As the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) grapples with understaffing and slow emergency response times, the city’s police union—the Los Angeles Police Protective League representing over 9,000 sworn personnel—submitted a list this week to the Los Angeles City Council of 28 non-emergency calls that it believes should be diverted to unarmed responders. The list—which includes…
Los Angeles Police Union Says Officers Should No Longer Respond to Certain Calls
March 2, 2023
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UC Applications for Fall Admission Down Slightly From Last Year
March 1, 2023
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New student applications to University of California (UC) schools are down slightly this year, according to data released by UC last week. Nearly 246,000 students applied to its 10 campuses for fall 2023—a 2 percent decrease from fall 2022, according to the data. Despite the slight drop, UC President Michael Drake said interest in UC…
California’s Los Angeles County Removes 1.2 Million Ineligible Voters
March 1, 2023
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Los Angeles County officials have removed 1.2 million people from voter rolls. Voters who were designated ineligible or inactive were removed, officials told Judicial Watch, a nonprofit watchdog group, in recent correspondence. “This long overdue voter roll clean-up of 1.2 million registrations in Los Angeles County is a historic victory and means California elections are…
Los Angeles County Removes 1.2 Million Ineligible Voters From Rolls
March 1, 2023
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Los Angeles County officials have removed 1.2 million people from voter rolls. Voters who were designated ineligible or inactive were removed, officials told Judicial Watch, a nonprofit watchdog group, in recent correspondence. “This long overdue voter roll clean-up of 1.2 million registrations in Los Angeles County is a historic victory and means California elections are…
Los Angeles to Lower Police Recruitment Standards, Identify Officers in ‘Right-Wing Extremist’ Groups
February 28, 2023
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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass wants to remove “obstacles” for police applicants who fail the recruitment process and discipline officers in “right-wing extremist” groups, as per a list of two-dozen provisions detailed in a planning document between her office and the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD). The 3-page document titled “Los Angeles Police Department Metrics”—first…
2,000 ‘Sensitive’ Student Records Compromised in Los Angeles Unified Cyber Attack
February 24, 2023
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The cyberattack that hit the Los Angeles Unified School District last September was worse than initially reported—with hackers accessing about 2,000 sensitive student records, district officials confirmed Feb. 24 to The Epoch Times. A ransomware group stole a portion of the district’s records and threatened to publish the information if it did not pay a…
Southern California Mountains Hit With First Blizzard Warning in 33 Years
February 23, 2023
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Much of California’s southern mountain region is under an unprecedented blizzard warning—the first in over three decades—until Friday afternoon, the National Weather Service announced Feb. 23. Mountains in several counties—Los Angeles, Ventura, San Bernardino, and Santa Barbara—fell within the weather service’s blizzard advisory, with “heavy snow, winds gusting up to 80 mph, and near zero…
Small Landlords Struggling in Los Angeles as New Renter’s Protections Roll Out
February 23, 2023
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As Los Angeles prepares to implement a last set of tenant protection measures, some mom-and-pop landlords say they’ve had enough. With inflation on the rise, the rental moratorium being extended until the end of March, and now with the added burden of having to pay tenant’s relocation fees in some cases, some landlords say they…
Los Angeles Official Urges City to Investigate Trafficked Homeless Youth
Los Angeles Councilwoman Traci Park recently urged city departments to take measures to investigate and provide updated data on human trafficking among homeless youth, citing a 2016 Loyola University New Orleans study that found 10 percent of homeless youth in L.A. are involved in trafficking. Park, who represents the city’s 11th District, from the west…
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Southern California Officials Commend and Welcome Shen Yun Performing Arts
As Shen Yun Performing Arts continues its tour through Southern California, several state, county, and city officials have sent certificates of recognition, proclamations, and congratulatory letters to welcome the company. In their proclamations, the officials commend Shen Yun for its efforts to revive artistic traditions and contribute culturally through classical Chinese dance and music performances….