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Thousands of people attended a vigil near the scene of the fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis on Wednesday.

Video by Aaron Lavinsky and Liz Sawyer/The Minnesota Star Tribune. Photos by Elliot Hughes/The Minnesota Star Tribune.

Continuing coverage: www.startribune.com/ice-raids-mi...

Anaheim put $17M in spending on credit cards since 2023. Here's how that breaks down Monthly billing statements show purchases from Target, Walmart, Amazon and other vendors

The city of Anaheim spent around $17 million on credit card purchases from places like Target, Walmart and Amazon over the past two years.

Using imagery online of the shooting by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, we’ve created an animated sequence which highlights the approximate positioning of officers and vehicles at the scene. The red dot represents the agent who fired the shots. Yellow dots are other agents who arrived at the scene.

Before ICE Shooting, Immigration Agents Repeatedly Used Deadly Force The killing of a Minneapolis woman is latest by ICE and Border Patrol officers in recent months. Others have been wounded or threatened with guns.

Larger context on the ICE shooting of Renee Nicole Good in Minnesota:

Fed. officers have fatally shot at least 3 other people in the last 5 months & wounded or threatened others. We describe a few of the recent incidents and patterns we've noticed here.

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John Cusack wants to talk about paywalls. The movie star says that by selling their public-records-based reporting, news outlets are compromising one of journalism’s essential civic roles.

The great @johncusack.bsky.social on why news organizations shouldn't paywall FOIA-based reporting: "Paywalls don’t just limit readership, they create kind of a tiered citizenry, where one group can afford to know what the government is doing in their name and the other can’t."

An uninsured Altadenan is determined to rebuild. Will the obstacles be insurmountable? Most survivors of January's fires face a massive gap in the money they need to rebuild, and funding to help is moving too slowly or nonexistent.

Alphonso Browne is determined to rebuild after losing his home in Altadena in the Eaton Fire. But without insurance, the obstacles are steep. Despite it all, Browne is resolute: “Whether it takes 1 yr or 10 yrs, we are going to rebuild.” Learn more: laist.com/news/climate...

The White House wants to rescind two years of public media funding already approved by Congress. LAist stands to lose $1.7 million annually, directly impacting local reporting and newsroom jobs.

LAist is here for you—be there for us.

Learn how to get involved: LAist.com/Action

Journalists Attest to Experiences of Sexual Misconduct with Wesley Lowery Lowery rose to prominence as a reporter and media thinker. Women in the industry say he engaged in sexual harassment and assault.

Some of y’all noticed I’ve been uncharacteristically offline. This is why, and I remain on leave for a few weeks to handle a PTSD relapse. CJR was dogged in its pursuit of my story. Because of what I do and who I am, I felt that I had to answer their questions honestly.

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Ramadan nightlife options in SoCal are on the rise. Here’s what you can expect Suhoor parties, Egyptian TV shows galore, late night Qiyam prayers and Yemeni coffee have become integral parts of the Islamic holy month.

during Ramadan, many Muslims lean into being more nocturnal. A growing crop of nighttime community events in Southern California now draw thousands of people @yusramf.bsky.social reports
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THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IS UNION MADE!

Shout out to Kendrick Lamar, and all the performers and behind the scenes workers that made this go off without a hitch!

"I want to perform their favorite song, but you know they love to sue" - Kendrick Lamar

I don't want to go to war with Canada just putting that out there

Protesters call for Children's Hospital L.A. to reverse restrictions on transgender care Hundreds rallied Thursday in the rain outside Children's Hospital Los Angeles, calling for rollbacks to new restrictions on gender-affirming care for youth.

Protesters call for Children’s Hospital L.A. to reverse restrictions on transgender care

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A mail carrier lost everything in the Eaton Fire. Along his route, people are rallying for him Mail carrier Thomas Carter lost his home and a car he was restoring to the Eaton Fire. But along a route he has served for decades, a community of support has formed.

A little ray of light in this time of darkness 📬

Story by @yusramf.bsky.social for @laist.com

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As fires ravage the LA region, so too are conspiracy theories and misinformation Let us help you separate fact from fiction.

There have been so many braindead, obviously wrong posts getting amplified on social media about the L.A. fires. Please get your information from trusted news sources and reporters, like @laist.com and @yusramf.bsky.social:

Thanks for the shout out Andrea :)

Eat halal? Try these under-the-radar food trucks near DTLA A new cluster of halal food trucks means Angelenos looking for halal options don’t have to drive down to O.C.

Looking to try something new this weekend? Check out my write that I did with my colleague @yusramf.bsky.social, where we visited a group of #halal food trucks and stands near DTLA, which features an array of Central Asian and Turkish cuisine: laist.com/news/food/ea...

Terrific watchdog work by Yusra Farzan, Jill Replogle and Nick Gerda to keep pushing for records they were initially told didn't exist.

‘We started a f***ing fire’: Orange County records document missteps by officials leading up to devastating Airport Fire County records obtained by LAist show officials failed to follow through on recommended precautions ahead of the costly fire, now topping $400 million in claims.

County records obtained by LAist show officials failed to follow through on recommended precautions ahead of the costly fire, now topping $400 million in claims.

Hossam Shabat, a palestinian journalist in gaza, has been injured in an air strike that killed some first responders arriving to treat people at a house that had been bombed

‘Race,’ ‘equity’ removed from UNT course titles to comply with Texas DEI ban, faculty say The University of North Texas changed class titles and descriptions with some citing the state’s DEI ban though officials deny that’s the cause.

Course changes at the University of North Texas’ college of education included removing words such as “race,” “gender,” “class” and “equity” from titles and descriptions

High-profile nonprofit refunds Orange County $275K in taxpayer funds for work never completed The contracted work on mental health equity was supposed to be performed by the longtime partner — now wife — of a top aide to disgraced former county Supervisor Andrew Do. County officials cited LAis...

Exclusive: After an LAist investigation, a high-profile nonprofit has refunded Orange County $275K in taxpayer funds for work never completed.

Number of red-tagged homes in Rancho Palos Verdes rises to 18 Land movement. however, has slowed to an average of 3.3 inches a week

The number of red-tagged homes in Rancho Palos Verdes due to land movement has increased from two to 18 after city officials began inspecting properties as part of a buyout program. The inspections also resulted in 34 properties being yellow tagged, meaning they have been moderately damaged.

LAUSD poised to declare immigrant sanctuary, affirm LGBTQ+ rights as it braces for Trump LAUSD board members will consider resolutions on immigration sanctuary, LGBTQ+ protection and accelerating the teaching of current events at Tuesday's meeting.

LA Unified School District president to Trump: “We’re going to fight you, every inch of the way” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Chart showing the 2-1 ratio

Men dominate the news influencer space space by a margin of roughly two to one, the study found.

The vast majority of content creators who are shaping our news ecosystem online are conservative men.

How Trump’s “mass deportation” plan would ruin America It would be brutal, costly, and likely illegal.

As @isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social reports, this is not only horrifying and inhumane, it will devastate our country in ways we can't begin to fathom.

Low fertility rates, high housing prices mean fewer children in most states - Stateline Most states have fewer children. Housing costs and fertility rates are big factors.

If you live in California and want to own a home and have kids, you probably realize you can’t do both with high housing costs.

so how are we using this? Like the bird app?