Housing Activists Staged a ‘Car Caravan’ Protest Outside Mayor Garcetti’s Home
In the era of COVID-19, even protesters in Los Angeles are going the extra mile to practice social distancing. On Sunday evening, housing activists staged a “car-caravan” protest outside Mayor Eric...
View Article‘Solidarity Not Charity’: How L.A.’s ‘Mutual Aid’ Groups Are Creating...
As the COVID-19 crisis stretches nonprofits and public service providers to their limits, a number of informal, hyper-local “mutual aid” groups have been cropping up throughout Los Angeles to fill in...
View ArticleMaking Sourdough? A Local ‘Bread Nerd’ Baked Up a Loaf for the Ages
Dried yeast has become something of a hot commodity in recent weeks, as stir-crazy amateur bakers have chosen to while away their days in quarantine with the time-consuming task of making homemade...
View ArticleL.A. City Council Fails to Pass Multiple Measures to Protect Struggling Renters
The Los Angeles City Council declined to pass a variety of measures aimed at expanding protections for renters on Wednesday, including a measure that sought to strengthen the city’s ban on evictions...
View ArticleActivists and Council Members Want to Know Why Many L.A. Hotels Aren’t...
Last Friday, Davon Brown, an unhoused organizer who lives in Echo Park, walked into the Ritz-Carlton at L.A. Live and announced that he was looking to book a room. Dressed in sunglasses and a blazer,...
View ArticleInside Saturday’s Protests, from Pan Pacific Park to Beverly Hills
Thousands of demonstrators descended upon central L.A. on Saturday to protest police brutality and demand justice for George Floyd, the Black Minneapolis resident who died while in police custody last...
View ArticleA Complete Guide to a Full Month of (Virtual) Pride Events
Pride Month has rolled around again, and instead of gearing up for parades and parties, most people are still hunkering down as the pandemic continues to take a toll on Los Angeles. But there’s still...
View ArticleIn a Dramatic Reversal, the L.A. City Budget Will Contain No New Funds for...
Over the past week, thousands of protestors have taken to the streets of Los Angeles and, through their chants, graffiti, and signage, the protestors have made one clear demand of their city...
View ArticleL.A. Councilmembers Propose Replacing LAPD Officers with Service Providers on...
On Tuesday, five Los Angeles City Councilmembers introduced a motion asking the city to draw up a plan for an “unarmed model of crisis response” that, in non-criminal situations, would replace LAPD...
View ArticleThe Best Things to Watch, Read, and Do in July
It’s another month in the bunker, L.A. Despite our collective eagerness to rejoin society, we’re still very much in the midst of a pandemic, and staying in (or going outdoors but avoiding crowds)...
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