Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines
Tuesday, August 5, 2025 
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Featured
 
Los Angeles County Unveils Bold Blueprint to Fast-Track Wildfire Recovery  
NewsBreak - August 4, 2025
 
 
Board of Supervisors
 
Barger, County issues blueprint plan for fire rebuilding  
LA County Politics - August 5, 2025
 
LA County to consider ordinance capping allowable tem­per­a­tures in rental units  
Spectrum News 1 Southern California - August 5, 2025
 
LA County CEO paints bleak financial picture; public hospital closure a possibility  
LAist - August 5, 2025
 
Opinion: LA County repealed its own justice reforms. Restoring them would require a shaky electorate  
CalMatters - August 5, 2025
 
Heat wave coming; county eyes temperature rules  
Santa Clarita Valley Signal - August 4, 2025
 
 
Focus on Ethnic Media
 
LACMA Museum to receive early paintings by Van Gogh and Édouard Manet   Translate
Telemundo 52 Los Angeles (KVEA-TV) - August 4, 2025
 
Los Angeles County's total real estate valuation exceeds $2 trillion, marking 15 consecutive years of growth   Translate
World Journal - August 4, 2025
 
 
County Stories
 
Despite Wildfires LA County Property Values More Than $2 Trillion  
Pasadena Now - August 5, 2025
 
Documents reveal Los Angeles County’s meager budget for disaster response  
msn.com - August 4, 2025
 
 
Fire Recovery
 
An old LA home is finding new life on an Altadena lot burned by the Eaton fire  
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - August 5, 2025
 
New online platform gives fire victims opportunity to have more say in state's recovery process  
KABC-TV - August 5, 2025
 
TV: Residents express concern over the fastest wildfire recovery in modern history  
Los Angeles Times - August 5, 2025
 
Altadena business plans to rebuild after Eaton Fire  
spectrumnews1.com - August 4, 2025
 
 
Cities & State
 
Texas redistricting move would ‘trigger’ new California maps, Newsom says  
Los Angeles Times - August 4, 2025
 
Yosemite employees worked for weeks with no pay before the government hired them  
LAist - August 4, 2025
 
Bonta says millions spent, but billions saved, in California’s legal war with Trump  
Los Angeles Times - August 4, 2025
 
Some tenants in LA could see 5% rent increase as caps go up  
Spectrum News 1 Southern California - August 4, 2025
 
 
Arts, Culture, Sports, and More
 
TV: Trump to create LA 2028 Olympics task force  
KCAL 9 - August 5, 2025
 
TV: Law enforcement agencies to host 'National Night Out' events  
FOX 11 - August 5, 2025
 
LACMA is about to get its first van Gogh and Manet paintings. Here’s what’s coming to LA  
LAist - August 4, 2025
 
South Korean superstar Son Heung-min is signing with LAFC for MLS record transfer fee  
Los Angeles Times - August 5, 2025
 
 
Education
 
Undeterred by tough restaurant times, students are lining up for this college culinary program  
Los Angeles Times - August 5, 2025
 
 
Homelessness
 
CEO of Union Rescue Mission Sees Opportunities with Trump Homelessness Executive Order  
westsidecurrent.com - August 5, 2025
 
 
Immigration
 
This neighborhood council has distributed red cards to every storefront in Reseda. They say it's a model  
LAist - August 5, 2025
 
Southern California detainees, advocates, celebrate ‘temporary’ win in challenge to ICE raids  
San Gabriel Valley Tribune - August 4, 2025
 
 
Public Health
 
Long Beach could see a record number of typhus infections this year. What to know  
LAist - August 4, 2025
 
Newsom directs agencies to tackle loneliness crisis among boys and young men  
EdSource - August 4, 2025
 
 
Transportation
 
South­bound 5 Freeway to see overnight closures next week  
Spectrum News 1 Southern California - August 5, 2025
 
Should Lyft and Uber charge more if your battery is low? California may soon ban that  
LAist - August 4, 2025
 
 
Public Safety
 
Simi Valley residents call for hate crime charges against teenagers in attack caught on video  
KABC-TV - August 5, 2025
 
LAPD bomb squad investigating alleged military ordnance under 210 Freeway  
KTLA-TV - August 4, 2025
 
Carson-Based Medical Company and Executives Charged with Exposing Workers to Carcinogenic Chemicals  
Hoodline - August 4, 2025
 
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