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Few places in Los Angeles hold as much beauty and desperation as MacArthur Park, 35 disheveled acres in one of the West Coast’s most densely populated neighborhoods.
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Last year, 74 people died from drug overdoses in MacArthur Park’s ZIP code, according to the L.A. County Department of Public Health. That is an area smaller than 1 square mile around the park.
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Nearly 300 people died from overdoses in the five years before that, with only Skid Row losing more people to drug overdoses since 2020.
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🎥 Jordan Rynning, Joshua Letona
07 Nov 2026
No SGV? No problem. 🥟 Torrance has a dumpling crawl for every budget.
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1️⃣ @bun_boss_100: $8 pork dumplings with chili crisp at the Torrance Farmers Market
2️⃣ @bafangdumplingusa: crispy Taiwanese potstickers and wonton soup
3️⃣ @dintaifungusa: crab and pork soup dumplings at Del Amo Fashion Center
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🎥 Gab Chabrán, Brandon Killman
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06 Nov 2026
L.A.'s next mayor once opposed hosting the Olympics. Now she'll oversee the city's side of the Games.
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@nithyaforthecity takes office Dec. 14. What's on her plate for @la28?
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🔗 Link in bio for what she can do on her own and what needs City Council approval.
✍️ Libby Rainey
🎥 Libby Rainey, Brandon Killman
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06 Nov 2026
LA County could soon elect its first CEO. Supervisor Lindsey Horvath says she's running.
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The job would replace the county's appointed CEO, with a budget of roughly $50 billion and labor relations for more than 100,000 employees.
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Voters created the position in 2024 with Measure G. Supervisor Kathryn Barger says it's premature to campaign while questions remain about whether the office is constitutional. The primary is March 7, 2028.
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🔗 Link in bio for what the job does, how it came to exist, and the constitutional question still open.
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09 Nov 2026
The LAUSD coffee cake is now a wedding cake.
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Micki Boden ate it all through K-12. When she asked the district for help, a chef at Mulholland Middle School said yes, and shaped part of the cake into a heart.
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What's your favorite cake flavor?
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09 Nov 2026
Google says it will turn off Search for schools that don’t opt in to using AI. That includes Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot.
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LAUSD has already barred students from using generative AI on district devices, and says it’s reviewing what Google’s change means for schools.
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🔗 Link in bio for what Google changed, what LAUSD says it can still do today, and how to weigh in at the Nov. 13 committee meeting.
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09 Nov 2026
Gov. Gavin Newsom is commuting the death sentences of 548 people, clearing the California death row for the first time since the state conducted hangings in the late 19th century.
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It is a monumental move in the history of capital punishment in America: The prisoners represent more than a quarter of the nation’s condemned inmates.
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✍️ Jeanne Kuang, Nigel Duara | CalMatters
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09 Nov 2026
L.A. had its worst mosquito year this decade, and a wet El Niño winter could make next year even worse. There's no vaccine and no cure for West Nile.
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09 Nov 2026
Nithya Raman’s win has transit and safe-streets advocates feeling hopeful. Her platform puts potholes, sidewalks and streetlights alongside transit.
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In her first 100 days she’s pledged to start road repairs and publish streetlight fix dates. In addition to having a seat herself, Raman can appoint three people to Metro’s 13-member board.
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09 Nov 2026
We’re back with election results!
As of 4:02 p.m. Sunday, Jose Ugarte held a razor-thin lead over Estuardo Mazariegos in the race for LA City Council District 9.
Over the weekend, Mazariegos received 2,570 votes, while Ugarte received 2,001 votes.
We’ll have another update later today when the next ballot count is released.
You can also check out the election results at results.lavote.gov.
#CD9 #elections #vote #LACityCouncil #SouthLA
09 Nov 2026
We’re back with election results!
As of 4:02 p.m. Sunday afternoon, Gloria Gray continued to hold her lead in the Inglewood mayor’s race.
We’ll have another update later today when the next ballot count is released.
You can also check out the election results at results.lavote.gov.
#Inglewood #Elections #Vote #Mayor #CityCouncil
09 Nov 2026
LA28 agreed to give the city the name, type, amount, term and purpose of every contract worth more than $1 million.
Its annual financial report included none of that.
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City leaders say the Olympics organizing committee could be in violation of its agreement with the city. Chief Legislative Analyst Sharon Tso has asked for a full list and is waiting to hear back. LA28 says it is “working through those requests now.”
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🔗 Link in bio for what the agreement requires, what LA28 handed over instead, and what council members said at the committee meeting.
✍️ Libby Rainey
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09 Nov 2026
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