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09/17/2025

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After a year of virtual meetings, residents can now attend the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council meetings in person starting this month.

The return marks a win for the council which has been rebuilding since it was placed in non-operating status and had its funds frozen in December 2024.

✍️ Matthew Reagan | Boyle Heights Beat
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After a year of rebuilding, the Boyle Heights Neighborhood Council will return to the Community Room at Boyle Heights City Hall on Sept. 24.

09/17/2025

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Anyone who's driven in Koreatown knows that the neighborhood's density can make finding parking a blood sport.

So when tenants of an apartment building on Kingsley Drive were told that their parking garage was being replaced with more units, they quickly organized in opposition.

Tenants at 501 Kingsley say the apartment complex is preparing to tear down the badly-needed garage to make way for five accessory dwelling units, or ADUs.

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09/17/2025

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The city of Long Beach is launching a series of trainings aimed at families and childcare providers to support the mental health of young children.

Starting this month through next June, the program will offer one-on-one consultations with childcare providers, trainings and parent workshops aimed at supporting children's emotional and developmental needs.

✍️ Elly Yu
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09/17/2025

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On a balmy summer evening, neighbors started trickling into Bonnie and John Hedrick’s house on Lincoln Avenue in Altadena.

“Good to see you. Crazy times. How are you?” a neighbor said as they exchanged hugs.

In front of the house was a green and red badminton court with plastic lawn chairs lined up on one side — somehow untouched by the Eaton Fire in January.

✍️ Elly Yu
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09/17/2025

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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr and Education Secretary Linda McMahon want schools to do away with mental health screenings and therapy.

Instead, they argue in a Washington Post opinion piece that schools "must return to the natural sources of mental well-being: strong families, nutrition and fitness, and hope for the future."

✍️ Rhitu Chatterjee | NPR
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09/17/2025

Author Rufi Thorpe sits down with LAist’s Antonia Cereijido to talk about her favorite places to stand, sit and lay down.

09/17/2025

UC employee groups representing over 100,000 workers are suing the Trump administration over suspended research grants and a $1.2 billion fine against UCLA. Faculty leaders say they want the university system to file its own lawsuit against what they call illegal ideological interference.

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09/17/2025

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As remnants of Tropical Storm Mario move into Southern California, a large number of lightning strikes have been observed offshore, as well as around San Luis Obispo and Ventura counties.

Heavy rain is expected to arrive in the L.A. area some time between tonight and Thursday morning.

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09/17/2025

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The Los Angeles Summer Olympics are still more than two years away, but the process to secure tickets will start early next year.

If you live near the Rose Bowl, Dodger Stadium, or any other Olympic venue, you’re in luck: Olympic organizers said in a statement that nearby residents will have early access to tickets.

Single tickets will start at $28. There will also be a variety of packages that include transportation, premium seating and additional experiences.

Olympic organizers are working with ticketing providers AXS and EVENTIM. “The LA28 Games will be an opportunity to purchase a ticket to history,” LA28 CEO Reynold Hoover said in a statement.

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09/17/2025

Experience The Cortège at the LAEC — a mythic, wordless ritual of movement, puppetry and drones under the stars. This dusk-to-dark journey culminates with a celebration led by visiting artists and DJs. Sept. 11–28. Tickets on sale now!
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09/17/2025

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The Barclay Hotel on 4th and Main was once touted as one of the finest hotels in the city, home to a technology still new to the West Coast at its opening in 1897 — electricity.

Years after renovations began to turn the building into low-income housing to alleviate the city’s homelessness crisis, most of the hotel remains empty.

The owners say the L.A. Department of Water and Power is to blame.

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09/17/2025

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Recent federal immigration raids in the Los Angeles area have separated breadwinners from their families, leaving many struggling to pay rent.

In response, county leaders are reviving an idea dating back to the COVID-19 pandemic: pausing evictions for those who can’t pay rent on time.

✍️ David Wagner
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