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Prop. 44: Requiring clinics to spend more revenue on patient care
Translations are performed with AI technology and may produce errors. Read LAist's AI Guidelines here Proposition 44 would require community clinics that serve low-income people to spend at least 90% of their total annual revenue on providing healthcare services to patients. It would direct the state attorney generall to define which clinic expenses would qualify as providing healthcare services.
Prop. 38: The billion-dollar bond measure for immunology research
Translations are performed with AI technology and may produce errors. Read LAist's AI Guidelines here This measure allows California to borrow $8.4 billion in bonds to pay for the study of the human immune system and to develop treatments that help it fight diseases. It requires the state to enter into a partnership with — and allocate about half of the bond funds to — a University of California-affiliated institute that meets specific criteria.
Elliott Smith's LA: 5 places where the musician's legacy lives on
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . During a life cut short at 34, musician Elliott Smith left traces of his legacy in many cities, perhaps most notably in Los Angele Writer Jamie Fisher spoke with some 140 people for her new book Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith.
Gallery featuring neurodivergent artists opens on Venice's Abbott Kinney
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . A new space celebrating the art of autistic and neurodiverse youths has opened on Abbott Kinney Boulevard in Venice, amid the trendy coffee shops and boutiques. Called “Limitless,” the space is a project of , a nonprofit that has served people in Los Angeles with autism and mental health challenges for 85 years.
The music of ‘Hey Arnold!’ stuck with '90s kids. Now it’s going on tour
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . For many millennials, '90s Nickelodeon shows such as Hey Arnold!, Doug, and Rocko’s Modern Life represent a golden age of animation, with theme songs and music scores often just as weird and offbeat as the characters and storylines.
Meet the LA club lovingly recording the sounds of the city
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . The sounds of Los Angeles are bringing together people from all walks of life to record and archive them, from the buzzing of a bees’ nest in Griffith Park to church bells echoing over goose honks in Echo Park. And you can listen to these recordings tomorrow in Highland Park.
This Skillshare Fair wants to teach you how to fix things — and save money
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . Even in the era of YouTube tutorials and AI assistants, learning weekend warrior skills — like how to fix a leaky faucet or the brakes on your kid’s bike — is sometimes better IRL. On Saturday, Aug.
Why the LA City Council is canceling homelessness anti-camping rules in some neighborhoods
After homelessness advocates pushed a Los Angeles City Council member to change how the city treats encampments in his district, the full City Council voted Tuesday to selectively stop enforcing a law that bans unhoused people from sleeping in certain areas. A controversial policy One of the city's most controversial enforcement laws on homelessness is found in section 41.18 of L.A.'s municipal code.
Why the LA City Council is canceling homelessness anti-camping rules in some neighborhoods
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . After homelessness advocates pushed a Los Angeles City Council member to change how the city treats encampments in his district, the full City Council voted Tuesday to selectively stop enforcing a law that bans unhoused people from sleeping in certain areas.
California crisis centers struggle to keep up with need
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . The details: Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services, which runs the state’s largest contact center out of Los Angeles, said it saw the highest number of calls, chats and texts in its history last year, totaling more than 246,000 contacts. That’s about 43,000 more contacts than the organization saw in 2024.
The OC helped shape Philip K Dick. A festival in Fullerton celebrates the sci-fi writer
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . Did you know Orange County was once home to one of the trippiest and perhaps the most prescient science fiction writers of the 20th century? That man was Philip K. Dick, who once called Santa Ana home. This week, the Philip K. Dick Festival will celebrate the work and honor the O.C. legacy of the sci-fi master at Cal State Fullerton.
LA County Says a Program Meant to Help People with Serious Mental Illness is Gaining Traction
A courtroom at the San Diego County Superior Court in San Diego on Oct. 9, 2023. Photo by Adriana Heldiz, CalMatters After a slow start, a program that aims to bring thousands of Angelenos living with serious mental illness under court-led care has seen a spike in petitions filed in recent months, Los Angeles County officials said.
A public pool day for dogs? Get ready to splash
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . The details: Five pools — from Cerritos to Sylmar — are participating in this year’s “Pooches in the Pool” day. The event turns select county pools into dog splash zones, with swim times separated by small and large dog sizes.
LA County says a program meant to help people with serious mental illness is gaining traction Original
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s mental health court is gaining more participants in Los Angeles County. CARE Court treats people with serious mental health conditions. Welcome to CalMatters, the only nonprofit newsroom devoted solely to covering issues that affect all Californians. Sign up for WhatMatters to receive the latest news and commentary on the most important issues in the Golden State.
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Gov. Gavin Newsom's mental health court is gaining more participants in Los Angeles County. CARE Court treats people with serious mental health conditions.
LA County says a program meant to help people with serious mental illness is gaining traction
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . After a slow start, a program that aims to bring thousands of Angelenos living with serious mental illness under court-led care has seen a spike in petitions filed in recent months, Los Angeles County officials said.
The Sylmar cemetery honoring its unmarked dead with a screening of Ed Wood's 'Plan 9'
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . Right below Foothill Boulevard in Sylmar, the second-oldest cemetery in the San Fernando Valley has sat since the 1870s on a plot of land that’s gone from forgotten and overgrown to a cherished place where the living commune with the dead.
Farmers' Market Delivery--With EBT
Here's the latest from TheEastsiderLA.com. Welcome to another day of turning on the ceiling fans on and cranking up the A/C. Now on to today's news. —Jesús Sanchez • Got a story idea or photo to share? Submit it here. • Interested in advertising to our 10,000+ Eastsider subscribers? Contact us 📷 Eastside Scene Silver Lake—A waterfall of flowers and color cascades over a sidewalk on Effie Street. Thanks to Darren Glaudini for sharing the photo.
People on food assistance can get deliveries from Atwater Village and Crenshaw farmers’ markets
Berries from the Atwater Village Farmers' Market. This article was originally published by LAist on July 18, 2026. A new program that gives Angelenos on food assistance the option to have fresh produce delivered to their homes has launched, serving a roughly 20 mile radius around the Atwater Village and Crenshaw farmers markets.
People on food assistance can get deliveries from Atwater Village and Crenshaw farmers’ markets
This article was originally published by LAist on July 18, 2026. A new program that gives Angelenos on food assistance the option to have fresh produce delivered to their homes has launched, serving a roughly 20 mile radius around the Atwater Village and Crenshaw farmers markets. Food Access LA, a non-profit that operates a chain of farmers markets focusing on customers who rely on food assistance, is behind the new Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) box delivery program.
Farmers' Market Delivery--With EBT
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Crews make progress on ruptured West Hollywood water main; no completion date yet
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power says crews made significant progress overnight to repair a rupture in a 100-year-old water main in West Hollywood that caused a massive sink hole and severe flooding in the area on Thursday.
A new program for CalFresh recipients brings the farmers’ market to the front door
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . A new program that gives Angelenos on food assistance the option to have fresh produce delivered to their homes has launched, serving a roughly 20 mile radius around the Atwater Village and Crenshaw farmers markets.
As Nolan's 'Odyssey' hits 70mm, a hand-cranked silent film show comes to La Crescenta
One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today . The new Christopher Nolan epic The Odyssey opens this weekend. And purists will probably want to catch it in a theater to experience it in all of its 70mm glory. But another film screening (albeit a little more old-fashioned) happens tonight at a park in La Crescenta. “Oh yeah, Christopher Nolan ...
Go inside this hidden Corona del Mar marine lab – and its 100 years of ocean science
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Hiding out among the luxury beachfront condos in the Newport Beach neighborhood of Corona Del Mar is an outpost where scientists have been conducting important marine research for nearly a century. And you can go check the place out for yourself.
Your last chance to visit La Brea Tar Pits before its closes for two years
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . The La Brea Tar Pits are heading into a multimillion dollar renovation — that means the museum will have to close to the public for two years. Built in 1977, the George C.
This mahjong revival is headed to a park near you
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Mahjong — the beloved tile strategy game that crosses both cultural and age barriers — is coming to a park near you thanks to a partnership between L.A. County Parks and Recreation and a local club, Common Ground Mahjong.
American Film Institute says ‘Blazing Saddles’ is funniest movie of all time
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . The American Film Institute is out with this bold proclamation: Mel Brooks’ film Blazing Saddles is the funniest movie of all time. The pick may be contentious for some, but the 1974 film has been widely acclaimed for its raunchy and subversive humor in service of skewering racial prejudices.
LACMA to turn Wilshire into a ‘living gallery’ with inaugural Art Parade
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . LACMA is turning a stretch of Wilshire Boulevard in front of its new David Geffen Galleries into a living gallery. The Art Parade is the creation of gallerist Jeffrey Deitch who first put on the event in New York’s SoHo from 2005 to 2008. The inaugural L.A. edition will include 1,400 participants marching down Wilshire.
A childhood hobby of playing with gum wrappers led to a LACMA show for this LA artist
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Countless soccer fans will stream into SoFi Stadium in the coming days, or maybe catch a match at a neighborhood watch party.
‘Beautifully weird’ festival of sound art returns to San Pedro
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‘Beautifully weird’ festival of sound art returns to San Pedro
FIFA World Cup 14 hours ago Stadium workers near Los Angeles vote to authorize a strike days before the World Cup begins Associated Press - By AMY TAXIN • 14h INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Stadium workers near Los Angeles have voted to authorize a strike as the venue prepares to host the U.S. men’s soccer team’s opening World Cup match.
West Nile virus-infected mosquitos collected in Orange County
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Where? Mosquitos collected in the Newport Beach area have tested positive for West Nile, according to Orange County Mosquito and Vector Control District. The infected insects were collected in an area bordered by Campus Drive, Jamboree Road, State Route 73 and John Wayne Airport. according to the OCMVCD. Any humans infected?
Free record shop for LA fire survivors to celebrate grand opening
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . A new free record shop for survivors of last year’s Eaton and Palisades fires is celebrating with a grand opening party Saturday night. After losing his home in the Eaton Fire, to get instruments back into the hands of musicians who lost their gear in fires. Now he’s doing that with vinyl records, too.
LA’s program that diverts mental health crisis calls away from police to expand
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . The Los Angeles City Council’s recently approved budget includes funding to expand a program that diverts police from some mental health crisis calls to 911.
Last chance to see the La Brea Tar Pits before they close for 2 years
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . With LACMA’s new David Geffen Galleries just steps away, it may be easy to forget that we have the richest Ice Age fossil site on Earth right here with the La Brea Tar Pits. But the museum and research facilities at the tar pits are also scheduled for a multimillion dollar renovation. Built in 1977, the George C.
Arroyo Secodelic lands in Highland Park this weekend. What to know about the new music festival
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . A new four-day music festival takes over Figueroa Boulevard in Highland Park this weekend. The Arroyo Secodelic Festival will feature 65 bands, with acts hailing from Los Angeles, Mexico and as far as France and Holland. The festival was co-founded by Guy Keltner and Tom Segal.
Protesters will ‘paddle out’ into Pacific to oppose offshore drilling off California
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . The Surfrider Foundation is hosting a protest in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday to oppose what it sees as mounting threats to our California coastline. In 2015, a pipeline operated by Plains All American spilled more than 100,000 gallons of crude oil near Refugio State Beach in Santa Barbara County.
Hot weather to increase risk of fire this week
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Grass fires? Mike Wofford, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, told LAist there will be some elevated risk of small grass fires as fuels bake in the sun. Windy conditions likely: The biggest fire risk will come Tuesday, with elevated winds in the forecast, Wofford said. On Tuesday, gusts could get up to 45 mph in some areas.
Hot weather to increase risk of fire this week
1 day ago The Santa Ynez Valley is famous for a lot of things. There’s a European-inspired town people fly from all over the world to experience, with residents as famous as Dolly Parton herself. Its wineries hit the national spotlight from one unlikely movie and are still drawing oenophiles to the region …
It started as a protest against the Dodgers gondola. LA's Kite Festival now draws thousands
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . The sky above Los Angeles State Historic Park in Chinatown will be dotted with color Saturday with the annual Kite Festival. The festival had its beginnings as a joyful protest in 2021, back when a proposal for a Dodger Stadium gondola included cutting through the airspace above the park.
It started as a protest against the Dodgers gondola. LA's Kite Festival now draws thousands
"Your coach literally been having 6-year-long affair": NFL fans rip Dave Portnoy for mocking Justin Herbert’s “steamy music video” with Madison Beer Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert tried his hand at something else other than football this offseason. On Friday, his girlfriend, …
Gary Baseman’s new menu drawing show at Johnie’s Coffee Shop celebrates LA dining culture
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . A new art exhibition is breathing life into the mid-century, Googie architecture of Johnie’s Coffee Shop at the corner of Wilshire Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue. Artist Gary Baseman is known for his iconic cat illustrations and whimsical characters that have shown up in the New York Times, Disney animation and plenty of toys.
CA’s June primary ballots are hitting mailboxes. Here’s what voters need to know.
Skip to content An official ballot drop box just outside of the Michelle Obama Neighborhood Library in Long Beach, Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2024. Photo by Thomas R. Cordova. This article was originally published by LAist on May 4, 2026. Keep an eye out at your mailbox: Today is the deadline for California counties to begin mailing ballots for the upcoming primary election on June 2. Already have yours? Nice.
CA's June primary ballots are hitting mailboxes. Here's what voters need to know
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Already have yours? Nice. If you’ve already received your ballot, that’s because some counties got ahead of the deadline to mail them. Need to register? The last day to is May 18, is also available in person at county elections offices, polling places and vote centers. You can register at LA VOTE dot GOV. Mailing in?
Meet the LA architect who made a virtual replica of the hotel from ‘The Shining’
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Now, let’s check in to the Overlook Hotel. That’s the fictional place Stanley Kubrick brought to life in his 1980 film The Shining, loosely based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name. A local architect who hails from South Pasadena meticulously crafted a 3D model of the iconic space so Shining fans everywhere never have to check out.
Go inside the ruins of a long-forgotten speakeasy near La Crescenta
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Los Angeles changes fast, and oftentimes that means some of the architectural relics of our shared past get swept up and paved over in all the "progress." (RIP .) But there are still places where you can find ruins that tell a tale, like a long-forgotten speakeasy reputedly for old Hollywood near La Crescenta.
A shipping container transformed into art hits LA streets
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . The piece: Using house paint and other materials, Wilmington-raised artist Edgar Ramirez has emblazoned a shipping container with the words “I want to be free” in hues of green and red.
We take a look inside the new orca exhibition at the Natural History Museum
This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today . Orcas, the lovable black and white marine predators, have taken over 10,000 square feet of the Natural History Museum of L.A. County. Orcas: Our Shared Future, which opened Sunday, includes floor to ceiling screens that play orcas swimming in the wild and a life-size replica of Ruffles.
We take a look inside the new orca exhibition at the Natural History Museum
100-year-old assumption about the universe may soon be overturned Assumptions that physicists have made about the universe for over a century may be about to be overturned. Evidence is emerging that it is far …
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