Putting a Face on Mental Health
The statistics are scary. In February of this year, the CDC released a report saying, “3 in 5 teen girls in the U.S. (57%) felt persistently sad or hopeless in 2021 – more than twice as much as boys, and...
Los Angeles
Crystal Meth Pipe Distribution To Addicts, Homeless Draws Increased Criticism In LA
A non-profit program in Los Angeles that passes out crystal meth pipes to addicts for “safety” continued to receive criticism on Thursday as more leaders and members of the public have come out publicly against the practice. According to reports,...
Could The WGA be Responsible for the Writer’s Strike?
At the beginning of this month, the Writer’s Guild of America officially began their strike against the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. This is the first time since 2007 that these two progressive wings of Hollywood could not...
LA Public Health Chief Barbara Ferrer Grilled in Court for On-Going ‘Twitter Files’ Censorship Scandal’
Last Wednesday, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health chief Barbara Ferrer was in a conference room with her two tax-payer funded lawyers for her deposition in the Alliance of Los Angeles County Parents lawsuit filed against the county over numerous...
Lawsuit Challenges Public Access to LAUSD Employee Orientations
A lawsuit filed on Monday alleges that a California statute, Government Code § 3556, violates the First Amendment by denying the general public access to the dates, times and locations of new government employee orientations – all the while furnishing...
Writers Guild Of America Strike Begins
The Writers Guild of America (WGA), the union representing writers in film, television, radio, news, and online media, began a strike on Tuesday after failing to reach an agreement with major studio and television producers, affecting 11,500 union members mainly...
Los Angeles County Begins County-Wide Single-Use Plastics Ban In Restaurants
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...