An Altadena resident tries to extinguish encroaching flames. (1/8/2025) The devastation that has overtaken LA this week is heartbreaking. I was born and raised here. Many people I know have been evacuated. Some have discovered their homes are gone. Some are still waiting to find out. 💔

BREAKING: Amazon workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas—the company's busiest time.

The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.

Workers plan to hit the company where it hurts to win their first union contract.
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"Politics Is Finally Possible": After Surprise Fall of Assad in Protracted Civil War, What's Next?

The Los Angeles Public Library and the Library Foundation are thrilled to announce the next open call for creative Angelenos to apply for the LAPL Creators in Residence program: lapl.org/creators
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Photo by the wonderful Rachel Wisniewski

BREAKING: A 26-year-old has been arrested with a weapon "consistent with" the gun used in the UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing, the New York City police commissioner says.

Historic Salvadoran environmentalist Vidalina Morales speaks plainly about the Bukele administration’s plans to revoke the country’s ban on metallic mining: “What does that lead to? To more criminalization and more death,” she says. elfaro.net/en/202412/el...

If you want to read more and see the monument from above, here's the original story! www.kpbs.org/news/racial-...

I worked as the receptionist at a music venue. Every month I would clear out the unclaimed lost and found items. These are some of the things they carried.

“Working with this material is a death sentence. … At the end of the day, are we choosing the death of these folks, or are we choosing the potential loss of jobs?” - Corinne Ho, LA City Health Commissioner