This post was updated July 16 at 5:25 p.m. Thousands of hotel workers on strike across Los Angeles marched from the Sheraton Gateway Los Angeles Hotel to the Westin Los Angeles Airport Hotel on Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the W Los Angeles Hotel in Westwood. Hotel workers across Los Angeles are on strike demanding higher wages and increased contractual benefits. (Jack Stenzel/Daily Bruin Staff)
This post was updated July 16 at 5:33 p.m. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors approved two homelessness prevention motions Tuesday. More protections were added to the county’s Rent Stabilization and Tenant Protections Ordinance, while a new motion was passed to establish a Right to Counsel Ordinance, which provides guaranteed legal representation to residents at risk of becoming unhoused. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is Los Angeles. The LA County Board of Supervisors passed two motions Tuesday to prevent renters from becoming homeless. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A June report by the Los Angeles city controller highlights disproportionately high arrests of Black people in Los Angeles from 2012 to 2023 under a controversial homelessness law. Read more...
Photo: Pictured are graphs and maps detailing the arrests made under municipal code 41.18, which criminalizes sitting, lying, sleeping or placing personal property in the public right of way in certain circumstances. (Meng Masroor/Graphics editor) Photo credit: Meng Masroor
This post was updated July 9 at 9:30 p.m. UCLA announced the acquisition of the historic Trust Building in downtown Los Angeles on June 29. The 11-story property built in 1928 is located on South Spring Street in the Historic Core downtown. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the Trust Building in downtown Los Angeles. UCLA announced the acquisition of the building June 29. (Courtesy of David Esquivel/UCLA)
The Regional Connector Transit Project, a series of new stops along a light rail Metro line, will open Friday. Two new routes are opening – one running from East Los Angeles through downtown LA to Santa Monica and the other from Azusa to Long Beach. Read more...
Photo: Pictured is the train to Union Station. Three new light rail Metro stations will open in Los Angeles on Friday. (Daily Bruin file photo)
A former UCLA medical student filed a lawsuit June 1 against the UC Board of Regents, UCLA Health, the University of Southern California and Los Angeles County alleging she was discriminated against on the grounds of race and disability. Read more...
Photo: UCLA Health (pictured) is involved in a lawsuit alleging a former UCLA medical student experienced discrimination based on race and gender. (Daily Bruin file photo)
For some, this year’s annual WeHo Pride Parade marked important firsts. Alumnus Kevin Jang said he attended Pride with his boyfriend for the first time Sunday to celebrate embracing his sexuality as an adult. Read more...
Photo: LGBTQ+ community members hold up a sign during Sunday’s WeHo Pride Parade. Sunday marked the third and final day of the West Hollywood pride celebrations. (Nicolas Greamo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
