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By Joe Linton | Nov 23, 2020 | No Comments

Hospitals Brace For Holiday COVID Surge (LAT) …L.A. Suspends In-Person Dining (Daily News, LAT) Judge Rules Sheriff Cannot Ignore Watchdog Subpoena (LAT) Bonin What’s Next, Los Angeles? Podcast Interview On Reinventing Public Safety Bridge Housing Shelters Many, But Most Return To Streets (LAT) …L.A. Podcast Interviews LAT Reporters On Bridge Housing Mayor Garcetti Photographed Alongside Rick Jacobs […]

A view of the courtyard of the SEED school looking northward. The lots the project will rise on stood vacant for nearly 30 years. It will open its doors to students in the fall of 2022.

Metro’s Transportation Boarding School Breaks Ground at Vermont/Manchester

By Sahra Sulaiman | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments

"Groundbreaking celebrated without construction to follow had been the norm at a certain point," said Ridley-Thomas. "But no more."

Screengrab from the Sheriff's press conference on the killing of 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee. Two videos obtained from Kizzee's phone were shown to prove the gun found at the scene was his. The audio was removed from the videos, LASD said, because the song Kizzee was listening to contained vulgarities. But the intention seemed to be to present him as menacing, rather than being true to what he actually doing, which was showing off a bit while enjoying some music.

Video Provided by Sheriffs Directly Contradicts Their Own Account of Killing of Dijon Kizzee

By Sahra Sulaiman | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

The 2nd deputy doesn't draw his gun until nearly 2 seconds after Kizzee's gun has skittered along the ground to its final resting place

Today’s Headlines

By Joe Linton | Aug 20, 2020 | No Comments

LADWP Power Outages During Serious Heat Wave (CBS) …No, Green Power Is Not To Blame For Outages (LAT) Hundreds Of Fires Burning Across California (LAist) …Fires Especially Destructive In Bay Area (LAT) L.A. Finally Seeing Decline In Black, Latinx COVID Cases (LAT) Foothill L Line Construction Closing Streets In Glendora (SGV Tribune) 14 Injured In […]

Jermaine Welch mourns the loss of rapper, artist, entrepreneur, and visionary Nipsey Hussle in this image from 2019. While out making deliveries just after midnight on June 3, Welch passed through an intersection on Broadway, just south of Manchester, and was shot six times, possibly by the LAPD. He has been under investigation ever since. Image courtesy Jermaine Welch.

Bystander Shot Six Times During Officer-Involved Shooting Left Homeless, Struggling to Recover while LAPD Treats Him as Suspect

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 14, 2020 | No Comments

“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," says Jermaine Welch. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."

Bystander Shot Six Times During Officer-Involved Shooting Left Homeless, Struggling to Recover while LAPD Treats Him as Suspect

By Sahra Sulaiman | Jul 13, 2020 | No Comments

“Wow, I wake up from my death and it was like I was in jail...I’m treated like a criminal," he says. "[Yet] I'm the victim in this situation."

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