This post was updated June 8 at 6:35 p.m. Incumbent Karen Bass and city councilmember Nithya Raman will advance to a November runoff for Los Angeles mayor, the Associated Press announced Monday. Fourteen candidates were on the ballot for the June 2 primary election. Read more...
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Academics, California, Higher Education, Los Angeles, National, News
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June 7, 3:57 pm
El Centro Legal Projects assist LA community, immigrants with advocacy, legal aid
Immigrant community members shared fears of detention, deportation and family separation with UCLA School of Law students at a “Know Your Rights” presentation last fall. But one interaction during the presentation – which students held in a South Central Los Angeles church – stood out to Katelyn Zou, who graduated from the School of Law this spring. Read more...
A Closer Look, Los Angeles, News, Science & Health
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June 7, 1:05 pm
Q&A: UCLA alumnus Ned Brower talks nursing, acting and realism in HBO’s “The Pitt”
A real-life nurse and UCLA alumnus is featured on the cast of HBO’s medical drama “The Pitt.” Ned Brower – a registered nurse and musician who plays nurse Jesse Van Horn on “The Pitt” – sat down with science and health editor Charlie Hamilton to discuss how his nursing education at UCLA shaped his acting and perspective on the show. Read more...
Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Transportation, Westwood
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June 2, 1:11 pm
Mayoral candidate Nithya Raman meets with students in Westwood
Students gathered at Diddy Riese on May 26 for a meet and greet with Los Angeles mayoral candidate and City Councilmember Nithya Raman. Bruin Democrats, who endorsed Raman earlier in May, hosted the event. Read more...
Crime, Los Angeles, News
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June 2, 10:07 am
LA County sheriff race features 8 candidates, differing visions for LASD
Eight candidates – including an incumbent and his predecessor – are running to lead the country’s largest sheriff department in the June 2 primary election. The candidates, all current or former members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, are running on differing approaches to homelessness, immigration enforcement and how to manage the department’s billion-dollar budget. Read more...
California, Homelessness, Los Angeles, Los Angeles City Council, News, Transportation
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May 31, 11:46 pm
Los Angeles mayoral contenders offer competing visions for city’s future
Incumbent Karen Bass and 13 challengers are running for Los Angeles mayor. Voters will choose the top two candidates in the June 2 primary election to advance to a November runoff, unless a candidate receives more than 50% of the vote in the primary and automatically wins the office. Read more...
California, Los Angeles, National, News
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May 27, 10:58 pm
LA ballot measures could increase taxes on billionaires, hotels, sales
This post was updated May 31 at 8:36 p.m. Four measures seeking to raise taxes will appear on Los Angeles’s June 2 ballot. The measures, if passed, would subsidize LA County’s public health system amid federal funding cuts and fill in tax gaps for unlicensed cannabis businesses and online travel companies. Read more...