Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines
Thursday, April 24, 2025 
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Featured
 
LA County releases dashboard that tracks rebuilding permits for fire-impacted areas  
NBC 4 - April 23, 2025
 
 
Board of Supervisors
 
LA, Glendale schools to be closed for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day  
NBC 4 - April 24, 2025
 
County Supervisors to vote on $4 billion settlement, urgent fire debris removal  
Pasadena Now - April 24, 2025
 
County, legislators exchange letters over landfill crisis  
Santa Clarita Valley Signal - April 23, 2025
 
 
Focus on Ethnic Media
 
California expands its fleet of electric school buses   Translate
Telemundo 52 Los Angeles (KVEA-TV) - April 23, 2025
 
DHS confirms day laborers were detained outside a Home Depot in Southern California   Translate
Telemundo 52 Los Angeles (KVEA-TV) - April 23, 2025
 
LA Metro installs taller fare gates to prevent free riders   Translate
The Korea Daily - April 23, 2025
 
 
Fire Recovery
 
Palisades Fire debris removal reaches a milestone for multi-family home owners  
NBC 4 - April 24, 2025
 
Sen. Padilla vows to continue fighting for wildfire aid, discusses bipartisan legislation  
Spectrum News 1 - April 24, 2025
 
Southern California Edison dismantles idle power line as part of Eaton Fire origin investigation in Altadena  
Hoodline - April 24, 2025
 
Polluted soil is all over L.A. Here’s how to fix it, even if your home didn’t burn  
Los Angeles Times - April 24, 2025
 
Replacing vital documents lost in a wildfire  
Los Angeles Times - April 23, 2025
 
‘A total gift.' Bins containing childhood photos, letters survive Eaton Fire  
NBC 4 - April 23, 2025
 
Jewish Family Service LA contracts with FEMA to help L.A. wildfire survivors  
Westside Current - April 23, 2025
 
Insurer of last resort kept growing. Then L.A. fire victims paid the price  
Los Angeles Times - April 23, 2025
 
 
Cities & State
 
Congress is coming for LA’s food stamps as groceries get more expensive  
LA Public Press - April 24, 2025
 
California economy now the world’s fourth-largest, overtaking Japan  
Los Angeles Times - April 24, 2025
 
‘Enough is enough’: Chainsawed trees spark anger over downtown L.A.’s decline  
Los Angeles Times - April 24, 2025
 
Fight or flight? Some California nonprofits won’t remain silent in face of Trump budget slashing  
Los Angeles Times - April 24, 2025
 
Opinion: The city of Los Angeles brought this fiscal crisis on itself  
Daily Breeze - April 24, 2025
 
City Council wants a new plan to fight persistent prostitution in North Long Beach  
Long Beach Post - April 23, 2025
 
Hollywood businesses feel impact of lowering tourism amid trade tensions  
NBC 4 - April 23, 2025
 
Want to know how much you paid for LA city services this year? Try our calculator  
LAist - April 23, 2025
 
LA Mayor Karen Bass’ budget calls for 80% drop in financing of new affordable housing  
LAist - April 23, 2025
 
How Trump tariffs could upend California farms, wine businesses and ports  
CalMatters - April 23, 2025
 
 
Nation
 
Judge blocks portions of Trump executive order that seeks to overhaul U.S. elections  
CBS News - April 24, 2025
 
Trump signs executive orders targeting colleges, plus schools' equity efforts  
Spectrum News 1 - April 24, 2025
 
LIST: What states are suing Trump over tariffs?  
FOX 11 - April 23, 2025
 
 
Arts, Culture, Sports, and More
 
How a former Beverly Hills student journalist named Journalism, the Kentucky Derby racehorse  
LAist - April 24, 2025
 
Weekend events  
LAist - April 24, 2025
 
TV: Solidarity events in LA County for Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day  
NBC 4 - April 24, 2025
 
 
Education
 
California invests $500 million in zero-emission school buses, aiming for cleaner air and healthier kids  
Hoodline - April 24, 2025
 
Three Valley schools won national awards, capping a record year for LAUSD  
Los Angeles Daily News - April 24, 2025
 
 
Homelessness
 
TV: New permanent supportive housing development opens in Compton  
Spectrum News 1 - April 24, 2025
 
 
Public Health
 
Studying oceans and human health impacts in warming climate  
Spectrum News 1 - April 24, 2025
 
TV: Colon cancer may be linked to childhood toxin  
FOX 11 - April 24, 2025
 
These communities are unaware they’ve lived near toxic gas for decades. Why has no action been taken?  
CalMatters - April 23, 2025
 
 
Transportation
 
Metro station for LAX will open in June, officials announce  
Los Angeles Times - April 24, 2025
 
Cuts to LADOT could hurt Olympics and safety goals, department warns  
Los Angeles Times - April 24, 2025
 
What happens if I miss the looming Real ID deadline? Can I still travel?  
Los Angeles Times - April 24, 2025
 
The update is there is no update — delays continue for Metro subsidy experiment  
LAist - April 23, 2025
 
California e-bike voucher drawing returns. What are your chances this time?  
Los Angeles Times - April 23, 2025
 
 
Public Safety
 
LAPD apprehends suspected armed robbery crew linked to 7-Eleven heists in Los Angeles area  
Hoodline - April 24, 2025
 
Man arrested for allegedly stealing copper from Palisades Fire job site  
CBS News - April 24, 2025
 
Looters raise crime by 250% in Altadena, LASD says  
NBC 4 - April 23, 2025
 
Los Angeles sees rise in cargo thefts, impacting local businesses  
FOX 11 - April 23, 2025
 
Teens on bikes steal from supermarket near USC, hurl homophobic slurs at couple  
Los Angeles Times - April 23, 2025
 
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