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10/04/2025

More than 800,000 drivers for ride-hailing companies in California will soon be able to join a union and bargain collectively for better wages and benefits under a measure signed by Gov. Newsom.

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There has been a yearslong battle between labor unions and tech companies

10/03/2025

The Beverly Hills Police Department will increase patrols, special watches and security around religious places through mid-October to ensure safety during religious holidays.

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The department also increased special watches and security

10/03/2025

Firefighters have extinguished visible flames at the Chevron refinery in El Segundo, which was reported Thursday night.

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The cause of the fire is unknown

10/03/2025

The Pacific Airshow announced that U.S. military planes are unable to fly this year due to the ongoing government shutdown.

Despite being without some of the fan-favorites of the show, the Canadian Forces Snowbirds, Royal Air Force Falcons will still perform.

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The event will run Oct. 3-5

10/02/2025

During the Eaton Fire, the Pasadena Humane Society helped hundreds of animals and reunited over 1,600 pets with displaced families.
Their ongoing efforts were recognized with a special board scroll.

10/02/2025

A 23-year-old man has pleaded guilty to throwing a Molotov cocktail at LA County sheriff’s deputies during protests against immigration raids across the region last spring.

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He faces up to 15 years in prison when he's sentenced on Jan. 30

10/02/2025

Los Angeles has joined more than two dozen local governments across the nation in challenging the alleged Trump administration attempts to place conditions on emergency and disaster preparedness funds, the City Attorney's Office announced.

LA could lose roughly $56M in DHS grant funds during the 2025-26 fiscal year

10/01/2025

Days after the LA Zoo announced the arrival of two new baby chimpanzees, the female infants have joined their mothers Yoshi and Vindi along with the rest of their troop in the main yard of the Chimpanzees of Mahale Mountains.

10/01/2025

Jane Goodall, the famed primatologist and anthropologist, has died at the age of 91. She was set to speak at a tree-planting event in Pasadena.

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She was set to appear at a Wednesday event

10/01/2025

LA City Councilman Curren Price was taken to a hospital by paramedics after experiencing an unspecified health issue during a groundbreaking ceremony for the LA Convention Center expansion project.

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He appeared to become dizzy

10/01/2025

Yom Kippur begins at sundown, with law enforcement being on their customary heightened alert against possible threats to the Jewish community.

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Yom Kippur ends at sunset on Thursday

10/01/2025

With Yom Kippur starting Wednesday at sunset and the Gaza war increasing tensions in the Middle East, Los Angeles police will be on high alert for possible threats to the Jewish community.

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Yom Kippur ends at sunset on Thursday