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ANNOUNCEMENT: More information in this thread 🧵⬇️
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BTS fans, #ARMY , are taking over SoCal and that's a good thing for local businesses. Fans are coming from 78 different countries and some are spending up to $5,000 to live the whole 'L.A. Experience'.
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Protesters, most wearing masks, shut down the 101 Freeway tonight near downtown LA to protest the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, who died after a police officer stood on his neck while detaining him
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LA city animal shelters are full. 3 separate hoarding cases led to the rescue of hundreds of animals and put all 6 of the city's shelters at max capacity. More than 250 animals could be euthanized if they aren't adopted or find foster homes soon.
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L.A. PRIDE Announces Kesha And Fifth Harmony As Headliners http://t.co/FkIYXh9iWy http://t.co/QyBT5GZxie
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L.A. mayor Karen Bass sworn in by vice president Kamala Harris.
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Hugh Hefner To Be Buried Next To Marilyn Monroe, Whose Nude Photos Were Used To Launch Playboy Without Her Consent
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Photos: Largest Anti-Trump Protest Yet Swarms In Downtown L.A. For Fifth Day
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Musical performance by @ChloeBailey
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A "mass exodus" of L.A. County deputies could be on the way due to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, according to L.A. Sheriff Alex Villanueva. He claims he could lose up to 44% of his workforce, causing an "imminent threat to public safety."
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Los Robles Hospital is in need of blood donors, especially those with O negative blood, for patients in critical condition. There will be a blood drive at La Reina High School, 106 W. Janss Road, from 10am-2pm. Appointments can be made by calling 877-25-VITAL. #BorderLineShooting
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Badlands National Park Has Gone Totally Rogue And Started Tweeting Climate Facts
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So. How are we feeling, L.A.?
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Pasadena is set to get another independent bookstore 📚 Owner Nikki High said she hopes to highlight authors who are Black, Indigenous, and other people of color.
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There Will Be A Lightsaber Vigil For Carrie Fisher In Downtown Disney Tonight
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We celebrated #GalentinesDay by talking with Amy Poehler and the Parks & Rec writers about female friendship and what it means for ladies to come together to celebrate ladies (preferably over brunch)!
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This Is What It's Like When A Father Of 4 Is Detained By ICE While Dropping His Daughters Off At School
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Farsi And Arabic Translators Currently Needed At LAX To Assist Detainees
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These photos of horses evacuating from the #EasyFire are heartwrenching. If you're looking to evacuate your large animal, take them to Ventura County Humane Society: 402 Bryant St in Ojai
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WE’RE COMING BACK! @KPCC is buying us after 4 long months. Here are the details of what’s happening:
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Disneyland's Tower Of Terror Gets An Official Closing Date
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We just received a curfew alert from the city. It says the curfew starts at 6 p.m...which was 38 minutes ago.
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What we know about the #SaddleridgeFire : -4700 acres, 0% containment -1 person died from cardiac arrest, 1 firefighter injured -at least 25 homes damaged -flames spreading at 800 acres/hour -reported at 9pm Thurs at 210 Fwy at Yarnell
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Jimmy Kimmel Pleads With America To Remove Trump From Office, Make Him Ceremonial King
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Zero Arrests At Historic L.A. Women's March
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Iranian Filmmaker Asghar Farhadi's Oscar Was Accepted By The First Muslim Woman In Space
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Why Jared Leto Wants Everyone In America To Send Him Their 4th Of July Videos
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The 405 is empty! EMPTY!
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@LAist #405shutdown for ⁦ @POTUS ⁩ arrival to Beverly Hills fundraiser
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Anonymous Group Reveals Direct Phone Numbers For White House Staff
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Thousands Of California Students Stage Walkouts, Chanting 'Not Our President'
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Inside Guillermo del Toro's Beautiful, Grotesque Collection At LACMA
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For many Japanese American activists, supporting Black reparations is not only a moral imperative as humans, but also as descendants of people who won redress from the U.S. government for false imprisonment during World War II.
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Thinking the fireworks will alert us when this ends, but does LA even have any fireworks left after June/July/August/Lakers?
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BREAKING: Nury Martinez announced her resignation Monday morning from her post as Los Angeles City Council President following the release on Sunday of recordings of racist remarks she made in a meeting last October.
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*clears throat* We’re back. We’ve missed you.
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Mayor Karen Bass. Thats the tweet. 📸: @bfeinzimer
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There Is A Giant X-Wing Parked On Hollywood Boulevard
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Patton Oswalt And Fiancée Meredith Salenger's Twitter Repartee Makes My Ice Cold Heart Believe In Love
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Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star Has Been Destroyed
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LA's teachers union has stopped short of explicit calls to dismantle the LA School Police Department — until now.
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L.A. Artist Claims Zara Stole Her Designs, Bragged About Getting More Hits On Their Website
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Wait hold up?!?! Send us pics of your local #gasprices ... This was earlier today on La Cienega Blvd. and Beverly Pl. 🤯 ⛽️
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GAME 7, BABY
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THREAD: The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture opens it’s doors today in Riverside. LAist is here for the opening ceremony.
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Let’s play L.A.’s favorite game: When can you park here? 🥴 Reply with your guesses. (via @CrosstownLA )
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good morning to everyone but the Houston Astros
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Hollywood Forever Cemetery To Remove Monument To Confederate Soldiers
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BREAKING: P-22, the mountain lion that became a celebrity symbol of Los Angeles, was euthanized on Saturday.
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Now free to use at the public library: • Laser Cutter • 3D Printer • 3D Scanner • HTC Vive - VR • Microphones • Green Screen • Vinyl Cutter • Computerized Embroidery Machine • and more
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When movie billboards are extra LA
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In DTLA, Echo Park and beyond, Angelenos are dancing, drinking and pot-banging in the streets. Let us know how your neighborhood is reacting to today's big election news.
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Huge Anti-Trump Protest That Walked Through L.A. Was Peaceful, Resulted In No Arrests
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12:22 am, 7th Street and Figueroa, downtown L.A. Photo by @mikeymassas
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L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti has called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to deploy National Guard troops in Los Angeles. They could be here in 7 hours at minimum.
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"This is not 1992. We are not going to call in the National Guard. Let's all de-escalate."
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There are two major marches happening today in LA for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day. The first starts at 10 a.m. in Hollywood's Little Armenia neighborhood.
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These photos capture the birth of SoCal skateboarding in the 1970s
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You asked. We answered. Almost every late-night restaurant in Los Angeles, by neighborhood.
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L.A. Zoo Offers Discounted Admission To Pokemon Go Players Next Week
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Curfew has been expanded to the entire city of Los Angeles. Starting at 8p.m. tonight. Historians, when was the last time this happened?
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She is Black. And Armenian. An Angelena reflects on discrimination, the legacy of the Armenian Genocide and the current conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan
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All California Women Can Now Get Birth Control Without A Prescription
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All Detainees At LAX Have Reportedly Been Released
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L.A. City Council members are voting on a proposed ordinance that would prohibit the assembly, disassembly, sale, distribution, or storage of bicycles and bicycle parts on public property.
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🇺🇸🎆 Hope you had a great Fourth of July celebrating independence/a day off work while realizing you need to buy an earthquake kit 🎆 🇺🇸
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What we know the boat fire off Santa Cruz Island: - 5 rescued, 34 missing - Fire reported shortly before 3:30 a.m. - Boak sank and is in 65 feet of water - Part of a 3-day Labor Day weekend diving trip
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We've just received reports that sign-carrying protesters chanting "eat the rich" went to Rodeo Drive around 3 p.m. today. Shortly after, automated phone calls were made to Beverly Hills residents saying protesters are entering the city and urging them to stay to home.
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Anyone With An L.A. Public Library Card Can Stream The Criterion Collection
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The season's first #LArain is upon us
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. @SarahKSilverman made a whole show about loving America — “I Love You, America” ( @ILYAmerica ) on Hulu — inspired by her fears over President Trump:
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A fire camera captured the outbreak of the #TickFire . This three-hour time lapse shows the period from 1:33pm to 4:32pm Thursday. (Courtesy of )
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Update: With low-income tenants at an apartment building in Chinatown fearing homelessness due to massive rent hikes, Los Angeles’ City Council voted Friday to buy the property.
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Video: This Timelapse Perfectly Captures The Supermoon Over L.A.
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Elon Musk invited us in for a peek at his Hawthorne Tunnel tonight. Here's what a ride looks like:
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Calle 13’s @residente felt underestimated as a kid & says it's led him to overcompensate in certain areas of his life. When it comes to music & writing, he says he practices and doesn’t stop “until I think it’s perfect.” Listen to Yeah No, I'm Not Ok now:
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It's Official: Los Angeles Makes Deal To Host 2028 Olympics
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Judge Gives Katy Perry The OK (Again) To Buy That Los Feliz Convent
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We're excited to announce LAist has a new editor — Brian De Los Santos @bdelossantos1 ! He's currently steering digital strategy at The Desert Sun and has previously worked at NPR, Marketplace and KCRW, as well as in our own KPCC newsroom.
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California was home to thousands of people before Spanish settlers arrived, and the L.A. Basin was home to the Gabrieliño-Tongva people.
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A sitting city councilmember is almost never defeated in Los Angeles — and, even more rare, Raman had no prior elected experience. How'd she do it? In-person outreach, 2,000 volunteers, and a large number of small-dollar donations.
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“I'd like to vote by mail. How do I do that and by when?" You can request a vote-by-mail ballot until Oct. 30. The fastest way to request a mail-in ballot is online. Here are a few other FAQs about voting in the November election:
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PSA: #LArain is coming tomorrow. Drive safe. Be kind to each other.
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Update: A spokesperson with L.A. Fitness said they have contacted police about Dani Mathers' photo.
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Thank you all for reminding us that LA never runs out. Bless.
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As of Wednesday morning, the remains of 33 victims who were aboard the #Conception have been recovered. A search is underway for the remaining body, according to @USCG officials.
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Leaving this here...
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This is not a set from a movie, it's hail in Pasadena 🌨
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DODGERS WIN!!! Show us your Dodger pride! Send us your selfies and videos to capture this great moment in history. #Dodgers #WorldSeries
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"Hotbed of romance" isn't how most people would describe West Covina. But Crazy Ex-Girlfriend gave the city international name recognition.
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Photos: Largest Anti-Trump Protest Yet Swarms In Downtown L.A. For Fifth Day
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L.A. Rams Become First NFL Team In History To Sponsor Gay Pride Event
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Weekend Planner: 20 Awesome Events Happening In Los Angeles
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The State Senate voted 35-to-1 in favor of renaming a stretch of the 134 freeway for Obama
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L.A. Women's March Is Overflowing The Public Transportation System
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The Ridgecrest earthquake split open the desert and we went to look at the crack
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Some personal news... LAist is coming up on almost a year since we relaunched as a nonprofit news site. And we just wanted to say THANK YOU! Your support motivates us every. single. day.
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Santa Monica Moves To End Relationship With Wells Fargo Over Dakota Access Pipeline
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Someone Tagged Donald Trump's Star On The Walk Of Fame With A Swastika
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Dear LA, You broke the flowers. Now you'll have to pay $10 for a shuttle to reach them. P.s. The wait for said shuttle is 2.5 hours. Enjoy! <3 Lake Elsinore
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