The Trump administration is demanding UCLA pay $1.2 billion and stop treating trans youth. CA’s largest medical system could lose fed funding if it continues providing gender affirming care, sparking a legal battle over healthcare access.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ lapublicpress.org/2025/09/trum...

Los Angeles is abandoning its aging population. Even as the region’s senior population booms, services for older adults face drastic cuts.

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Loyola Marymount just declared its faculty union doesn’t exist anymore. Non-tenure track professors say the Catholic university walked away from bargaining talks using a religious exemption to avoid federal labor laws—something labor advocates say has never happened before.

I don’t pay LA rent for Florida weather.

Metro reinstates two LA bus drivers who vowed to protect riders from ICE. An LA County Supervisor and thousands of residents spoke out in support of the bus operators, who now have a 60-day unpaid suspension from their jobs.

LA County votes $30M rent relief for families hit by fires, ICE raids. The Board of Supervisors, which approved the program on Tuesday, also voted to explore an eviction moratorium. lapublicpress.org/2025/09/la-c...

The Take Care Club is making mutual aid cool for kids and parents — the club, which meets monthly in Hermon Park, has tackled topics in a kid-friendly way ranging from homelessness to union organizing. lapublicpress.org/2025/09/kids...

Toxic barrels off LA coast too dangerous to clean up, scientists say. While investigating whether the barrels contained DDT, a pesticide that makes seafood unsafe to eat, scientists found they’re leaking something else entirely.

See the $600M in UCLA research Trump canceled. On Thursday, UCLA researchers showcased the life-saving innovations now in jeopardy after the Trump administration froze nearly 800 research grants over campus protests.

A/C saves lives during heat waves. Will Los Angeles require it for rentals? In the city’s asphalt-covered lower-income communities, residents suffer more from heat illness. Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez discusses her plan to fix that.

These sites help communities avoid ICE—and now they’re under attack. Grassroots activists have built an early warning system that alerts hundreds of thousands when immigration agents are spotted, but federal authorities are fighting back with legal threats. lapublicpress.org/2025/09/dhs-...

Why Holocaust Museum LA’s deleted Instagram post has everyone taking sides. As debate rages over what “Never Again” means, a Holocaust descendant says the museum is “not on the right side” of preventing genocide. lapublicpress.org/2025/09/holo...

LA beaches are shrinking. Trucking in sand could help. Climate experts say coastal infrastructure also needs to adapt to sea level rise. “If we keep doing things the same way we’re doing we’re going to be screwed.”

ICE raids are driving a looming eviction crisis for LA immigrants. Calls for a countywide eviction moratorium are growing after immigrant tenants in LA report lost wages, falling behind on rent and landlords threatening to call ICE on them. lapublicpress.org/2025/09/ice-...

LA supervisor backs fired Metro driver who refused to help ICE agents — A second bus driver said he was also fired in August for speaking to LA Public Press. lapublicpress.org/2025/09/la-m...

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Japanese American elders in Little Tokyo want to stop gentrification. So they’re buying buildings. “If you don’t own the property, then you can’t control what happens there.”

Community aid for LA street vendors and day laborers surged during ICE raids. Angelenos raised money to keep street vendors and day laborers afloat during ICE raids. As that money dries up and many go back to work, organizers say they need more lasting protections.

New California law could bring more polluting factories to LA’s hardest-hit areas. Activists are demanding lawmakers fix the bill before it’s too late.

Unions are shrinking nationwide — but not in California. Organizing here is holding strong, showing what’s possible even as Trump 2.0 makes the fight harder.

As Altadena’s Black community faces displacement, a new book recalls the man who first called them West. Over a century after Jefferson Lewis Edmonds urged Black Americans to escape Southern violence by moving to LA, those descendants face a new kind of displacement in the community he championed.

How can lower income Los Angeles residents access fresh, healthy, affordable food? A variety of LA-based organizations are meeting this increasing need. Here's where to find free and low-cost fresh food in LA.

California bill SB 635 would help keep street vendors’ sensitive data from ICE by making it illegal for local government agencies in California to collect vendors’ fingerprints and citizenship status.

LA County Supervisor calls on Metro to ‘reconsider’ firing bus driver who vowed to stand up to ICE. The driver, who was fired for speaking to LA Public Press about an unofficial drivers’ agreement to close the doors on immigration agents, “clearly cares about his passengers,” says Janice Hahn.

Florence-Firestone residents complain of ‘moldy bread’ smell and rats the size of possums around the nearby ReConseve recycling factory. The factory also sits next to the site of a proposed local park.

Downtown LA gay bar Precinct is at risk of closure after an ex-employee sues the venue. Precinct, one of the largest gay bars in Los Angeles outside of West Hollywood, has been flooded with patrons since announcing it was struggling with legal fees.

Community patrols around LA schools grow after ICE targets students and parents. Organizations are calling for more volunteers to defend students from ICE arrests.

LA bus driver who vowed to shut doors on ICE speaks out after “retaliatory” firing by Metro. LA Metro said the bus operator wasn’t authorized to give an interview. The driver said he was exercising his right to free speech by giving an interview on his day off. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-m...

As a heat wave grips Los Angeles, some people in LA face a difficult choice: seek shelter at public cooling centers, parks or other public areas with AC where they might encounter federal immigration agents — or risk the health consequences of extreme heat.

Opponents of the proposed Dodger stadium gondola voiced their opposition to Senate Bill 71, which would exempt the project from state-mandated environmental review. Residents argued the move would increase gentrification, uproot vital trees and seize valuable park space.

TikTokers are calling LA ICE raids ‘music festivals’ to trick the algorithm. The coded language started in Los Angeles but is now being used for protests nationwide — including this week’s protests in DC. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/tikt...

Wilmington residents, plagued by oil industry, just want clean air. The Phillips 66 refinery is set to close this year. But local residents want stricter plans for the shutdown and resulting clean-up. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/oil-...

These LA tenants saw some utility fees double. So they went on strike. The controversial billing system their landlord uses was banned in West Hollywood three years ago. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-t...

A group of men identifying themselves as ICE agents detained a man leaving the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on Wednesday afternoon. Agents appeared to be waiting outside the courthouse according to a witness on the scene.

LA County is about to find out what happens when you fire weather experts. CA weather offices responsible for LA fire warnings will remain “criminally understaffed” after Trump admin cuts while new hires get on board, former NWS meteorologists warn. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/la-c...

The death of journalism in Gaza. LA Public Press condemns the weekend deaths of five more journalists, calling the 237 total deaths evidence of a systematic war on press freedom. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/the-...

What you need to know about LA’s 24-hour ‘community stoppage’ over immigration raids: CHIRLA and coalition partners have planned a day of protests for August 12 that could impact communities across Los Angeles. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/24-h...

Could LA face a deadly flood like Central Texas? A study maps the risk. Communities along the LA River and fire burn areas could see floods so deep the water goes over your head, with Long Beach and South LA at highest risk. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/coul...

ICE fears threaten LA kids’ lead tests that prevent brain damage A neurotoxin found across LA homes, schools and parks threatens thousands of children as healthcare access plummets 50% amid immigration enforcement, leaving a generation vulnerable.

Cómo hablar sobre la actual situación migratoria en los medios sin exponerse. Una guía con puntos clave para saber cómo manejarse frente a los medios de comunicación en el contexto de los operativos de ICE, sin ponerse en riesgo uno mismo ni a otras personas.

Guía para enfrentar redadas de ICE en el condado de Los Ángeles — consejos prácticos para protegerse a uno mismo, a la familia y a la comunidad durante una redada migratoria.

Federal agents use fake job offer, rental truck to trap day laborers in LA raid – a Penske rental truck became the centerpiece of a controversial Westlake Home Depot immigration sting that concealed immigration enforcement agents inside the vehicle. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/fede...

LAUSD families are switching to online school because they’re scared of ICE raids. Security concerns push mixed-status households toward online learning as LA district reports enrollment spike ahead of new school year. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/laus...

La Resistencia, an art gallery curated by Adrian Villalobos-Cabral, celebrated its opening night August 1st with vendors, Mariachi and spoken word poetry. The proceeds of the celebration went to CHIRLA and Los Angelitos. The gallery will stay up until August 22nd.

‘Court Watch LA’ volunteers want ICE protesters to be treated fairly in court. Through a Signal chat and referrals, the program is sending observers to the court hearings of 50 people arrested at LA’s anti-ICE protests. lapublicpress.org/2025/08/cour...

The teen oral history project that’s saving #ChinatownLA stories, via @lapublicpress.bsky.social -> lapublicpress.org/2025/07/teen... "From Nov 2023 to June 2024, teens interviewed elders in their native dialects, engaged with community leaders & created public archives of voices & visuals." #AAPI

Nearly 1M Californians are about to lose health insurance, LA County hit hardest. Gov. Gavin Newsom agreed to changes to Medi-Cal that will make treatment for migrants more expensive, and less common, raising a question: Why?

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Trans healthcare for kids is disappearing in LA. Even in deep-blue California, Trump’s crackdown on transgender care is shuttering clinics and forcing desperate parents into an underground world of hidden providers and escape plans to Mexico.