Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines
Thursday, August 14, 2025 
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Featured
 
Los Angeles County announces plan to boost student attendance, address public health concerns  
CBS News - August 13, 2025
 
 
Board of Supervisors
 
Businesses bounce back from Palisades Fire with County help  
smdp.com - August 14, 2025
 
Homeless people in detention camps? Fears grow about Trump and the Olympics  
Los Angeles Times - August 14, 2025
 
 
Focus on Ethnic Media
 
LAUSD Students Begin School Year Amid Security Measures for ICE Raids   Translate
Telemundo 52 Los Angeles (KVEA-TV) - August 14, 2025
 
 
County Stories
 
LA Sheriff’s Department to Host Public Meeting on Military Equipment Use  
Pasadena Now - August 14, 2025
 
LA County jail marks ‘milestone’ in fulfilling court order to improve inmate conditions  
Whittier Daily News - August 13, 2025
 
‘Help me, please!’: Video captures ICE arrest outside L.A. courthouse  
Los Angeles Times - August 13, 2025
 
 
Fire Recovery
 
John Outterbridge’s daughter salvages found art from Altadena ruins — with help from his friends  
Los Angeles Times - August 14, 2025
 
Seven months after LA fires, landlords will be ordered to clean smoke-damaged Altadena homes  
LAist - August 13, 2025
 
Wildfire Survivors Push for Sales Tax Waiver on Rebuilding, Calling It a Lifeline for Recovery  
Westsidecurrent - August 13, 2025
 
 
Cities & State
 
California’s signature climate effort is up for renewal — and it’s a fight  
Los Angeles Times - August 14, 2025
 
TV: Newsom says California to redraw congressional maps  
CBS News - August 14, 2025
 
Trial over California National Guard deployment concludes as judge questions limits of president's authority  
CBS News - August 13, 2025
 
LA city’s rabbit spay/neuter voucher amount needs to rise, say animal rescue groups  
Los Angeles Daily News - August 13, 2025
 
TV: Why City of LA opened the office for eviction prevention  
KNBC-TV - NBC LA - August 13, 2025
 
 
Nation
 
Social Security's 90th an­niversary is marked by funding threats and pri­va­ti­zation talk  
Spectrum News 1 Southern California - August 14, 2025
 
 
Arts, Culture, Sports, and More
 
L.A. Olympics will be first to offer venue naming rights  
Los Angeles Times - August 14, 2025
 
Cool ideas wanted. USC launches Shade Zones Design Competition  
KNBC-TV - NBC LA - August 13, 2025
 
 
Cannabis
 
Opinion: Los Angeles City Hall puts weed shops on the ropes  
Pasadena Star-News - August 14, 2025
 
 
Education
 
TV: LAUSD teachers will patrol near schools to ensure safety from ICE  
FOX 11 - August 14, 2025
 
 
Immigration
 
What LA immigration raids left behind: Empty spaces and a city on edge  
CalMatters - August 13, 2025
 
 
Public Health
 
Counting steps for health? Here's how many you really need  
NPR - August 14, 2025
 
New method could ge­net­i­cally block mos­quitoes from trans­mitting malaria  
Spectrum News 1 Southern California - August 14, 2025
 
LA Street Medics Advocate for Expanded Care in New Bill  
KFI-AM - August 13, 2025
 
Youth suicide declines since pandemic, but disparities persist in California  
LAist - August 13, 2025
 
 
Transportation
 
How to get your child a seat on an LAUSD bus  
LAist - August 13, 2025
 
 
Public Safety
 
King Fire: Fast-moving fire erupts near 5 Freeway in Gorman  
KTTV FOX 11 LA - August 14, 2025
 
Gang members arrested, accused of sex trafficking adults and minors on the Figueroa corridor in South LA  
Pasadena Star-News - August 13, 2025
 
Last suspect wanted in 2008 killing of LA sheriff's deputy back in US after being captured in Mexico  
KABC-TV - August 13, 2025
 
Teen Charged After Leading Police on Minibike Chase Along LA Freeways  
Hoodline - August 13, 2025
 
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