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Viewpoint: The Controversy Behind the Scenes of LA Times Refusing to Endorse Harris
(Editor’s note: This story first appeared in the Westside Current on October 27, 2024, and is reprinted with permission.) By ANGELA MCGREGOR For a few years now, accusations have flown that L.A.’s paper of record, contrary to accepted journalistic standards,...
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Prop 33, Prop 34 and the Controversy Over AIDS Healthcare Foundation
By ANGELA MCGREGOR On the face of it, there would seem to be little in common between Proposition 33 – which would do away with a 30-year-old, statewide rent control law in favor of local control over rent regulation – and...
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L.A. County Protects the Vote for Criminals
Many residents may have missed the Los Angeles Country Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk September 24 press release that it was honored for its in-prison voting system for criminals. Dean C. Logan, the County Clerk, announced that the National Association of Election Officials (Election Center)...
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Remembrance Held at KI for the Hostages
Hamas terrorists attacked Israel a year ago on October 7, killing more than 1,200 people and kidnapping 251 others. The victims were concertgoers attending the Nova Music Festival, which ironically was a celebration of peace and music. According to CNN,...
Vote Yes on Prop. 36 Say Mayors, Firefighters and Police
A rally for “Vote Yes” on Proposition 36 was held at 10 a.m. on Abbot Kinney in Venice on September 30 with representation from nearly 100 people from a disparate population that included local businessmen, residents, parents and government officials....
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The Simple Facts about Proposition 36
“It’s a world upside down,” said Hypein Im, President & CEO, Faith and Community Empowerment. She was one of 10 speakers at a downtown event, this summer asking people to vote for Prop. 36. Representing many of the people in...
Class of ’64 View Remains of Yacht Fire
By STEWART SLAVIN The Palisades High School Class of 1964 Spartans went on a reunion dinner cruise on September 20. That evening they saw the spectacular aftermath of an explosion and fire that occurred two nights before aboard a 100-foot...
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Reporter Starts Next Phase of His Life
I never pictured myself saying this, but three years of articles later, this will likely be my last in official capacity as Junior Reporter for Circling the News. It has been an honor to work with the wonderful Sue Pascoe...
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Scenes in Pacific Palisades
NASTY INCIDENT AT EXERCISE CLASS: A woman took an a.m. exercise class in Jerry Blank’s studio on July 19. The teacher and two other students started bemoaning that because of Trump “democracy was ending.” One of the women exercising asked,...
Fighting Fentanyl Through Prop. 36
When Proposition 47 passed in 2014 in California, possession of any drug, including heroin and opiates, became a misdemeanor. Then, fentanyl was basically unknown unknown on the streets. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection made its first bust of 22...
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