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To Mayor-Elect Nithya Raman

AN OPEN LETTER - Dear Mayor-Elect Raman,. Los Angeles has elected a mayor with a background in urban planning at an unusually consequential moment in the history of our city and nation. Our city remains one of the great urban centers of the world: an extraordinary place of culture, trade, immigration, education, innovation, and human ambition reaching all the way into space. We also carry a heavy accumulation of unfinished work in housing, homelessness, infrastructure, transportation, public safety, neighborhood quality, and wildfire recovery.

beachcomber.news

LBCC Will Pay $2.7M to Settle Retaliation Lawsuit

The Long Beach City College agreed Wednesday to pay $2.7 million to its former superintendent-president who claims she was wrongfully fired after filing a whistleblower complaint against members of the LBCC Board of Trustees. The board voted 4-0 to approve the settlement, with board president Uduak-Joe Ntuk recused and absent...

Long Beach, CA · 1d

myfamilytravels.com

Korean Immigrant Opened a California Home Goods Store in 1979, and His Grandson Is Still Carrying It Forward

Kimchi refrigerators, rice cookers, and thick Korean blankets fill a two-story home goods store that has served families for nearly five decades. Its founder arrived from Korea with an idea: make familiar household essentials easier to find for immigrants building new lives. What began as a small shop grew into...

NBC Los Angeles

LA prepares temporary ban on cold storage warehousing in Boyle Heights

The Los Angeles City Council Friday requested the city attorney to prepare and present a draft ordinance to establish a temporary ban on large cold storage warehousing and distribution uses in industrial areas of the Boyle Heights Community Plan area. In a 10-0 vote, the City Council approved a motion...

spectrumnews1.com

Weather service reports nationwide outage, LA and Oxnard office remain functioning

LOS ANGELES — Southern California residents trying to check rain forecasts and radar imagery Friday could encounter outdated or unavailable information as the National Weather Service reported nationwide internet and communications problems. "The NWS has been experiencing nation-wide internet and communications issues," the agency said in a notice. "You...

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KHTS FM 98.1 & AM 1220

How Santa Clarita Valley Families Can Plan A Fast Evacuation For A Loved One Who Can’t Use the Stairs

What Families Need to Know Los Angeles County officials encourage anyone who needs extra time to evacuate to leave early, even before an official order is issued. In the January 2025 Los Angeles County wildfires, 26 of the 31 people who died were 65 or older or living with a disability, which is why county ...

Los Angeles County, CA · 1d

altadena-now.com

Edison to Hold Pasadena Meeting Thursday on Eaton Fire Claims, Critics Call Offers Inadequate

Utility reports more than $1.1 billion offered ahead of its Nov. 30 claim deadline; survivor advocates and plaintiffs’ lawyers say the program pays too little. Southern California Edison will hold an in-person community meeting Thursday, Nov. 12, in Pasadena to answer survivors’ questions about its Eaton Fire compensation program before the program stops accepting claims Nov. 30.

Pasadena, CA · 2d

event-newsenterprise.com

Los Alamitos is preparing for Winter Wonderland Dec. 5

The City of Los Alamitos warmly invites you, your family, and your friends to experience the festivity of the holidays and step into the Spirit of the Season at the 15th Annual MemorialCare Miller Children’s & Women’s Hospital Long Beach Winter Wonderland, proudly presented by Universal Waste Systems (UWS).

Los Alamitos, CA · 1d

westsidetoday.com

Controller Kenneth Mejia audit exposes $1.03 billion in Los Angeles liability payouts since 2019

Report faults the City Administrative Officer for lax oversight and notes the City Attorney’s Office refused to cooperate. Systemic gaps in citywide risk oversight have cost Los Angeles taxpayers $1.03 billion in legal and liability payouts over a six-year period, according to a performance audit released by City Controller Kenneth Mejia.

sanmarinoweekly.com

Annual Grid Pruning of City Trees | Crews Working in Grid 3 Through Mid-December

The City of San Marino’s annual street tree-trimming program remains underway in Grid 3, with crews continuing scheduled maintenance throughout the designated service area. Work is expected to continue through mid-December, weather and field conditions permitting. Grid 3 includes residential streets around Lacy Park, Shenandoah Road, Virginia Road, Oak...

San Marino, CA · 22h

lifesciencereport.com

Southern California Faces a Week of Storms as Heavy Rain, Flooding and Dangerous Coastal Waves Threaten the Region

Southern California is preparing for an unsettled stretch of weather as a series of storms moves toward the West Coast. The National Weather Service is forecasting periods of rain, possible thunderstorms and localized flooding across parts of California. While the region is not expected to experience extreme conditions everywhere, meteorologists are warning residents to stay alert, particularly near beaches and coastal areas where powerful waves could create dangerous conditions.

Southern California, CA · 11h

hoodline.com

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West Hollywood Tracks Vacancy Rates, Not Which Storefronts Sit Empty

West Hollywood can tell you its office vacancy rate ticked up and its retail rate ticked down. What its own paperwork still could not do, as of an October 2025 council item, was name the vacant units, say how long they had sat empty, or explain why. That gap is...

West Hollywood, CA · 1d

Times of San Diego

After Flock Safety backlash, San Diego could become largest city to shut off all ALPR cameras

San Diego could become the largest city to suspend the use of all its automated license plate readers. On Monday, the city council could vote to turn off all 505 of its cameras. Over the last few months, public outcry against the technology, in particular the company Flock Safety, swept...

San Diego, CA · 1d

Los Angeles Times

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Inside the $40-million renovation of an Art Deco gem in bustling Leimert Park

After five phases of renovations over 20 years, totaling $40 million, the Vision Theatre in Leimert Park will reopen with 'A Proud Family Wizmas.'

Yahoo!

Even business-friendly Vernon is souring on data centers

There is only one place new data centers are being built in the greater Los Angeles area: the city of Vernon. Just south of downtown L.A., it's a city made up almost exclusively of companies. About 50,000 people commute every day into Vernon to work, but only about 300 actually live there, and the city government is famous for its friendliness to heavy industry.

Vernon, CA · 1d

KPBS

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State awards $1 million for Pacific Surfliner planning

The agency that oversees Amtrak's Pacific Surfliner service said Wednesday it received $1 million in state funding to update a plan aimed at making passenger rail service more reliable between San Diego, Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. The Los Angeles-San Diego-San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency, known as LOSSAN,...

San Diego, CA · 2d

LAist

Democratic Socialists of America candidates are winning big in Southern California

A majority of the candidates backed by local chapters are topping their races, including in L.A., Burbank and Santa Ana.

sigtrib.com

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Signal Hill certifies district election map

Signal Hill City Council has chosen the final map that will decide how the city is broken up into voting districts for future elections. This major change, prompted by a threat of a lawsuit from the Southwest Voter Registration Education Project, will go into effect during the 2028 election cycle. The sequence of district elections will take place as follows:

Signal Hill, CA · 1d

Voice of OC

Overspending Questions Raised on Buena Park’s $700k EV Purchase

This is a community opinion piece. The views are the author’s, not Voice of OC’s. We’re interested in hearing different perspectives and voices. Want to weigh in on this or another issue? Email opinions@voiceofoc.org. The following is a press release from an organization unaffiliated with Voice of...

Buena Park, CA · 2d

Trains.com

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LA Metrolink approves budget averting service cuts

LOS ANGELES — The Metrolink board of directors voted today (Friday, Nov. 13) to approve a fiscal 2027 budget that will maintain the commuter rail operator’s current service, thanks to a $20 million funding infusion from the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA). The budget of $508.8 million approved by the board is an increase of [...] Read More...