What’s the Point? – SHINING LIGHTS ON A DARK NIGHT

Santa Monica Daily Press (Opinion) 6/2 3:00A David Pisarra

My phone was buzzing most of the afternoon as the reports poured in from the various news stations about the protests and the looting. Friends were asking if I was okay, and expressing their horror...

Mass gatherings, erosion of trust upend coronavirus control

Santa Monica Daily Press (Life) 6/2 2:00A Associated Press

MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer Protests erupting across the nation over the past week — and law enforcement’s response to them — are threatening to upend efforts by health officials to track and...

These Black-Owned Restaurants and Shops Are Open for Businesses

Los Angeles Magazine 6/1 1:26P Brittany Martin

When the current protests begin to wane, there will still be a pandemic going on, and many small businesses, particularly restaurants and retailers, are barely hanging on. For L.A. s Black-owned businesses, the current economic crisis may be all...

Mayor Garcetti’s Budget, Which Includes a Bump in LAPD Funding, Will Be Approved Unless the City...

Los Angeles Magazine 6/1 9:43A Brittany Martin

With the Los Angeles city budget for the coming fiscal year due today, critics are calling for an eleventh-hour reassessment of how public funds are to be spent. In the proposed budget laid out by Mayor Eric Garcetti, the LAPD gets far and away...

Peaceful Protests and Looting in Santa Monica as Anger Over Injustice Continues

Los Angeles Magazine 6/1 6:28A Gwynedd Stuart

Around 150 protesters met at the corner of Ocean and Montana in Santa Monica Sunday at noon to decry the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis and law enforcement s legacy of violence against black people. In front of Palisades Park and the...

Daily Brief: For Some, the Weekend’s Protests Harken Back to 1992

Los Angeles Magazine 6/1 4:34A Gwynedd Stuart

» For many, the weekend s protests have recalled 1992.  What lessons from the Rodney King era can be applied to today?  [ The Washington Post ] » People who joined the protests in L.A. on what...

Your Column Here – America, Unmasked.

Santa Monica Daily Press (Life) 6/1 3:00A Guest Author

“Mind your own f***ing business, this is a public space. Don’t tell us what to do. You do you, we’ll do us” said a Santa Monica beachgoer when asked to wear a facemask. Less than a week after...

SMC Corsair Photojournalist Wins Top PPAGLA Award

Santa Monica Daily Press (Life) 6/1 2:00A Guest Author

Santa Monica College (SMC) student photojournalist Yasamin Jafari Tehrani—who is on the staff of SMC’s student-run news outlet The Corsair—has won the 2019 Richard Turner Student Photojournalist of...

Video Appears to Show an LAPD Vehicle Come into Contact with a Protester in DTLA

Los Angeles Magazine 5/31 3:38P Brittany Martin

Video captured by World Magazine reporter Sophia Lee Hyun and shared on Twitter this afternoon appears to document an altercation between an LAPD officer or officers inside an SUV and a small band of protesters making their way through downtown....

After a Night of Looting, Melrose Business Owners Survey the Damage

Los Angeles Magazine 5/31 10:50A Gwynedd Stuart

From periodic break-ins to the 1992 uprising to a prolonged shutdown resulting from a global pandemic, l.a.Eyeworks has weathered more than a few storms during its 40-plus years on Melrose Avenue. In...

PHOTOS: Saturday’s Protests Began Peacefully in Pan-Pacific Park Before Tensions Mounted

Los Angeles Magazine 5/31 7:13A Los Angeles magazine

By now we ve all seen images of cop cars vandalized and burning near the intersection of Fairfax and 3rd Street as tensions between protesters and police reached a fever pitch, a situation that...

The National Guard Has Been Deployed to L.A. at Mayor Garcetti’s Request

Los Angeles Magazine 5/30 6:45P Gwynedd Stuart

As protests against police violence continue across the city, Mayor Eric Garcetti has reportedly requested that the National Guard deploy to Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles Times , the decision came as the situation in the Fairfax...

Mayor Garcetti Imposes a Curfew as Police Clash with Protesters in Fairfax

Los Angeles Magazine 5/30 2:12P Gwynedd Stuart

A protest that began around noon in Pan-Pacific Park has since migrated to the area of 3rd and Fairfax, where the LAPD has declared an unlawful assembly. At least one police vehicle was set on fire and several others were vandalized as police...

The LAPD Arrested 500 Protesters in DTLA on Friday Night

Los Angeles Magazine 5/30 7:18A Gwynedd Stuart

On Friday, a third night of protests against racism and police violence following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis resulted in mass arrests in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles Times , more than 500 people were arrested and...

Los Angeles County gets state permission to expand reopening

Santa Monica Daily Press (Life) 5/30 2:00A Associated Press

KATHLEEN RONAYNE and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press Populous Los Angeles County won approval Friday to reopen restaurants and hair-cutting businesses to customers while remote Lassen County, the first...