Miguel Nicolas

The Los Angeles Public Library was scheduled to hold an event for Read Palestine Week on December 6, 2025, where authors Jenan Matari and Nora Lester Murad were set to have a discussion with young readers regarding their literary works and Palestinian livelihood. According to a social media post from Matari, the event was abruptly cancelled three days prior to the date. Both authors received emails from the LAPL saying the event would not take place without offering an explanation.

Starting next year, California law will forbid all use of these electric shock gloves by law enforcement in the state. This new technology called G.L.O.V.E — which stands for Generated Low Output Voltage Emitter — would allow officers to deliver electrical shocks similar to those emitted by taser devices to citizens at close range. The device made headlines last month after ICE reportedly signed a $16.7 million contract to purchase around 6,000 pairs.

In 2001, the federal government estimated that a total of 79 adult southern mountain yellow-legged frogs lived in the wild. Now, the Los Angeles Zoo, in collaboration with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Aquarium of the Pacific, has successfully bred and released almost 7,000 of these frogs into the wild.