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A photo from Tacos y Birria La Unica's Facebook account.

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  • Economy

Also hit by inflation? Your local taco truck

Higher prices for gasoline, meat and vegetables and even cooking oil have put pressure on food trucks as they struggle to balance menu prices with customers' expectations of a low-cost meal.

June 28, 2022
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By:
  • Sean Saldana
A small stream runs through the dried, cracked earth of a former wetland near Tulelake, Calif., on June 9, 2021. Southern California's gigantic water supplier has taken the unprecedented step of requiring some 6 million people to cut their outdoor watering to one day a week as drought continues to plague the state.

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  • Environment

California cracks down on water use as it sees its most severe drought ever

Water departments had the option to choose between an outdoor watering limit of one day per week or by volume of water used.

June 02, 2022
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
Police say one person was killed and eight people were wounded following a shooting at a large party in Southern California.

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  • National

1 killed, 8 wounded in shooting at Southern California party

One man was killed and eight people were wounded during a shooting at a party that drew about 100 people to a Southern California hookah lounge.

May 22, 2022
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  • The Associated Press
Los Angeles city workers working to remove the unauthorized crosswalks painted at the intersection of Romaine Street and N. Serrano Avenue.

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  • National

LA removes crosswalks allegedly painted by a secretive group

A series of DIY crosswalks are being replaced in Los Angeles. City officials say they're clearing the way for a better and safer intersection.

May 20, 2022
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Mac Miller performs an NPR Tiny Desk Concert on Aug. 1, 2018.

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  • Music News

A dealer is sentenced to 17.5 years for his role in Mac Miller's fatal overdose

Stephen Walter was sentenced on Monday. He is one of three men indicted in connection with supplying the fentanyl-laced pills that contributed to the rapper's accidental overdose in 2018.

May 17, 2022
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Jackpots, including the Powerball jackpot, are on display in California.

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  • Strange News

Woman wins $10 million after accidentally pushing the wrong button on lottery machine

LaQuedra Edwards had put $40 into a lottery vending machine at a supermarket in Los Angeles when "some rude person" bumped into her, causing her to buy a different lottery ticket than she intended.

April 07, 2022
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
Los Angeles Police Department officers block the street near Echo Park Lake as protesters demonstrate against the removal of a homeless encampment on March 25, 2021, in Los Angeles. Officials asked people living in tents at the park to leave. Police detained 16 journalists reporting on the night's events, arresting two and shooting two others with rubber bullets.

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  • Media

When police cracked down on reporters on one chaotic night in LA's Echo Park

The LAPD detained at least 16 journalists covering a protest in March 2021, a low point in a year of increasing mistrust and hostilities between police departments and the media.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • David Folkenflik and
  • Marc Rivers
Data from the Los Angeles Police Department shows 128 pedestrians were killed in the City of Los Angeles in 2021, an increase of 6% over 2020.

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  • National

A secretive LA group has a new mission: paint untouched crosswalks

"We've been met with delays, excuses, and inaction from our city government," says the Crosswalk Collective LA. Now, the group has taken matters into its own hands and hopes to spread a DIY message.

March 31, 2022
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  • Vanessa Romo
A statue of the Oscar is placed for transportation along Hollywood Boulevard as preparations for the red carpet arrivals area continued March 25.

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  • Movies

Breaking down what it takes to produce the Oscars this year

It takes 55 cameras and 1,500 lighting instruments to produce the Oscars this year.

March 27, 2022
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By:
  • Ciera Crawford
Sheriff Alex Villanueva of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. At least 41 Los Angeles County deputies have been identified as being tattooed members of the Banditos or Executioners gangs, according to the county's inspector general.

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  • Law

Alleged gangs in the LA Sheriff's Department to be investigated by oversight panel

At least 41 deputies have been uncovered as being involved in gangs, according to the LA County inspector general. The civilian overnight board says it's a problem that has existed for decades.

March 25, 2022
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, attends a panel discussion during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills in October. Garcetti recently tested positive for COVID-19 while attending the U.N. climate summit, COP26.

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  • National

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti tests positive for COVID-19 at the climate summit

His office said no members of Garcetti's staff tested positive and Garcetti is feeling well, isolating in his hotel room.

November 03, 2021
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By:
  • Jonathan Franklin
Chief Duane Yellow Feather Shepard is an extended member of the Bruce family of Bruce Beach and currently acts as a representative for their interests.

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  • Race

A Black family got their beach back — and inspired others to fight against land theft

The beachfront land — known as Bruce's Beach in Manhattan Beach, Calif. — is being returned to the descendants of Charles and Willa Bruce 97 years after it was taken from them.

October 10, 2021
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By:
  • Danny Hajek,
  • A Martínez,
  • and 1 more
"We have three vaccines that work and are readily available, so what's it going to take?," said Los Angeles City Council President Nury Martinez.

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  • Law

LA Lawmakers Consider Requiring People To Be Vaccinated In Indoor Public Spaces

City council members introduced a sort of "no shots, no service" mandate, following in the footsteps of New York City. In Los Angeles, would-be customers would have to show proof of at least one dose.

August 05, 2021
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By:
  • Vanessa Romo
Ronald Brownstein and the cover of his new book, "Rock Me On The Water: 1974 — The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television and Politics"

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  • Politics

Political Rewind: Author Ronald Brownstein On How 1974 Challenged Political And Cultural Status Quo

Thursday on Political Rewind: Los Angeles in the early 1970s was a glittering confluence of creative genius, which transformed American society as we know it. Journalist and cultural historian Ronald Brownstein documents this lively history in his new book, Rock Me on the Water: 1974 — The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics.

We speak with Brownstein about how 1974 would change the face of popular culture forever — and create works far ahead of the political status quo of the time.

June 02, 2021
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By:
  • Bill Nigut ,
  • Emilia Brock ,
  • and 1 more
A city-sanctioned encampment for homeless people in Los Angeles includes 70 tents and provides bathrooms, showers and 24-hour security.

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  • National

High Cost Of Los Angeles Homeless Camp Raises Eyebrows And Questions

Los Angeles has opened a sanctioned tent encampment to help provide services amid an ongoing homelessness crisis. Some are concerned about the high cost of providing a camping spot in a parking lot.

May 26, 2021
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  • Anna Scott
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