The historic 150-room King Edward Hotel on the edge of Skid Row is set to be used for transitional housing for homeless people.The 1906 hotel has been purchased by
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At precisely 10 a.m. on Friday, Culver City Middle School students exited the school building and, with signs held aloft, marched to Veterans Memorial Park, and then
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On Thursday morning, April 12, nearly a dozen people woke up in new surroundings at a motel in Long Beach after being relocated by the city of Los Angeles out of a
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It's easy to have empathy for a child or friend, but to care about those on Skid Row requires a certain kind of non-bias; an ability to look through a damaged exter
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The tragic fatal shooting of Stephon Clark has captured the nation's attention and elevated the conversation about whether police can and should investigate the
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Compton Mayor Aja Brown has announced that she is dropping out of the race for the 44th Congressional District in South Los Angeles because she is pregnant with her
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The much-watched primary race for a South Los Angeles congressional seat now has three candidates instead of four ? conservative political commentator and former act
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One of the persistent myths about post-sale L.A. Weekly is that it's not paying writers or photographers who contribute to the paper and website. That is 100 pe
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At the very beginning of 2008, almost exactly 10 years ago, I placed most of my belongings in a London storage unit, packed two suitcases, and flew across the Atlan
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For California residents 21 and over, weed is finally legal. But try having a ferret as a pet, and you could be charged with a misdemeanor, up to six months in jail
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For months we at L.A. Weekly have watched as our name and reputation have been stomped on, raked through the mud and desecrated. Two events have been canceled becau
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They came Saturday morning from all directions. Rivers of sign-toting chanters and marchers. Flowing from the east and west, off Spring and Hill streets, up and dow
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