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Koreatown Community Rallies To Reclaim Our Streets From ICE Terror
"This is an attack on Los Angeles. This is an attack on California. On all of us."
July 11, 2025
Covina Residents Call on City for Protections from Immigration Raids
Community members took to city council to share their frustrations and demands.
July 8, 2025
Eyes on the Street: ICE Protests Continue in Downtown L.A.
Standoffs continue for fifth day. Protestors again closed the 101 Freeway.
June 10, 2025
Thousands Peacefully Rally for Release of Labor Leader David Huerta
"¡Estamos aqui! ¡Pertenecemos aqui! We are here and we belong here!"
June 9, 2025
The Seething Anti-Blackness of Kevin de León and Other Takeaways from the Fed Recording
It had been just three days since KNOCK-LA and the L.A. Times published the racist recordings that emotionally ransacked the populace, and things were not going well at City Hall.
November 4, 2022
L.A. County to Return Bruce’s Beach Property to Rightful Owners
"The county isn't gifting anyone anything. The county is returning property that was inappropriately taken. We are returning to the Bruce family... property that they rightfully owned."
April 9, 2021
May Protest Update: Metro Refused Some Mutual Aid Requests, Most Bus Damage Was Minimal
Metro shuttled LAPD officers, provided 23 buses to police, and reported "62 damaged buses" when only about a dozen sustained significant damage.
August 6, 2020
Campaign Pushes for Manhattan Beach to Honor Full Black History of Bruce’s Beach
A new petition calls for Manhattan Beach to provide restitution to the Bruce family, whose land was seized by the city in the 1920s
July 14, 2020
New Legal Details Emerge on City Sidewalk Repair Settlement
New court filings today reveal more details about the settlement in Willits v. City of Los Angeles, a class action lawsuit over L.A.’s failure to make the public pedestrian right-of-way accessible to disabled people. Today's documents concur with the basic outlines of the settlement revealed in April 2014: the city of Los Angeles will spend $1.4 billion dollars over the next thirty years to repair damaged sidewalks that impede access.
January 12, 2016
Man is Shot and Killed by the Officers He Called to Help Search for Stolen Bike. Is it a Livable Streets Issue?
Several months ago, I asked that a link to a story on the beating of Clinton Alford by LAPD officers be included in our daily headlines.
July 17, 2015
