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Celebrating social entrepreneurism in LA and rebranding our city in the process.
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Joined April 2012
BREAKING: A letter from Alex Pretti’s Final Nursing Student: “I was Alex Pretti’s final nursing student. He was my friend and my nursing mentor. For the past four months, I stood shoulder to shoulder with him during my capstone preceptorship at the Minneapolis VA Hospital.
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Frank O. Gehry, the architect who changed the civic landscape of his adopted hometown of Los Angeles, has died
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Frank Gehry, known for ebullient cultural buildings like Disney Hall and helping invigorate the field of architecture at a moribund time, has died at 96.
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15 years ago, the City Maven launched to cover L.A. city politics in a way that was new and different at the time -- social media, podcast, newsletter. That entrepreneurial spirit continues in L.A. journalism today, as this great @NiemanLab article notes:
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A well-funded coalition building out neighborhood news, a new newsletter from an expanding for-profit site, and a nonprofit breaking through on social media are just a few examples of the latest bids...
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‘Am I Next?’ to be hit by immigration raids, a towering art installation asks. From @Photospice Barbara Davidson photos and @WallySkalij two photo giants. As told for @CalFund the California Community Foundation.
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Your morning catch-up: Artists combat ICE raids, delays coming to airports and more big stories
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As a century-old oil field winds down, what's next for Baldwin Hills? A sprawling park or housing?
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After a century of oil extraction in the Baldwin Hills, pressure is mounting to free the 1,000-acre oil field for a better use. But long-held plans for a park may now face competition from the need...
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LACMA employees unionize as museum works to open $720 million new building
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Employees at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art announced they are forming a union. The effort comes six months before the opening of the David Geffen Galleries and just days before the splashy Art...
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Community, Connection and Creativity: Altadena Girls Debuts Permanent Space
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Altadena Girls — the nonprofit founded by teen Avery Colvert after the 2025 L.A. fires — opened a permanent community center in Pasadena.
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Three physicists, including a pair of U.C. Santa Barbara professors, received the 2025 #NobelPrize in Physics for essentially bridging the gap between the invisible quantum world and the world we can see and touch 🏅🧪🥽 For the full story, visit: https://t.co/UKfceDD37U
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4 off-the-grid ideas to rebuild after the L.A. fires from design students
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When ArtCenter College students were tasked with designing sustainable dwellings that could resist both fire and earthquake damage, they homed in on prefabrication, multigenerational housing, ADUs...
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They call themselves 'trashers.' Together, they're cleaning L.A.'s streets — and finding friendship
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Chatsworth resident Jill Mather runs one of the largest volunteer cleanup groups in the city. The group offers a sense of community that keeps volunteers coming back.
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Rick Caruso shares his thoughts on a pathway to citizenship for immigrants in L.A. and the United States. Full interview: https://t.co/WbkJfjuiY3
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CHP to protect ex-VP Kamala Harris after Trump pulls Secret Service detail, sources say
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Kamala Harris to get CHP protection after President Trump pulls Secret Service
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Anaheim warns of 'most significant and disruptive' immigration raids as feds swarm city
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Officials in Anaheim issued a warning to the public after a spate of federal immigration raids that they called 'the most significant and disruptive federal enforcement' in weeks.
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Snoop Dogg to Be the Los Angeles Community Chairman of the 2026 FIFA World Cup
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Iconic local rapper Snoop Dogg was officially named the Los Angeles Community Chairman of the upcoming FIFA World Cup
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A new wearable device may soon be available to help keep farmworkers safe in the heat. Roxana Chicas, the nurse scientist behind the biopatch, came to the U.S. from El Salvador at age 4. She said her father worked in construction and landscaping - so the project is special to
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We’re thrilled to announce the 2025 #HiltonPrize recipient is the Mines Advisory Group! @MAGsaveslives plays a leading role in the global effort to remove landmines. Their work saves countless lives, protects human rights, and contributes to sustainable peace. Learn more:
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Boy with special needs detained by ICE outside L.A. school https://t.co/T4Egs6vetK via @YouTube
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This is FANTASTIC reporting by @PamelaBrownCNN about the rise of #ChristianNationalism and how it represents a clear and present danger to the country, the world and especially women. We must all take a stand.
Here’s our full digital write on Christ Church Senior Pastor Doug Wilson and his ties to Pete Hegseth w/ @jeremyherb @shoshanadubnow
https://t.co/GzbyE8s3ob
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Glorya Kaufman, philanthropist synonymous with dance in L.A., dies at 95
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Glorya Kaufman, philanthropist and founder of the USC Glorya Kaufman School of Dance as well as a popular dance series at the Music Center, has died. She was 95.
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