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US Warns Los Angeles Stay-at-home Extension Could Be Illegal
The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter to the mayor of Los Angeles warning that an extension of the coronavirus stay-at-home orders may be unlawful
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Los Angeles Offers Free COVID-19 Tests for Residents With or Without Symptoms
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced Wednesday that LA will become the first city in the United States to offer free COVID-19 testing for all residents, regardless of whether they have symptoms.
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Los Angeles Mayor Orders Masks, Face Coverings at Essential Businesses
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti Tuesday mandated that workers in essential businesses such as grocery stores and restaurants wear face coverings due to the coronavirus outbreak, while also authorizing businesses to refuse service to customers who aren’t wearing them.
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Los Angeles Mayor Urges Everyone to Wear Masks
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti told Angelenos Wednesday to wear masks and face coverings and also said he would allow restaurants to add grocery items to their menus, as the coronavirus pandemic continues to change how the city looks and operates.
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Garbage Piles Up Near Homeless Encampments, Making City of Angels a City of Trash
In the shadow of Los Angeles’ world-famous Hollywood sign sits the newest LA landmark: piles of uncollected, rat-infested garbage, much of it piling up near homeless encampments. Even though Mayor Eric Garcetti pledged an additional $6 million per year last June to improve trash pick-up around encampments in Hollywood and across the entire city, the problem in some areas appears…
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Strong Winds Fuel Flames in Tinder-Dry California
An outbreak of wildfires outside Los Angeles on Wednesday threatened thousands of structures, narrowly bypassing the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, while Northern California also continues battling resource-straining blazes. With California tinder dry and fires burning in both the north and south, the state was at the mercy of gusty winds, on high alert for any new flames that could run...
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Firefighters Battle Blaze in SoCal Near Reagan Library
Firefighters are battling the Easy Fire in Simi Valley, California. The blaze began early Wednesday morning.
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Getty Fire Ignited by Power Line in Sepulveda Pass
Power lines strung alongside Sepulveda Boulevard near the Getty Center sparked the Getty Fire that’s burned through 656 acres in the Santa Monica Mountains west of the 405 freeway and has destroyed a dozen homes, city officials confirmed Tuesday.
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Gang Members Sentenced for Killing 19-Year-Old Marine in South Los Angeles
Two gang members are facing potential life prison terms for the murder of a 19-year-old Marine from Camp Pendleton, who was found shot inside his car in South Los Angeles.
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After Morning Raids in Two Counties, 3 Suspects Arrested in Killing of Off-Duty LAPD Officer
Dozens of Los Angeles Police Department officers and detectives mobilized across Los Angeles and Riverside counties early Friday to carry out raids that resulted in the arrests of three suspects in last weekend’s fatal shooting of an off-duty LAPD officer, law enforcement sources told NBCLA.
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Trump's Claim About DC Homeless Raises Eyebrows
Washington, D.C. officials are pushing back against an unsubstantiated claim by President Donald Trump that he orchestrated a purge of homeless people
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Mayor Eric Garcetti to President Donald Trump: Let's Fix Homeless Crisis
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti proposed forming a politically unlikely partnership Tuesday to take on the city’s homeless crisis: with President Donald Trump.
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Rotting Trash Piles Sky-High in LA, Attracting Rats and Raising Concerns of a New Epidemic
Rat-infested piles of rotting garbage left uncollected by the city of Los Angeles, even after promises to clean it up, are fueling concerns about a new epidemic after last year’s record number of flea-borne typhus cases.
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2020 Candidate Jay Inslee Touts $9 Trillion Climate Change Plan as Economic Boom
Democratic presidential candidate Jay Inslee is pitching a $9 trillion-plus climate action plan that he touts as an economic renaissance and scientific necessity, putting the Washington governor at the forefront of White House hopefuls pushing for sweeping action to combat the causes and effects of a warming planet. Inslee compares his “Evergreen Economy” plan, which combines public and private spending,...
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White House Hopefuls Swarm Rival's Home Turf of California
The Democrats who want to be president are swarming California, competing for campaign cash and media attention while courting longtime allies of home-state Sen. Kamala Harris on their rival’s own turf.
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Jay Inslee's Climate Change Plan: 100% Clean Energy by 2030
Democratic presidential hopeful Jay Inslee, as part of his pledge to make combating climate change the top national priority, is calling for the nation’s entire electrical grid and all new vehicles and buildings to be carbon pollution free by 2030. It’s the first major policy proposal from the Washington governor as he tries to gain a foothold in a field...
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Free Tickets for Nipsey Hussle's LA Memorial Are Gone Within Minutes
Tickets for a memorial this week in honor of rapper and Los Angeles philanthropist Nipsey Hussle were gone within minutes Tuesday morning.
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Strike Ends, LA Teachers Head Back to Their Classrooms
Tens of thousands of Los Angeles teachers returned to work Wednesday after voting to ratify a contract deal between their union and school officials, ending a six-day strike for the nation’s second-largest district.
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Los Angeles Teachers' Strike Shows Garcetti Risks in 2020 Bid
A Los Angeles teachers’ strike that sent thousands of shouting educators into downtown streets, paralyzing traffic during a rainstorm and leaving a half-million students in uncertainty, isn’t the kind of publicity Mayor Eric Garcetti needed for his potential presidential campaign.
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Talks Over Los Angeles Teachers Strike to Resume Saturday
Striking teachers and the nation’s second-largest school district are set to continue renewed negotiations Saturday following a fifth day of passionate protests in Los Angeles.