New filings from lawyers representing people detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center say federal officials have not been complying with a court order to improve conditions at the facility. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dqdk ✍️ Jared Bennett 📸 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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Law enforcement searched his home in the nearby city of Downey on Monday and found a rifle and other firearms, magazines and ammunition, body armor and notebooks with “concerning statements.” 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dq4y ✍️ Jaime Ding | The Associated Press 📸 John Antczak/AP Photo
Researchers have discovered a new species of extinct amphibian at the La Brea Tar Pits, which expands our understanding of the Ice Age in L.A. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dpt3 ✍️ Cato Hernánde 📸 Jasper Nance/Creative Commons via Flickr
The $16 million project converted a historic Craftsman home into 19 affordable housing units for veterans with other-than-honorable discharges who face barriers to housing. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dktc ✍️ Hanna Kang | The LA Local 📸 Hanna Kang/The LA Local
For veterans shut out of VA benefits, this Koreatown home offers a fresh start
The $16 million project converted a historic Craftsman home into 19 affordable housing units for veterans with other-than-honorable discharges who face barriers to housing.
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L.A. County will provide assistance grants to small businesses that suffered financial loss from the Lineage warehouse fire that burned for a week in June. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkrm ✍️ Jordan Rynning 📸 Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado introduced seven motions Tuesday, all geared toward providing immediate and long-term relief for community members who’ve been hurt by the aftermath of the Lineage warehouse fire. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkpt ✍️ Julia Barajas 📸 Brian Feinzimer/LAist
The South Coast Air Quality Management District will hold a public hearing Wednesday to consider additional measures to reduce odors during cleanup of the Lineage warehouse fire site. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkpb ✍️Alejandra Molina | Boyle Heights Beat 📸Isaac Ceja/Boyle Heights Beat
LA City Council voted 13-1 to put a measure on the November ballot that will ask voters if homeowners affected by the Palisades Fire should be exempt from the city’s “mansion tax.” 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dknc ✍️ Anjanette Gile 📸 Kevin Carter/Getty Images/Getty Images North America
For the first time, starting this fall, 56 East Los Angeles College students will use student housing at California State University, Los Angeles in an effort to address housing insecurity. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkks ✍️Yusra Farzan 📸Adahlia Cole/CalMatters
The Los Angeles Unified School District Board planned to vote on firing former Superintendent Alberto Carvalho for cause before he resigned in June. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkjt ✍️ Mariana Dale and Elly Yu 📸 Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was able to tout a drop in homelessness during her first two years in office but the latest homeless count found an increase, which analysts say could hurt her reelection chances. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkck ✍️ Frank Stoltze 📸 Damian Dovarganes/AP
The next few weeks provide a unique opportunity for people who live in or are visiting L.A. to see a wide spectrum of Betye Saar’s work. ✍️ Adolfo Guzman-Lopez 🎥 Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Brandon Killman
The Boyle Heights warehouse fire spoiled summer break for neighborhood kids. Now the ongoing clean-up has also added a layer of anxiety and complication to the start of the new school year. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5djt6 ✍️ Mariana Dale 📸 Mariana Dale/LAist
The deadly and destructive Eaton Fire was caused by Southern California Edison equipment, the L.A. County Fire Department said in a report released today. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5djrb ✍️ Erin Stone 📸 Josie Huang/LAist
Two years out from the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Los Angeles officials say security requirements could displace hundreds of unhoused people living around competition venues during the summer of 2028. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5djki ✍️ Libby Rainey 📸 Mario Tama/Getty Images
A piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to slam into the moon on Wednesday, according to scientists. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dggy ✍️ Chandelis Duster | NPR 📸 John Raoux/AP
LAUSD leaders say they are confident they can persuade county officials that the district can avoid a projected cash shortfall and remain under local control. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dfix ✍️ Mallika Seshadri | EdSource 📸 MattGush/Getty Images/iStock Editorial
They’re all over our roads and really good at helping police solve crimes, but do California’s automated license plate readers need limits? 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dfca ✍️ Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters 📸 Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters
More than three dozen women and children are at risk of losing the shelter and services that supported their families after escaping domestic violence, officials are warning. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5df44 ✍️ Makenna Cramer 📸 Olivia Hughes/LAist
A company founded here in L.A. recently won a $50,000 international prize for climate solutions called the Keeling Curve Prize, named for a pioneering climate scientist . 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5deue ✍️ Erin Stone 📸 The Farmlink Project
After Palisades and Eaton fires, local jurisdictions were allowed to suspend SB 9 projects in certain areas. Advocates for increased housing development sued them and the state, alleging the bans were not legal. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d9gg ✍️Cato Hernández 📸David McNew/Getty Images
Two lawsuits could decide whether L.A.'s homelessness agency can even compete for up to $241 million in federal HUD grants this year — and how that money gets spent if it does. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d9an ✍️ Aaron Schrank 📸 Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/via Getty Images
Long Beach has a fluffy new resident: a baby Magellanic penguin named Ari. He debuted this week at the Aquarium of the Pacific months after hatching. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d8f2 ✍️Sena Chang 📸Sena Chang
The Cinerama Dome – closed since the COVID pandemic – got a new lease on life, thanks to SONY Pictures and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d8dy ✍️ Mandalit del Barco | NPR 📸 Mario Tama/Getty Images
Since its opening in 1919, Fosselman’s Ice Cream Co. has learned a thing or two about the art of ice cream, offering more than 50 flavors, ranging from the classics to the regionally inspired. 🔗Full story: vist.ly/5d8dw ✍️Manny Valladares, Austin Cross 📸 Courtesy Grace Fosselman
The Alhambra City Council voted unanimously Monday to put a measure on the November ballot that will ask local voters to ban data centers citywide. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d8cz ✍️ Anjanette Gile 📸 Josie Huang/LAist
LAist host Julia Paskin talked to Taylor Umphenour, one of L.A.’s top IMAX projectionists, on FilmWeek to understand why the format is becoming a filmmaker favorite. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5d8br ✍️Payton Seda, Julia Paskin 📸Melinda Sue Gordon/Courtesy Universal Studios
The federal government, under a court order to immediately improve conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, filed a plan just ahead of its deadline to respond last night. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d845 ✍️ Jared Bennett 📸 Libby Rainey
CARE Court allows family members, first responders and others to ask a court — by way of a petition — to step in with a voluntary care agreement for someone living with serious, untreated mental illness. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d7xb ✍️Robert Garrova 📸Diandra Jay-Lopez
Dating in Los Angels is not cheap, especially as costs continue to rise. Yet, there may be solutions to the expensive outings that surround in L.A. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d7vy ✍️ Courtney Eileen Fulcher 📸 RossHelen/iStockphoto