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Rapper Dumbfoundead unapologetically represents K-town in memoir "SPIT
2+ hour, 46+ min ago (1180+ words) This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Koreatown-raised entertainer Dumbfoundead tells it straight: "I don't think I'm just Korean…...
What does the US and Iran ceasefire entail?
19+ hour, 46+ min ago (958+ words) LAist Download our app for the optimal streaming experience What does the US and Iran ceasefire entail? This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation…...
Eagle advocate dies
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (1744+ words) Why it matters: More than a decade ago, Steers" fascination with the first recently recorded bald eagle chick hatched in Big Bear Valley led to years of planning and fundraising to install a camera in the eagles" nest overlooking Big…...
Parking tickets
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (1733+ words) What the numbers show: Last year, Boyle Heights was the sixth-most ticketed community among the city's 114 neighborhoods, receiving a total of 60, 695 citations, an average of 5, 057 per month. Boyle Heights hot spots: The most ticketed location in Boyle Heights is Cesar…...
DHS coerced kids
14+ hour, 42+ min ago (1736+ words) The backstory: Immigrant rights lawyers won a court order in 1986, granting unaccompanied immigrant children who are detained on suspected immigration violations protections from being coerced into waiving their rights and self-deporting. Mark Rosenbaum, who has represented immigrant children in that…...
Federal judge orders Trump administration to stop coercing immigrant children to self-deport
9+ hour, 56+ min ago (821+ words) This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. A federal judge ordered the Department of Homeland Security to stop using…...
LA mayoral candidate Raman proposes homelessness plan that includes scaling back Inside Safe
11+ hour, 32+ min ago (1482+ words) This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman " who is also a sitting L. A. City Council member…...
New immigration memo
18+ hour, 29+ min ago (1805+ words) More details: Refugees must either get a green card within a year, or "present themselves to the agency" to avoid detention, according to a Feb. 18 memo from the U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services and Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Why it matters:…...
Aquarium of the Pacific needs help with an enormous rescued sea turtle
12+ hour, 3+ min ago (460+ words) This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. The Aquarium of the Pacific is putting out a call for donations…...
CSU lecturer trial begins
17+ hour, 2+ min ago (1779+ words) The backstory: Jonathan Caravello is a philosophy lecturer in Cal State Channel Islands" math and data science department. Last summer, Caravello was arrested while protesting a raid at a licensed cannabis farm in Ventura County. If convicted, he could face…...