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For Tulasi Rodríguez, the LA Metro is the only means she has to get to and from work. The day begins early for her in South Los Angeles. Around 8:30 a.m., Rodríguez heads to the Metro stop at the intersection between 42nd Street and Vermont Avenue. Despite taking the same route daily, she describes a fear that permeates her…

As Los Angeles plans to update the housing guidelines that dictate where new homes can be built, affordability advocates have noticed something they find troubling: The plan leaves out nearly three-quarters of the residential portion of the city.  That is because the city’s plan leaves out land zoned for…

The family of a teenager who was shot and killed after a birthday party held a “graduation” ceremony in Long Beach on the first anniversary of his death. Quincy Reese Jr. died following a nightclub shooting in South Los Angeles on June 10, 2023 with a gunshot wound to the head.  The "graduation" ceremony was took place at El…

Family members of 37-year-old husband and father of three Hugo Cachua, who was shot and killed by an off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer on medical leave late last month, say authorities have yet to explain why their loved one was killed.   The incident happened on May 30 in Ontario near North Euclid Avenue and West 6th…

Acknowledging small increases in COVID-19 case data over the past month, Los Angeles County health officials on Friday urged residents to again take “common-sense precautions” to limit the spread of the virus and avoid another summer surge in infections. COVID cases and hospitalizations have spiked upward the past three summers…

Harvey Weinstein’s lawyers argue in an appeal that he did not get a fair trial when he was convicted of rape and sexual assault in Los Angeles in 2022 and sentenced to 16 years in prison. The brief filed Friday with California’s Second District Court of Appeal comes six weeks after his similar landmark #MeToo conviction and 23-year…

Loved ones are searching for a missing Southern California woman who disappeared in Bell Gardens. The missing woman was identified as Kim Mee, 36, according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Mee also goes by the name, “Eugene.” Mee was last seen on June 4 leaving a nursing home located on the 7000 block of East Gage Avenue.…

Human encounters with wildlife have surged in the Foothill communities, prompting LA County Supervisors to take action to keep everyone safe. Sierra Madre is one of the towns that has seen a huge uptick in bear sightings, just in the last four weeks they’ve had nearly 100 reports. It’s not just bears, there are also mountain…

After President Biden signed an executive order to tighten entries into the U.S. border, Los Angeles immigrant advocacy groups caution the new policy would harm migrants without effectively reducing the number of people crossing into the country. SHortly after Biden made the announcement Tuesday morning, the AMerican Civil…

Temperatures in Southern California will be increasing in the coming days, marking the first significant heat of the season. The National Weather Service is warning inland and desert communities in the Southland of increasing temperatures that have the potential to reach the 90s and even 100 in some areas. The agency said…