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From left, Mariela Briseño and Fernando Espinoza stand next to shoppers at Fiesta Mini Mall on a Saturday afternoon. (Alfredo Santana / LAPP)

A swap meet will be razed to make way for an affordable apartments, made possible by new streamlining legislation — they’re asking LA politicians for help.

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Vendors have permits. So why is Huntington Park confiscating fruit carts?

by Amanda Del Cid Lugo and Marina Peña 09/19/202309/22/2023

Hillside Villa tenants in red shirts burn pieces of paper over a red bucket. Behind the bucket is a picture of a man on a red stool with a piece of fruit placed in front of the picture.

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Hillside Villa tenants are being evicted. They’re concerned the City isn’t helping.

by Phoenix Tso 09/18/202309/18/2023

The LA River as seen from the Broadway Bridge, around midday, as Hilary rolled into town. (A.F. Baumann / LAPP)

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LA’s emergency storm response doesn’t do enough for unhoused residents

by Lisa Kwon 09/15/202309/15/2023

More than 80 workers and advocates in the garment industry traveled to Washington this week to push for greater protections for laborers and the end of piece-rate pay (photo courtesy of Garment Worker Center).

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LA garment workers say California worker protection law is model for nation

by Jacob Gardenswartz 09/14/202309/14/2023

Nurses picketing at St. Francis Hospital in Lynwood (Alfredo Santana / LAPP)

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‘The hospital is putting nurses in danger,’ St. Francis nurses strike in Lynwood

by Alfredo Santana 09/06/202309/06/2023

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No shade or place to rest at Skid Row cooling stations

by Maylin Tu and Phoenix Tso 08/31/202309/02/2023

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LA got millions for Skid Row cooling stations. Why has it opened only two?

by Maylin Tu 08/28/202309/02/2023

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Why did the LA City Council quietly kill an Ethics Commission appointment?

by Jon Peltz 08/23/202308/25/2023

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LA City Council will spend extra $1 billion on LAPD over the next four years

by Elizabeth Chou 08/22/202308/23/2023