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In Los Angeles and across the country, we face a protracted pandemic, a calculation of racial inequality, and mixed-signal smog on how to exist safely in a world that has irrevocably changed. Thousands of readers have sent us questions and it is clear that people need help navigating all the changes. With that in mind, we are launching a new series, “How (new) LA”
Based on our “How to LAA practical guidebook for living in Los Angeles, these stories guide Angelenos through the many new regulations for existing in this city. We promise to keep you up to date, it’s no small feat as they often change every day. The guides cover topics from how to be your own famous Los Angeles chef without leaving your kitchen, to how to vote in the next elections under new guidelines of social distancing and how to explore and experience the city you love, without risking your health or that .
We are releasing some of nearly a dozen of these stories today, and we will continue to do so over the next week and for the foreseeable future. We are here to help.
Read on to find out more about what’s happening in Los Angeles today.and stay safe out there.
– Jessica P. Ogilvie
Coming today, July 29
As a human person in society, how should I assess potential dangers in relating to the world at this time? As part of our How to the new LA series, Lisa Brenner weighs on the not very reassuring response from officials and leaders: use the world at your own risk. Plus: What I can doWhere can I go and what is allowed when I get there?
Amid calls to remove the police, there is a strong push to rethink the response to mental health crisis calls. But what would that be like in Los Angeles? Robert Garrova Examine programs in other cities, such as Eugene, OR, to see what kind of training and funding would be needed for such a company.
When Mayor Garcetti launched the Los Angeles Green New Deal last year, he made it clear that trees must play a key role in saving Los Angeles from increasingly high temperatures, decreeing that 90,000 trees needed to be planted before the end of next year. Jacob Margolis He checked in with City Forest Officer Rachel Malarich to see how that goes.
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The last 24 hours in LA
Arts and Entertainment: Netflix nabs 160 Emmy nominationsMost of the time, in a nominee field, John Horn calls it “a little more diverse” than in previous years. Hollywood, the sequel, director Lesli Linka Glatter (Homeland) asks his colleagues to commit themselves firmly to hiring outside your comfort zones, to maintain – and improve – racial and gender equality.
California vs. Trump: The state of California, along with the cities of Los Angeles, Long Beach, Oakland, and LAUSD, are taking legal action against the Trump administration for trying to exclude unauthorized immigrants from the census numbers used to distribute seats in Congress.
Health: A California Auditor’s Report Says Los Angeles County you need to do more to ensure that people with severe mental illness receive ongoing care. Some experts are moderating expectations that the collective immunity could finally stop The spread of the coronavirus.
LA Law: Sheriff Villanueva’s recent hit on Supervisor Hilda Solís, referring to her as “La Malinche” for her attempts to rework the Los Angeles County budget, is the latest example of her loose cannon behavior, especially on the networks social. The director of the new LAPD Community Security Association Office says she appreciates the concerns of activists who oppose the effort … even those who say the police should be rejected.
Photo of the day
Boxes of medical grade PPE were delivered free of charge to small medical practices in Southern California. The boxes were distributed in the Rose Bowl parking lot.
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