| California woman sues Catholic hospital chain over abortion denial - Los Angeles Times |
| A Eureka woman who nearly bled to death while miscarrying twins last year is suing the Catholic hospital chain that she claims refused her life-saving abortion care.
Anna Nusslock, a chiropractor who sued Providence St. Joseph Hospital Eureka and its parent companies in Humbolt Superior Court on Tuesday, said she hopes the action will force the company’s California hospitals to follow state law.
“The work that we’re doing is going to protect people today and it’s going to help people survive,” she said. “I’m hoping to hold the whole Providence healthcare system accountable.”
The hospital says it already complies with the law.
“The experience described in this lawsuit is deeply saddening and troubling,” a spokesperson for Providence South Division wrote in a statement. “We are fully committed to delivering care in accordance with federal and state law, as well as our mission as a faith-based organization. This includes providing emergency life-saving medical interventions that may result in indirect fetal death.”
The suit builds on a September action filed by California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta, accusing the hospital of violating the state’s emergency services law.
“There is an existing injunction in the attorney general’s case, but it’s only against the hospital and it is limited just to while the litigation is pending,” said K.M. Bell, senior litigation counsel for reproductive rights and health at the National Women’s Law Center, which brought the lawsuit with Nusslock.
Tuesday’s suit seeks to make the injunction permanent and binding for all St. Joseph hospitals in California. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Times. 2025-04-02 |
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| DEI at universities will continue despite feigned compliance with Trump policies – Daily News |
| Following President Trump’s executive orders and threats aimed at ending diversity, equity, and inclusion policies at universities across the country, many institutions have apparently fallen in line. Among them are some of the most prestigious and famously liberal including Columbia, Rutgers, the University of Michigan, and the University of California system. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| A federal judge is demanding a fix for L.A.'s broken homelessness system. Is receivership his next step? - Los Angeles Times |
| With the top city and county elected officials sitting in his jury box, the judge lectured for more than an hour, excoriating what he called the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” of homeless services in Los Angeles.
But when it came time to reveal the drastic remedy anticipated by a courtroom full of spectators, U.S. District Judge David O. Carter hit pause at a hearing last week.
He gave Mayor Karen Bass and Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger until May to fix the broken system, vowing only then to become “your worst nightmare” should they fail.
“I think as elected officials, you’ve inherited an extraordinarily difficult task,” he told them. “And I imagine you came to court today thinking that hell and brimstone would rain upon you. Quite the opposite. At the end of this, I’m going to be asking if there’s anything that your branch of government can do to resolve the problems that have been presented to you.”
An attorney in the case, alleging that the city had failed to meet its obligations in a settlement agreement, urged Carter to employ his ultimate weapon — appointing a receiver to run the city’s homelessness programs.
But that prospect led the often blustery judge to turn openly introspective, ruminating on the limits of his power and the risks of using it to try to reverse decades of mismanagement by other branches of government.
“So unless the two of you can work this out in some way, the court’s going to have to,” he told Bass and Barger. “And I’m not sure what to do about that because then I am intruding. I’ve got a great chance of a reversal [on appeal], I understand that. But if I don’t, then I’m complicit, I’m sitting here doing nothing.” [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Times. 2025-04-02 |
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| Amazon's last-minute bid for TikTok comes ahead of US ban Saturday |
| Amazon has put in a bid to purchase TikTok, a Trump administration official said Wednesday, in an eleventh-hour pitch as a U.S. ban on the platform is set to go into effect Saturday. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| With broken streetlight complaints on the rise in LA — 46K last year alone — lag on repairs keeps growing | LAist |
| The time between reporting a broken streetlight and getting it repaired keeps growing in the city of L.A. [Article] |
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| Increase in ‘neurodiversity’ jobs sought by LA County Board of Supervisors – Daily News |
| The county Board of Supervisors is directing agencies to study ways of increasing “neurodiversity” job opportunities for people with conditions such as autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome or other such disorders. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| Judge who ordered fired federal workers to be reinstated now says ruling applies to 19 states and DC |
| A federal judge who had ordered the Trump administration to reinstate fired federal probationary employees across the country at more than a dozen agencies has narrowed the scope of his ruling so it now applies to workers in the 19 states and the District of Columbia that challenged the mass dismissals. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| Mayor Bass says streetlights using solar power will reduce copper wire theft – Daily News |
| Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass announced on Wednesday, April 2, new efforts to keep communities safe and well-lit with the installation of hundreds of solar-powered streetlights that will help curb copper wire theft. The project was launched on South Grand View Street and Ocean View Avenue in Historic Filipinotown. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| LA County wants feedback on plans for more San Gabriel Valley bike paths, walkways and park space – Daily News |
| Los Angeles County Public Works is inviting the public to review and provide feedback on the newly released San Gabriel Valley Greenway Network Strategic Implementation Plan, which aims to create more bike paths, walkways and park space. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| Rick Caruso says Palisades Village seeks to reopen in early 2026 - Los Angeles Times |
| Rick Caruso announced his aim to reopen Palisades Village — the luxury shopping and dining center that he saved from the Palisades fire’s path of destruction by hiring private firefighters — in early 2026.
The billionaire real estate developer shared the projected timeline in an interview with ABC7 this week.
The 25,000-square-foot shopping center and its 42 businesses — which include Chanel, Saint Laurent and Bottega Veneta — remained largely unscathed in the fire, suffering mostly from smoke damage. Many of the structures around it, meanwhile, were razed.
His early 2026 reopening timeline for Palisades Village is likely months, if not years, ahead of the recovery timeline for other Palisades businesses and homes that have been reduced to rubble. But he told the station he hopes getting the mall reopened as soon as is safe and reasonable will give the community a reason to return.
A total of 6,822 structures were destroyed in the Palisades fire, including more than 5,500 residences and 100 commercial businesses, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
Caruso attributed the mall’s survival to the hard work of private firefighters, the water tenders they brought in and the fire-resistant materials used in the mall’s construction. The $200-million shopping and dining center opened in 2018.
However, Caruso has faced criticism for using private firefighters to defend his mall and home by people concerned about the inequity these crews highlight and the possibility that they could pull water resources away from public firefighters.
Caruso defended his actions in his interview with ABC7, calling it “the smart decision to do.” [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Times. 2025-04-02 |
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| County Supervisors OK Efforts to Support Small Businesses Affected by Fires – Pasadena Now |
| Adding to a long list of incentives to support Eaton Fire victims, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Tuesday adopted a resolution authorizing the approval of pop-up retail and commercial use applications in vacant lots cleared of fire debris in Altadena. [Article] |
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| Sacramento lawmakers introduce new measures targeting rental housing - Santa Monica Daily Press |
| California lawmakers are taking aim at different aspects of the state's housing market through legislation targeting both renters and property owners. [Article] |
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| Expansion of fast food worker protections advances with LA City Council approval – Daily News |
| The Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday instructed the City Attorney’s Office to draft a policy that would extend protections under the existing Fair Work Week Ordinance for fast food employees — taking what supporters described as a significant step in providing such workers with stable scheduling and paid time off, among other benefits. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| LA council wants to tap ‘mansion tax’ fund for $15 million in wildfire rental assistance – Daily News |
| The Los Angeles City Council is requesting a report on an effort to re-allocate some $15 million from the city’s so-called “mansion tax” to an emergency rental assistance program for survivors of January’s wildfires. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| Mayor Bass Announces Hundreds of Solar Streetlights Will be Installed in Filipinotown to Improve Public Safety and Update City Infrastructure | Mayor Karen Bass |
| Mayor Karen Bass announced today the new efforts to keep communities safe and well-lit with the installation of hundreds of new solar-powered lights which will help curb copper wire theft in a Filipinotown neighborhood. This installation is a result of Mayor Bass’ focus on improving city services and infrastructure for Angelenos by finding innovative and new ways to solve longstanding city challenges like rampant copper wire theft. [Article] |
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| New foundation led by Altadena residents launches with $55 million to help community rebuild | LAist |
| A new foundation supported by $55 million in donations will help Altadenans struggling to rebuild after the Eaton Fire destroyed vast swaths of their foothill community. [Article] |
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| Why no one is challenging Trump's executive order keeping TikTok running |
| After TikTok was banned in the United States earlier this year, President Donald Trump gave the platform a reprieve, barreling past a law that was passed in Congress and upheld unanimously by the Supreme Court that said the ban was necessary for national security. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-04-02 |
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| LA County to strip hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from homelessness agency | LAist |
| L.A. County will stop sending hundreds of millions in taxpayer money each year to the troubled agency charged with serving the unhoused — a stinging admission by elected officials that the region's longstanding approach to homelessness has failed. [Article] |
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| Aerial perspective on Metro's $9.5B subway extension to the Westside | Urbanize LA |
| Later this year, service is scheduled to begin on the first phase of the $9.5-billion subway extension to the Westside, with new stations opening at Wilshire Boulevard's intersections with La Brea Avenue, Fairfax Avenue, and La Cienega Boulevard. At the far west end of the line, just past the 405 Freeway, things remain in a less finished state. [Article] |
| by , . 2025-04-02 |
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| LA County votes to strip hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars from homelessness agency | LAist |
| Today on AirTalk, LA County strips hundreds of millions from LAHSA, what's next? We have councilmembers, a reporter, and Mayor Bass on the show to talk about the vote. A new bill targets CEQA requirements for infill housing projects. Unrest grows in Central Valley communities due to fear surrounding ICE presence. [Article] |
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