Commentary Despite Los Angeles’ worsening crime problem, the effort to oust District Attorney George Gascón, the architect of the soft-on-crime polices that are causing it, has failed. Incredibly, organizers collected over 700,000 signatures, yet came up 46,000 short of the number necessary to put the recall on the November ballot. Skeptics are questioning the disqualification of…
Gascón Recall Failure Means Crime Must Get Worse in LA Before It Gets Better
Citing Crime Risks, Beverley Hills Store Bans Masks
LOS ANGELES—Face coverings are not required at indoor retail establishments in Los Angeles County, though health officials strongly recommend them due to COVID-19—but one Beverlywood-area retailer looking to cut down on criminal activity has banned masks altogether. Operators of the Kitson Los Angeles store at 115 S. Robertson Boulevard have posted a sign alerting customers…
About 36,000 LA Unified Students Missing From First Week of School
August 21, 2022
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About 8.3 percent of students enrolled in the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)—the second largest school district in the United States—were absent from the first week of school, according to district officials. The data released by the district shows 89 percent of students attended the first day of school on Monday, Aug. 15. That…
Teen, 17, Fatally Struck by 2 Vehicles Near Large South LA Party
LOS ANGELES—A 17-year-old boy was struck and killed by two vehicles during a gang-related assault on Aug. 21 in South Los Angeles on the outskirts of a party that included at least 150 people, authorities said. The death occurred shortly before 3 a.m. in the area of Avalon Boulevard and 62nd Street, according to Officer…
Former, Current LA City Employees Call for Employee Vaccine Mandate to End
August 17, 2022
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Joined by leftist and libertarian organizations, a group of current and former employees of the City of Los Angeles held a protest Aug. 16 calling on the city to end the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for its employees—enacted last December—and bring back those who were terminated for being unvaccinated. As the city council held its…
Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer Attacks Free Speech on Abortion
Commentary Now the First Amendment is under attack as collateral from America’s abortion wars. Los Angeles City Atty. Mike Feuer wants to ban the pro-life clinics that try to talk pregnant women out of having abortions. He is proposing an ordinance (pdf) that would add to the Municipal Code “the prohibition of misleading advertising by…
Black Mom Sues LA Unified Over Cotton-Picking Project at Elementary School, Lawsuit Says
August 17, 2022
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By Summer Lin From Los Angeles Times LOS ANGELES—A Black parent filed a civil rights lawsuit last week against the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Board of Education, saying that a cotton field was set up at an elementary school in 2017 that was intended to teach students about the experiences of slaves….
Over 4 Million Los Angeles Residents Affected by Upcoming Water Shutdown
More than 4 million residents living in Los Angeles County must suspend outdoor watering for 15 days in September due to emergency pipeline repairs, announced the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD) on Aug. 15. The 36-mile pipeline, a critical conduit that delivers Colorado River water into Southern California, was set to be repaired…
Gascón Recall Fails
August 15, 2022
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The effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón failed to gather enough valid petition signatures, the county registrar’s office announced Aug. 15. The county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office counted 520,050 valid signatures, falling short of the required 566,857. Recall spokesman Tim Lineberger called the results “surprising and disappointing,” in a statement sent to The Epoch…
LA District Attorney Gascón Recall Fails
August 15, 2022
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The effort to recall Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón failed to gather enough valid petition signatures, the county registrar’s office announced Aug. 15. The county Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk’s office counted 520,050 valid signatures, falling short of the required 566,857. Recall spokesman Tim Lineberger called the results “surprising and disappointing,” in a statement sent to The Epoch…
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