When Dakota ThuyVy Lam was 14 years old, she retaught herself how to write. The athlete, writer and Fountain Valley High School student experienced a stroke caused by immune thrombocytopenia, a blood condition. Read more...
Photo: Incoming UCLA student Dakota ThuyVy Lam is pictured. Lam died Oct. 20 at age 18. (Courtesy of Nghia Lam)
This post was updated Nov. 14 at 11:31 p.m. A draft LAPD report Nov. 5 found policing agencies failed to coordinate in response to the UCLA Palestine solidarity encampment. Read more...
Photo: LAPD officers form a line in Dickson Plaza during the Palestine solidarity encampment in the spring. A new report found that LAPD lacked coordination and resources in their activity during the encampment. (Myka Fromm/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 8 at 12:26 a.m. Nine local measures on Los Angeles ballots are projected to have passed. LA County voters passed Measure A, the LA Times projected. Read more...
Photo: The Los Angeles skyline is pictured. By early Wednesday morning, all LA County and City ballot measures were expected to pass except Measure G. (Courtesy of Matthew Field/Wikimedia Commons)
This post was updated Nov. 28 at 8:50 p.m. Nathan Hochman won the race for Los Angeles County District Attorney, unseating incumbent George Gascón. Hochman, a former federal prosecutor and United States assistant attorney general, won the race by more than 540,000 votes as of Thursday. Read more...
Photo: Nathan Hochman, the district attorney-elect, is pictured. Hochman beat incumbent George Gascón. (Courtesy Nathan Hochman)
Los Angeles County residents are in the process of electing five LA Superior Court judges. George Turner Jr. is leading for Office No. 39 with 56.33% of the vote. Read more...
Photo: The Richard H. Chambers Court of Appeals is pictured. Five candidates were elected as Los Angeles Superior Court Judges on Tuesday. (Courtesy of Ken Lund/Wikimedia Commons)
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Two propositions on the November ballot aim to address California’s affordable housing crisis. Propositions 5 and 33 would lower the threshold for issuing bonds and taxes for affordable housing and alter rent control policies. Read more...
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