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They Were the Out-of-Sight Firefighters in the Palisades. Now, California Is Poised to Pay Them a Living Wage
LOS ANGELES - They were the out-of-sight firefighters-an elite but often invisible crew on the front lines of the Pacific Palisades fire. Now, California is moving to pay incarcerated firefighters the ...
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SHARE! to Open Two New Peer Respite Homes in Los Angeles County With Historic State Behavioral Health Funding
LOS ANGELES - In a historic investment to transform California's behavioral health system, Governor Gavin Newsom's ...
In a nation growing hostile toward drugs and homelessness, Los Angeles tries harm reduction
A new care center for homeless people on Los Angeles' infamous Skid Row embraces the principle of harm reduction, a more ...
Before La Immigration Raids, California Prisons Tried To Help Ice Deport Its Top Targets
However, records and a CalMatters analysis show the state had previously coordinated with Immigration and Customs Enforcement attempting to hand over two of the agency's top targets in LA: Roland E.
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State Prison Inmate From Santa Maria Killed in Cell
A state prison inmate from Santa Maria has been killed in what officials have described as a homicide. At 6:21 a.m. Friday, Kern Valley State Prison staff ...
Attack by homeless man in L.A. leaves woman, 52, with broken nose, concussion
A woman brutally assaulted by an alleged transient in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood is calling on city officials to do ...