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Two LA City Council members & Assemblywoman Carrillo Arrested During Labor Protest Thursday

June 23, 2023 12:48 pmJune 23, 2023 12:48 pm

Los Angeles City Councilmembers Nithya Raman and Hugo Soto-Martinez, as well as Assemblywoman Wendy Carrillo (D-Los Angeles), were among the nearly 200 arrested at a labor protest near Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Thursday. All three were charged with...

Hotel Workers In LA, Orange Counties Authorize Strike Over Wanted Wage Increases

June 10, 2023 2:30 amJune 10, 2023 2:31 am

The Unite Here Local 11 union representing hotel workers in Los Angeles County and Orange County voted 96%-4% on Thursday to strike if a new contract with significant wage increases isn’t approved soon. Throughout the year, economic worries and cost-of-living...

LA County DA’s Office Flees Twitter After Negative Comments about Employees At Pride Parade

June 8, 2023 2:30 amJune 8, 2023 2:31 am

Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascon confirmed on Wednesday that his office would no longer have a presence on Twitter following recent comments that Twitter refused to delete from a post on their page, as well as the continued...

‘Zero Bail’ Goes Into Effect In LA County and City

May 25, 2023 5:30 amMay 25, 2023 6:41 am

The city and county of Los Angeles resumed ‘zero bail’, or the action of not having those with low level, non-violent crimes pay cash bail in order to be released before an arraignment, on Wednesday, following a preliminary injunction ruling...

Los Angeles County Begins County-Wide Single-Use Plastics Ban In Restaurants

May 1, 2023 6:19 pmMay 1, 2023 6:19 pm

The Los Angeles county-wide ban on single-use plastics in restaurants, such as in to-go containers, cups, dishes and cutlery, began on Monday following years of political wrangling and opposition to the ban. Since the late 2010s, LA County has ramped...

DWR Announces 100% State Water Project Water Allocation For 2023

April 21, 2023 2:30 amApril 21, 2023 5:53 pm

The Department of Water Resources announced Thursday they would be boosting State Water Project allocations this year from 75% to 100%, meeting 100% of all water requests for the first time since 2006. Statewide droughts in the 2010s and 2020s...

LA County Will Not Release Half Its Inmates After All… for Now

April 3, 2023 9:19 pmApril 3, 2023 9:20 pm

The now (temporarily?) shelved proposal by Los Angeles County Supervisor Hilda Solis to “de-populate” the local jail system raises a number of interesting questions, one of which is: How many of the inmates proposed for released by Solis – who...