Thousands of “All Black Lives Matter” demonstrators converged on Hollywood Boulevard in front of the TCL Chinese Theatre on Sunday, denouncing racial injustice and supporting LGBTQ rights, before marching on to West Hollywood as protests continued nationwide. … [Read more...] about Massive Crowds in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles for ‘Black Trans’ Protests
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Magnitude-5.8 earthquake strikes 150 miles north of Los Angeles
The quake had a shallow depth of 1.2 miles. Its epicenter was in the Owens Valley about 11 miles southwest of Lone Pine in a remote area of the eastern Sierra Nevada, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The Owens Valley is the site of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power facilities. … [Read more...] about Magnitude-5.8 earthquake strikes 150 miles north of Los Angeles
Bay Area vs. Los Angeles: Unemployment hitting hardest in Southern California
“The same industries that play such an important role in driving growth in the Bay Area are those that are most amenable to telework and remote work,” said Aubrey Henry, a spokesman for the state Employment Development Department. “It all boils down to those sectors of the economy that have been hardest hit by the pandemic — namely, leisure and hospitality, retail trade, other services.” … [Read more...] about Bay Area vs. Los Angeles: Unemployment hitting hardest in Southern California
Los Angeles City Council moves forward with plan to replace police officers with community-based responders for nonviolent calls
The move to replace some police with trained crisis responders is one component of the movement. Supporters of defunding police -- either abolishing police entirely or shrinking their departments' budgets and reinvesting those funds in education or housing -- believe that unarmed workers trained to deescalate violence could better serve some community members. … [Read more...] about Los Angeles City Council moves forward with plan to replace police officers with community-based responders for nonviolent calls
Los Angeles to reset troubled marijuana licensing program
“Black and brown communities ... have been disproportionately impacted, disproportionately policed, and we made a commitment to actively acknowledge those harms and address the harms of the drug war,” the city's top marijuana regulator, Cat Packer, said last week. … [Read more...] about Los Angeles to reset troubled marijuana licensing program
