| California's longest tunnel project with $40M funding for Last Chance Grade |
| Caltrans District 1 has announced a $40 million allocation toward the design phase of the Last Chance Grade Project along U.S. Highway 101 south of Crescent City in Del Norte County.
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) approved this funding of the Last Chance Grade Project, which will include a proposed 6,000-foot tunnel—the longest in California—bypassing the vulnerable stretch of highway. [Article] |
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| US citizen released after being detained by ICE agents on her way to work in downtown Los Angeles – Daily News |
| A U.S. citizen who was arrested by immigration agents on her way to work earlier this week was released on bond Thursday, June 26, at a federal courthouse in Los Angeles. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-27 |
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| How to help kids cope with ongoing ICE raids, deportations | LAist |
| With school out for the summer, some students may no longer have access to crucial support and services available during the academic school year, as fear and anxiety rise in their communities from ongoing immigration raids. [Article] |
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| Family sues over US detention in what may be first challenge to courthouse arrests involving kids |
| A mother and her two young kids are fighting for their release from a Texas immigration detention center in what is believed to be the first lawsuit involving children challenging the Trump administration’s policy on immigrant arrests at courthouses. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-27 |
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| California faces a growing deficit, but child care providers say they can't wait for more pay | LAist |
| The parents come at all hours of the day and night.
A nurse drops off her kids before starting a 12-hour day at the hospital. A father picks his kids up in the dead of night, after his warehouse shift ends at 1 a.m. Another mom sometimes needs childcare at 4 a.m. so she can make it to work. [Article] |
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| US citizen arrested during Ice raid in what family describes as ‘kidnapping’ | US immigration | The Guardian |
| A US citizen was arrested during an immigration raid in downtown Los Angeles this week in what her family described as a “kidnapping” by federal immigration agents.
Andrea Velez, 32, had just been dropped off at work by her mother and sister, the pair said, when they saw agents grab her.
“My mom looked at the rear mirror and she saw how my sister was attacked from the back,” Estrella Rosas told ABC7. “She was like: ‘They’re kidnapping your sister.’” [Article] |
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| ICE is using Terminal Island as staging area, community groups say – Press Telegram |
| Community groups and Terminal Islanders — descendants of the Japanese American community that once thrived there — say ICE is using the area for staging. [Article] |
| by , Long Beach Press Telegram. 2025-06-27 |
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| In the wake of ICE raids, some Southern California cities are cancelling July 4th events – Daily News |
| Los Angeles and its surrounding cities have begun to cancel Independence Day events in the wake of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids that led to the detention of Angelenos during protests against federal immigration enforcement. Cancelled events include the Gloria Molina Grand Park’s Summer Block Party in downtown Los Angeles, the City of Cudahy’s July 4th celebration, and all scheduled events through July 10 in Bell Gardens. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-27 |
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| Port of LA to boost trade connections with California’s Central Valley – Daily News |
| The Port of Los Angeles has signed an agreement with the city of Shafter and The Wonderful Company to boost two-way trade connections between Southern and Central California, POLA officials announced on Thursday, June 26. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-27 |
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| Protesters say federal agents hit them with rubber bullets and tear gas. What happens to their complaints? | LAist |
| The videos are everywhere.
They show federal immigration agents on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, Paramount and communities across L.A. County, masked and in tactical gear, facing off with demonstrators. [Article] |
| by , . 2025-06-27 |
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| Affordable housing unwrapped at 707 N. Alvarado St. in Echo Park | Urbanize LA |
| In Echo Park, construction is in the home stretch for a new permanent supportive housing complex from SRO Housing Corp.
Located at 707-721 N. Alvarado Street, the Alvarado Kent development consists of a six-story building that will feature 81 apartments - 80 of which would be studio units set aside for low-income households - above parking for 32 vehicles. Other components of the project include a community kitchen, a lounge, a computer room, laundry facilities, and on-site supportive services.
Egan Simon Architecture is designing the podium-type building, which has a white and blue exterior and includes multiple outdoor decks. [Article] |
| by , . 2025-06-27 |
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| LA laws criminalize Westside vehicle dwellers, plunging them into parking ticket debt |
| The majority of West Los Angeles residents living in their vehicles who responded to a recent survey owed parking tickets, and nearly 75% lived in vehicles that are not “street legal,” making their homes potential targets of towing. [Article] |
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| What does the Supreme Court’s decision on nationwide injunctions and birthright citizenship mean for Southern California? – Daily News |
| The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday to curb nationwide injunctions that challenge the Trump administration‘s policies left the fate of birthright citizenship — and other challenges California has mounted to White House policies — a bit unclear.
“Today the Supreme Court has left everything, at best, very confusing,” said Rep. Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-27 |
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| Homeboy Industries celebrates the end of graduation season, big new beginnings too – Daily News |
| The faces, the smiles say it all. As far as graduations go, this was a winner.
On June 23, Homeboy Industries, the largest gang and rehabilitation program in the world, celebrated 109 graduates, from associate’s to bachelors to master’s degrees, participants or alumni of Homeboy Industries’ 18-month training program, community clients, and staff. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-27 |
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| How to spot misinformation in your feed |
| With federal immigration raids ripping apart immigrant families and communities across Los Angeles, people in LA are doing their best to keep up with news and information about immigration enforcement activities. [Article] |
| by , . 2025-06-27 |
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| Proposed cuts to Medicaid would affect 2.9 million Angelenos | LAist |
| A new study says more than a quarter of the people who live in Los Angeles County rely on Medicaid, and that cuts to the program would have a significant impact on people and healthcare providers. [Article] |
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| High court ruling on injunctions could imperil many court orders blocking the Trump administration |
| WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Friday limiting federal judges from issuing nationwide injunctions threatens to upend numerous lawsuits that have led to orders blocking Trump administration policies. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-27 |
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| LA County’s new dispatch center for homeless services will soon take requests from the public | LAist |
| Los Angeles County’s first centralized dispatch center to quickly connect unsheltered people with housing, treatment and other services will start taking requests from the public on Tuesday, according to officials. [Article] |
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| How Transportation Planning Works |
| Even before you step foot outside of your house, you're participating in a vast interconnected national (and international) transportation network that can deliver everything you consume, and all of the objects that life requires to your door. [Article] |
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| Want residents, not politicians, to find answers to LA’s thorniest problems? Try a civic assembly | LAist |
| Here’s the scenario: L.A. has to handle a really tricky issue. Maybe it’s homelessness, rebuilding after wildfires, or community relations with police — but you are responsible for helping come up with policy solutions to address it.
You’re not a City Council member or government official of any kind. You’re just an ordinary resident, working with a group of other randomly selected residents to hammer out workable ideas for the government to adopt. [Article] |
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