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Los Angeles took thousands of homeless people off the streets. Then their nightmare began

Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass vowed to house thousands of people in her first year in office to reverse the city’s homelessness epidemic. She’s gotten thousands off the street, but unhoused people said it’s come at the cost of violent police sweeps and shoddy housing in bed bug-ridden motels. Josh…

The Independent UK

Homeless numbers in Los Angeles could surge again, even as thousands move to temporary shelter

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has moved over 21,000 homeless people into temporary shelter in the last year

The Independent UK

Five unhoused people in Las Vegas shot by lone suspect, police say

One man died in a shooting that resembles recent murders in Los Angeles, where three unhoused men were killed in one week

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Los Angeles police search for one suspect in murders of three unhoused people

District attorney George Gascón says police believe the same person shot and killed three victims this week

The Guardian - US

Los Angeles police searching for suspect in three fatal shootings of homeless people

Los Angeles police are searching for a suspect in the fatal shootings of three homeless people in separate incidents around the city

The Independent UK

Protest at home of AIPAC president being investigated as hate crime

There were no arrests made at the protest

The Independent UK

Attack on Aipac president’s home in LA investigated as hate crime – reports

Social media videos show protesters igniting smoke devices and spattering fake blood outside Michael Tuchin’s home

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LA investigators release photo of person of interest in interstate fire

Blaze under bridge caused traffic chaos in Los Angeles for days

The Independent UK

Los Angeles freeway is fully reopened after arson fire, just in time for Monday morning's rush hour

An elevated Los Angeles freeway closed by a Nov. 11 arson fire has reopened ahead of Monday morning’s commute

The Independent UK

Los Angeles criticized for its handling of homelessness after 16 homeless people escape freeway fire

A fire that erupted in storage yards underneath a Los Angeles freeway has renewed attention on the city’s inability to protect the thousands of unhoused residents living in such perilous locations

The Independent UK

Residential Hotels Got Contracts Under the Los Angeles Mayor’s Homelessness Program Despite Violations

A city law sought to prevent low-cost housing from turning into hotels, but some landlords rented to tourists anyway. That didn’t stop them from receiving city funds for a new temporary shelter program.

Capital & Main

Fire that indefinitely closed vital Los Angeles freeway was likely arson, governor says

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says arson caused a massive fire that has indefinitely closed a vital section of a freeway in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Arson likely caused fire that damaged vital artery of Los Angeles freeway, governor says

A stretch of Interstate 10 south of downtown was closed after a fire early Saturday. The freeway handles 300,000 cars on a typical weekday and is a major freight corridor.

Chicago Sun-Times

Massive fire that caused traffic chaos in Los Angeles was set intentionally, says governor

Gavin Newsom told a press conference on Monday that a preliminary investigation into the incident, which has caused traffic chaos in the city, had found ‘malice and intent’

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Major fire near homeless encampment under 10 Freeway brings traffic chaos to LA

Mile long section of 10 Freeway which sees 300,000 vehicles daily now closed indefinitely

The Independent UK

Los Angeles motorists urged to take public transport after massive fire closes interstate

Officials say Los Angeles motorists should expect traffic snarls as crews assess how much damage was caused by a weekend fire that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown

The Independent UK

After massive fire closes Los Angeles interstate, motorists urged to take public transport

Los Angeles motorists should expect traffic snarls indefinitely as crews assess how much damage was caused by a weekend fire that closed a major elevated interstate near downtown

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Los Angeles Mayor Orders Residential Hotels to Be Opened for Temporary Shelter

A 2008 city law intended hotels used as primary residences to be preserved as safety-net housing. But with little enforcement, some landlords had turned their buildings into tourist hotels.

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The Independent UK

Armed man shouting ‘Free Palestine’ arrested after breaking into Jewish family’s LA home

Shocking incident took place in city’s Studio City neighbourhood as war in Middle East continues to deepen

WEKU

To tackle homelessness faster, LA has a kind of real estate agency for the unhoused

A Los Angeles program aggressively scouts vacant units and lobbies landlords in one of the country's tightest real estate markets. Some landlords offer up units even before putting them on the market.

Capital & Main

L.A. Housing Department Proposes Increasing Residential Hotel Enforcement

Amid the city’s homelessness crisis, some landlords have turned buildings meant for low-cost housing into tourist hotels.

The Independent UK

Los Angeles city and county to spend billions to help homeless people under lawsuit settlement

Los Angeles County and city will spend billions of dollars to provide more housing and support services for homeless people under a lawsuit settlement approved by a federal judge

The Texas Tribune

As a tropical storm bore down on Southern California, Texas sent migrants on a bus to Los Angeles

The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, voluntarily took the bus ride from Brownsville to Los Angeles even as Tropical Storm Hilary crossed into Southern California.

The Independent UK

Greg Abbott branded ‘evil’ for sending migrant bus to LA in middle of tropical storm Hilary

‘It is evil to endanger the lives of vulnerable migrants by sending a bus with families and toddlers on board to a city that at the time was under an unprecedented tropical storm warning,’ LA Mayor Karen Bass said

The Independent UK

Thousands of Los Angeles city workers walk off job for 24 hours alleging unfair labor practices

Thousands of Los Angeles city employees, including sanitation workers, engineers and traffic officers, walked off the job for a 24-hour strike alleging unfair labor practices

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