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Ryanne Mena
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Crime & public safety reporter 🕵🏻‍♀️
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October 23, 2025 at 11:02 PM
LAPD has Alameda Street blocked off between Aliso and Temple. Lt Boyle said they’re using this area as a “staging ground.”

Some officers have “less lethal” launchers out. Some have batons and helmets ready at their side. Protesters are chanting “peaceful protest”
October 18, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Woody brought his two dogs named Toughie and Charlie out to today’s protest against fascism because “they hate bullies”
October 18, 2025 at 10:11 PM
October 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
When asked for a comment, Penske released this statement:
August 6, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Detention officers were inside of Glendale Memorial hospital today.

A woman suffering from a severe medical emergency was brought in yesterday after federal immigration agents took her.

This photo was taken at around 10:30am by a community member and shared with me.
July 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Street vendors and day laborers were taken, witnesses told me. Tables of food and drinks sat untouched as volunteers packed up the vendors’ belongings.
June 19, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This is my leg less than two days after a Homeland Security agent shot me with a “less lethal” pepper ball bullet while covering an immigration raid protest in Los Angeles
June 8, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Federal immigration agents detained at least 45 people across Los Angeles yesterday.

This clip is from the raid at Ambiance Apparel. Dozens of armed FBI agents in tactical gear were present.
June 7, 2025 at 4:57 PM
2/ B/w 2016 and 2022, streetlight outages more than doubled, from 15,588 to 35,341 respectively. That’s according to an Oct report from LA’s Bureau of Street Lighting.

Currently, 20k streetlights are out, with 40% of all requests stemming from copper wire theft. That’s up from 5% in 2016.
December 18, 2024 at 12:30 AM