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About 2,500 homeless people died in Los Angeles County in 2023, perishing at a rate of 6.9 per day, health officials reported today. Drug or alcohol overdoses were the cause of 45% of those deaths. Of those, 70% involved fentanyl, the LA Times' Doug Smith reports. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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We’ve got a lot going this weekend in L.A on the Record, the LA Times City Hall newsletter. First up, we take a look at Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson’s attempt to muscle through a super speedy vote on the fire chief — and how he then backtracked. www.latimes.com/california/n...

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My inbox is filled with farewells from colleagues who have taken buyouts from the Los Angeles Times. One is leaving after 28 years, another after 35, another after 47. Then there are the newer ones, who joined over the last two decades. It’s just an enormous loss of talent and institutional memory

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L.A. Fire Chief Kristin Crowley filed an appeal of her removal by Mayor Karen Bass today. City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson responded by scheduling a special meeting on Crowley for 5 p.m. Friday in Van Nuys -- giving the public just 24 hours notice www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Looks like L.A. City Attorney Hydee Feldstein Soto will have at least one opponent in 2026: Marissa Roy, who currently works for State A.G. Rob Bonta as a deputy attorney general. Roy, who handles consumer protection cases, filed paperwork with the state creating her campaign committee

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has fired LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley over her handling of the Palisades fire. More from @davidzahniser.bsky.social, @sherlyholmes.bsky.social and Dakota Smith: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Mayor Karen Bass, facing mounting criticism, scuttled the plan to pay her wildfire recovery czar $500,000 over 90 days -- all of it from philanthropy. (The Times reported on the plan Saturday morning; by nightfall it was dead) Here are the details: www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Rick Caruso launched a nonprofit to help with wildfire rebuilding, saying he's put aside his differences with the mayor. “If we do a great job ... and it helps her do a good job and she comes out as a great mayor of the city for moving this along, I’ll be thrilled.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

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One of the most emotionally charged issues facing L.A-area leaders is also one of the most basic: When will government crews haul away the wildfire debris? For the past two weeks, the answer has been a moving target. www.latimes.com/california/n... w/@laurajnelson.bsky.social

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L.A. D.A. Nathan Hochman hires a new special prosecutor to review police misconduct cases www.latimes.com/california/s...

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The L.A. City Council is taking up a bunch of brand new measures today in response to the wildfires. The first thing that happens is the paper copies are pinned to this bulletin board

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Just to catch folks up: I asked Zach Seidl, spokesperson for Mayor Karen Bass, if Fire Chief Kristin Crowley was fired. He said no. I asked if she has resigned. Seidl said no. I asked if she's still fire chief. He said yes.

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Yet another fire — this one prompting evacuation warnings along the Hollywood Walk of Fame! www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Altadena Aldi’s has gone up in flames

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Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson has canceled Wednesday's 10 a.m. City Council meeting, due to the ongoing fire emergency.

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The Morrison Hotel is gone. The Morrison Hotel lives forever. I wrote about the famed hotel that graced the cover of the 1970 Doors' album of the same name. The future is uncertain for the 111-year-old building after a fire gutted the interior. For @latimes.com

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The man who allegedly shot two Target employees during a shoplifting incident earlier this week has been identified and charged w/ attempted murder. Police now say he also shot a third man on the same block three days earlier. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Nathan Hochman’s campaign for DA won 10 out of 15 L.A. City Council districts, running up big numbers on the Westside and in the Valley. His stronghold was the northwest Valley, where more than 68% of voters backed him www.latimes.com/california/n...

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L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger says there's "not much" to the Hall of Administration aesthetically. And she's not keen on the $1.2 billion price tag for restoring the building. "I cannot discount Janice, but we have to do right by the taxpayers," she said. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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More than 100 notable restaurants closed in L.A. in 2024 -- All Day Baby in Silver Lake, The Rose in Venice, Brera in the Arts District and many more. @breij.bsky.social has the list www.latimes.com/food/story/2...

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Marble walls, terrazzo floors, phone booths that still work. Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn gives the LAT's Gustavo Arellano her tour of the Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration -- and her pitch for saving it. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Concerning

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From the Weekend: L.A. City Councilmember Monica Rodriguez has been an outspoken critic of the city's response to the homelessness crisis. Now she's been bounced from the committee that oversees that work www.latimes.com/california/n...

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L.A. city officials send each other Google Chat messages that delete automatically after 24 hours. Critics say that system allows the city to skirt state public records law -- and the city's own policies. By @tonybarboza.bsky.social & @missdakotasmith.bsky.social www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Christmas craziness in City Terrace

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The holiday decorations in City Terrace are completely bananas

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R.I.P. Alfa Anderson. The Chic lead vocalist, who sang on disco classics like "Le Freak” and “Good Times,” has passed away at 78.

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The federal case has sent shockwaves throughout the San Gabriel Valley’s Chinese community, where Arcadia City Councilmember Eileen Wang and Yaoning “Mike” Sun, her fiancée and campaign manager, have established high profiles, the LA Times reports www.latimes.com/california/s...

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The L.A. city councilmembers who were early backers of Marqueece Harris-Dawson for president got some choice committee assignments this week -- especially when it comes to the city budget www.latimes.com/california/n...

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Cal/OSHA's board approved a permanent set of workplace rules on Thursday aimed at protecting countertop cutters from silicosis, an incurable disease that has been killing young workers. @primateyell.bsky.social has the details www.latimes.com/california/s...

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The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted Tuesday to pay $7.5 million to settle a lawsuit filed on behalf of several girls who were sexually assaulted by a former L.A. County sheriff’s deputy, @keribla.bsky.social reports www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Lots of people, both in and outside City Hall, are expressing shock at the notion that Deputy Mayor Brian Williams could become a target for law enforcement www.latimes.com/california/s...

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FBI agents searched the home of Brian Williams, L.A.'s deputy mayor for public safety, on Tuesday while looking into a bomb threat Williams “allegedly made against City Hall earlier this year,” said Zach Seidl, a spokesperson for Mayor Karen Bass. www.latimes.com/california/s...

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Here's another big move from Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson: Councilmembers Bob Blumenfield and Eunisses Hernandez will co-chair the committee overseeing the effort to create a citywide system of unarmed responders

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Some shakeups in the committee assignments at L.A. City Hall this morning: Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson has put Councilmember Katy Yaroslavsky in charge of the powerful budget committee. Eunisses Hernandez and Heather Hutt join the committee, replacing Monica Rodriguez and Traci Park

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