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Special guest panel on homelessness shows how are other cities are handling the crisis
A group of local, regional and state elected officials gathered in Santa Monica on Friday at the behest of local...
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San Diego man arrested for assaulting two women in Venice
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) has arrested a suspect in connection with two violent assaults in the Venice Canal...
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Biden announces another round of loan cancellation under new repayment plan
The Education Department announced the latest round of cancellations Friday in an update on the progress of its SAVE Plan....
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Council approves business tax changes, stresses importance of assisting small businesses
In Tuesday’s relatively run-of-the-mill City Council meeting, Councilmembers voted to approve the proposed business license modernization and associated business license...
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Californians top cybersecurity job is vacant and hacker attacks are on the rise
You might think the home of Silicon Valley would rush to hire a cybersecurity chief, but you’d be wrong: California...
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California clinics brace for fallout from Arizona abortion ban
Planned Parenthood clinics in California are bracing for an uptick in patients crossing the state line for abortions, after the...
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Audit finds state hasn’t kept track of homelessness programs well
California spent $24 billion to tackle homelessness over the past five years but didn’t consistently track whether the huge outlay...
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These Californians just got protection from big rent hikes
Many landlords providing new low-income housing in California won’t be able to increase the rent on their tenants by more...
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Americans think a president’s power should be checked, unless their side wins
Like many Americans, Richard Bidon says he'd like to see the US government "go back to its original design" —...
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Financial discourse set to dominate Tuesday’s City Council meeting
Tomorrow’s City Council meeting will be largely made up of financial-related conversation as there will be a public hearing and...
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