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Los Angeles Launches $103 Million Program To Offer Relief To Renters

6:12pm July 15, 2020

LA City Council President Nury Martinez says the city's new program will provide subsidies of up to $2,000 to some 50,000 families. More than 100,000 people applied the first day.

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A makeshift memorial is pictured after a Juneteenth demonstration in Palmdale, Calif., at the tree where Robert Fuller was found dead.

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Death Of Robert Fuller, Who Was Found Hanging From Tree, Ruled Suicide

9:09pm July 09, 2020

by Scott Neuman

Fuller's death on June 10 was initially ruled a suicide, but that conclusion outraged his family, who insisted that he would not take his own life.

Activists and relatives of Andres Guardado, who was shot and killed by an LA County sheriff's deputy in Gardena, called for justice last month. An independent autopsy has found Guardado was shot five times in the back.

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Family Autopsy Finds Andres Guardado Was Shot 5 Times In The Back

6:58pm July 08, 2020

by Laurel Wamsley

The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has put a hold on the medical examiner's official autopsy report while it investigates the deputy-involved shooting. The family wants that report released.

Robert Fuller was found dead and hanging from a tree on June 10 in Poncitlán Square in Palmdale, Calif. His half brother was shot by law enforcement Wednesday, a family attorney says.

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Sheriff's Deputies Shoot And Kill Half Brother Of Man Found Hanging In California

2:12pm June 18, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

The family's attorney says the man killed is Robert Fuller's half brother, Terron Jammal Boone. The Los Angeles Sheriff's Department says the man fired several rounds at deputies first.

Cameras Can Roll In Hollywood Again

10:01pm June 12, 2020

by Mandalit del Barco

New guidelines detail how film, television and commercial production can reopen in Los Angeles County.

The latest Los Angeles homeless count found 66,433 people now live on the streets, in shelters and in vehicles around LA County.

Homelessness In Los Angeles County Rises Sharply

8:02pm June 12, 2020

by Anna Scott

Los Angeles County's annual homeless count came out Friday and shows a double-digit increase over last year. The pandemic is also causing future homelessness projections to skyrocket.

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Los Angeles Police Department Chief Michel Moore speaks to a protester after a vigil with members of professional associations and the interfaith community at LAPD headquarters, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Los Angeles.

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LA Police Union Official: 'Every Dollar You Take Away' Has Consequences

5:37pm June 11, 2020

Robert Harris, a director of Los Angles Police Protective League, fends off criticism that the union opposes change and slams LA Mayor Eric Garcetti's proposed cuts to the police department budget.

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Bruce Patton (left), Gilbert Johnson and Marqueece Harris-Dawson share their perspectives on living in South LA during the unrest of previous decades and today.

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3 Visions For The Future Of Police In South LA

7:45pm June 09, 2020

As the country seethes after George Floyd's killing, three black men from South Los Angeles who lived through the Watts or Rodney King riots share their ideas of what just policing would look like.

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Police officers and protesters clash on Friday near CNN Center in Atlanta, in response to George Floyd's death in police custody in Minneapolis on Memorial Day.

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Protests Spread Nationwide On Fourth Night After Minneapolis Death Of George Floyd

11:34pm May 29, 2020

In most cases the demonstrations began peacefully, but as the day unfolded and night fell, they became increasingly violent.

Soon all travelers going through the Los Angeles International Airport will be required to cover their face in an effort to stop the spread of the coronavirus.

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Face Coverings Will Be Mandatory For All Passengers At LAX

4:25pm May 07, 2020

by Brakkton Booker

While the Transportation Security Administration is not mandating that passengers wear face coverings, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti is requiring all travelers at LAX to do so starting May 11.