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LAUSD Board Delivers Rare Dose of Sanity: Reductions in Student Screen Time

April 24, 2026 6:00 amApril 24, 2026 6:01 am

n a move that has left education watchers rubbing their eyes in disbelief, the Los Angeles Unified School District Board of Education voted Tuesday to dramatically restrict student screen time in the classroom. They are the first major school district...

Dozens of Mexican Mafia Members Arrested in FBI’s Operation Gangster’s Paradise

April 23, 2026 1:17 pmApril 24, 2026 8:55 am

FBI Director Kash Patel announced Thursday that agents from the FBI’s Los Angeles field office executed 30 pre-dawn raids, arresting 43 alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia — the notorious prison gang known as “La Eme” or the...

Progressive Economics Meets Reality: ‘Mansion Tax’ Backers Realize Higher Taxes Stunt Growth

April 20, 2026 4:26 pmApril 22, 2026 1:49 pm

In a plot twist worthy of satire — or a very late Economics 101 class — Democrat-aligned nonprofits, business groups, and even the carpenters’ union have suddenly realized that Los Angeles’ Measure ULA “mansion tax” is hurting housing production and...

Lost Angeles: LA Ranks the Worst for Quality of Life in Record-Low UCLA Survey

April 20, 2026 12:39 pmApril 20, 2026 12:39 pm

Los Angeles County residents have delivered a damning verdict on life in America’s second-largest city: quality of life has hit rock bottom under the watch of Mayor Karen Bass and a string of failed progressive policies. According to the...

DOJ Arrests Iranian National at LAX for Allegedly Brokering Iranian Arms Sales on Behalf of Tehran Regime

April 20, 2026 10:40 amApril 20, 2026 10:40 am

Federal agents arrested Shamim Mafi, a 44-year-old Iranian national and lawful permanent U.S. resident since 2016, at Los Angeles International Airport Saturday night on charges she brokered the sale of Iranian-manufactured drones, bombs, bomb fuses, assault weapons, and millions of...

Newsom Dumps Another $145 Million in Homelessness Funding as Fraud, Waste, and Empty Shelters Plague His Record

April 8, 2026 3:13 pmApril 9, 2026 8:21 am

Governor Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that his administration is handing local governments an additional $145.4 million in taxpayer dollars to “drive forward our progress reducing homelessness,” touting “real results in real time” and wildly claiming the state has already transitioned...

‘Taxing Greed to Pay for What We Need:’ LA Hotel Worker Union Hemorrhages Members

April 8, 2026 11:05 amApril 14, 2026 11:01 am

Last week marked the deadline for labor unions to file their 2025 LM-2’s, the report by labor unions that detail how they spent funds in the past year. LM-2’s are filed with the Office of Labor and Management Standards, and...