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The LA gift guide that keeps your money in the community! From Indigenous artisan markets to Black-owned bookstores and family-run coffee roasters, here's how to support your Southern California vendors while finding unique presents this holiday season. https://t.co/eAGXKdzds2
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From Indigenous artisan markets to Black-owned bookstores and family-run coffee roasters, here's how to support your Southern California vendors while finding unique presents this season.
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This single mom is squeezed by LA’s cost of living. Now she’s running for mayor. Progressive housing advocate Rae Huang is challenging Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor, promising free transit and social housing. https://t.co/wV5oHI1ddO
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Progressive housing advocate Rae Huang is challenging Karen Bass for Los Angeles mayor, promising free transit and social housing.
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Huntington Park just gave renters more time to pay rent amid ICE raids. Housing advocates call the eviction ordinance “bare minimum” as federal immigration enforcement threatens to displace families across Southeast L.A. https://t.co/IiEu2V3pKI
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Housing advocates call the eviction ordinance "bare minimum" as federal immigration enforcement threatens to displace families across Southeast LA.
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Metro made Open Streets permanent but tied most funding to Olympics, World Cup. The decision ties popular programs like Ciclavia to upcoming major sporting events but advocates are hopeful the agency will free up funding for events outside that timeframe. https://t.co/x5rHOkcx0L
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The decision ties popular programs like Ciclavia to upcoming major sporting events but advocates are hopeful the agency will free up funding for events outside that timeframe.
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NOTHING TO SEE HERE… just a ~$6.6M nano-cap ($SBFM) sitting near the lows while rolling out product news (doxycycline). But tape is quiet today — if volume returns, this thing can MOVE. Not advice. DYOR.
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On Tuesday night, the City of Huntington Park passed an amendment to the rent stabilization ordinance to allow renters to be up to one month behind on rent before facing eviction. Housing organizers in SELA said they believe this threshold is a first step in the right direction.
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How to report foul odors in your LA County neighborhood. Residents can submit complaints about odors, asbestos, dust, gasoline dispensing and other air quality concerns to the district. If the air outside smells like rotten eggs, call the AQMD. https://t.co/o2h12W6jOa
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If the air outside smells like rotten eggs, call the AQMD.
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LA rent relief is coming. But as immigration raids continue, it might not close the gap. Tenant organizers are still pressuring County leadership to pass an eviction moratorium. https://t.co/83TwLQm4yy
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Tenant organizers are still pressuring County leadership to pass an eviction moratorium.
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The LA County Board of Supervisors voted today to approve the mask ordinance, requiring law enforcement to show their faces and visible identification during most public encounters. Whether the measure can be enforced is now expected to be decided by the courts.
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California’s farmworkers face ICE raids, deadly heat and pollution all at once. Volunteers now deliver food directly to SoCal trailer parks because families are too afraid to leave home. https://t.co/LntHicv7MK
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Volunteers now deliver food directly to SoCal trailer parks because families are too afraid to leave home. Meanwhile, the people harvesting your food are drinking contaminated water and working in...
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California launches online portal to report federal agent misconduct The reports will be collected by the CA Department of Justice to create a record of unlawful contact by federal agents and inform legal action the state may take. https://t.co/zzzYGrRZ4Y
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The reports will be collected by the California Department of Justice to create a record of unlawful contact by federal agents and inform legal action the state may take to defend Californians’ rights
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Metro board approves Dodger stadium gondola despite heavy protests. Protestors temporarily shut down the Thursday board meeting after the gondola vote was placed on the consent agenda, which would have prevented public discussion by agency directors. https://t.co/6RKb9pxAfs
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Protestors temporarily shut down the Thursday board meeting after the gondola vote was placed on the consent agenda, which would have prevented public discussion by agency directors.
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The coalition of LA residents who oppose the Dodger Stadium gondola shut down the Metro board of directors meeting Thursday. They forced the meeting into recess and demanded that officials at minimum allow public discussion on the project. This is a developing story.
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LAPD can continue to use military weapons, foam bullets and tear gas after City Council vote. LA City Council voted 8-4 to let LAPD keep using foam bullets and tear gas despite documented misuse and over $50M in civil rights violation payouts last year. https://t.co/8OcVOtOKMH
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The LA City Council voted 8-4 to let LAPD keep using foam bullets and tear gas despite documented misuse during this summer's anti-ICE protests and over $50 million in civil rights violation payouts...
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California gas utilities are using your money to push gas on LA wildfire survivors. California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates. https://t.co/GR4zDhROY8
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California’s utility regulator said it would eliminate ratepayer-funded incentives for gas appliances in new construction, but created an exception that allows rebates for them in wildfire rebuilds.
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Trump’s HIV cuts are devastating California’s Black and Latino communities. The $1.5 billion in federal funding cuts will shutter testing, outreach and housing programs—while one LA nonprofit has already lost more than half its budget. https://t.co/RHXcsJREa6
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The $1.5 billion in federal funding cuts will shutter testing, outreach and housing programs—while one LA nonprofit has already lost more than half its budget
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For the first time in it's 111 year history, LA public defenders will defend clients in immigration court. A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation. https://t.co/13W3qMb991
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The Los Angeles County Public Defender’s Office is forming a new pilot removal defense and expanding the scope of its immigration unit.
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LA just dodged major mudslides. But communities like Sierra Madre aren't out of danger yet. Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger fires and intense storms are imperiled under Trump. https://t.co/7aopWtWEuu
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Data and aid to fight landslides fueled by bigger fires and intense storms are imperiled under Trump.
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Putrid odors in this nook of South Gate has one resident calling it the “armpit” of the city. Residents have filed over 100 odor complaints citing smells like rotten eggs and warm garbage to air quality regulators. https://t.co/Uq46hRZJ0f
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Residents have filed over 100 odor complaints citing smells like rotten eggs and warm garbage to air quality regulators.
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How residents in LA and Chicago are building multiracial solidarity against ICE. Violent immigration crackdowns, looming safety net cuts and arrests of street vendors are pushing Black and Latine residents to organize around their common ground. https://t.co/EiRpLsMGSS
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Violent immigration crackdowns, looming safety net cuts and arrests of street vendors are pushing Black and Latine residents in both cities to organize around their common ground. Violent immigration...
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