (LA Local)
• HUD halts federal homeless dollars to LA-area’s lead agency, citing mismanagement (LAist, CalMatters)
• Unhoused people comprise a disproportionately high number of those murdered in L.A. (LAist/LA Local)
• Unfounded claims of homeless voter fraud roil L.A. We went to Skid Row for answers (LAT)
• North Hollywood hit-and-run leaves woman dead (KTLA)
• We’re into year two of the mass deportation machine in L.A. Keep up with L.A. Taco’s Daily Memo.
• 5 things to know about California’s backlog of police shooting investigations (CalMatters)
• A D.C. lawyer spent years fighting a $100 ticket from a speed cam; what are the implications for speed cams going up in other communities? (NOTUS)

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