Foreign journalists should be given access to Gaza. But to say we can't tell the story without 'independent' Western journalists erases the Palestinian journalists who are doing so. When is a journalist not considered 'independent'? When they are Palestinian, it often seems.

Joined in 2020 for Lex’s essential LAPD & homelessness reporting that year and stayed for all the other great offerings, like the taco guides & culture stories they’re producing on an indie budget. Help save L.A. TACO🌴🌮 and help LA’s struggling news ecosystem while you’re at it.

“I wouldn’t be where I am today if I didn’t have this program, I would probably be dead.”

What is a clubhouse? Why is LA getting one? And how have clubhouses helped people living with serious mental illness?
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On Wednesday, Stephen Patterson was declared innocent after spending nearly half his life behind bars.

His exoneration marks the 13th under Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón’s tenure.

story by Nate Perez:

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My heart is broken. Journalists never wish we become the news.

“I think it's going to affect coverage in a way that we don't really know what that's going to look like obviously when it comes to covering Latino communities, AAPI, Black communities.”

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Saw Jeong while we were covering the Monterey Park shooting anniversary and reassured him he'd be fine because I couldn't fathom the la times dropping essential coverage from such a fine reporter. Color me shocked.

A year after the deadliest mass shooting in LA County history, Monterey Park gathers for a candlelight vigil.

In a sign of how the city has changed and adapted, crisis counselors seen here in yellow lanyards are on hand to help anyone having a hard time.

NOW: L.A. Times Guild 🦅 members walked off the job this morning for the first time in the paper’s 142 year history.

They are now rallying at Grand Park in Downtown LA.

(1/2) Parents of kids at Heritage Elementary in #Tustin told me wks ago that some 5th graders were given bags to pick up & take home debris from the torched WWII hangar that was covered in #asbestos & lead paint.

Seeing the images coming out of Gaza is “retraumatizing” for Arab American and Muslim communities. A mosque and school in Garden Grove is taking steps to help people cope:

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NEW: An Orange County supervisor is pushing forward with calls to dig deeper into how his colleague, Supervisor Andrew Do, routed millions of county dollars into a nonprofit overseen by Do’s 22-year-old daughter — without disclosing the family connection.
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The Journalists of Color Slack group has been my lifeline and my balm for the past 4 years. If you are a JOC, definitely consider joining. Reach out to me for more deets!

Long Beach is the biggest California city yet to pass a ceasefire resolution. Joins Oakland, Richmond and Cudahy.
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Really bad at self-promo, but I've been writing the 'How To LA' morning newsletter for the past few months! On top of highlighting our coverage, I also occasionally make obscure emo references and show off my millennial cringe.

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In this morning's 'How To LA' newsletter, I wrote about visa backlogs impacting SoCal families.

You can read Josie Huang 's reporting on it and how it disproportionately affects the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities: laist.com/news/politics/…