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Measure C on the ballot would tax cannabis businesses in unincorporated areas of the county — but there's a catch.

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Support for LAist comes from According to Michael Jerrett, a UCLA public health professor, Pacoima faces multiple challenges when it comes to air quality. For starters, the geography of the region, a valley, causes air-toxic chemicals, like nitrogen dioxide and ozone to settle near ground level. It’s like liquid in a bowl. That’s where small particles get into people’s lungs, where they can cause inflammation. It also doesn’t help that Pacoima is a big producer of those chemicals. White...

Its hard to think of many upsides to the pandemic. But Oscar voters took advantage of the shutdown to recognize on Monday an historically diverse slate of Academy Award nominees.

Rental help Updated Published March 15, 2021 5:25 PM A banner advertising rooms for rent hangs on the fire escape of an apartment complex in Koreatown. Chava Sanchez/LAist Some L.A. (city) residents whove had trouble making rent due to the pandemic can apply for rental assistance beginning on March 30. The citys Housing and Community Investment Department is offering more than $20 million in state and federal funds to support low-income renters and rental property owners. Applicants have to m...

The fact that people who are working from home are able to get the vaccine, yet my immunocompromised brother wont get his vaccine anytime soon is upsetting and genuinely makes me sad.

Reginald Wheeler stole a man’s watch and $14, but he walked him about 100 feet away from the street to do it. That got him a kidnapping charge, and a sentence of 8 years to life in prison. He’s still there after 36 years.

Rental help Updated Published March 15, 2021 5:25 PM A banner advertising rooms for rent hangs on the fire escape of an apartment complex in Koreatown. Chava Sanchez/LAist Some L.A. (city) residents whove had trouble making rent due to the pandemic can apply for rental assistance beginning on March 30. The citys Housing and Community Investment Department is offering more than $20 million in state and federal funds to support low-income renters and rental property owners. Applicants have to m...

Redondo Beach: Are We Depriving Them? Further south in Redondo Beach, the total coronavirus case rate is at one of the lowest levels in L.A. County. The school district there already opened elementary schools over a month ago. Even so, Valerie Castro is keeping her twin daughters, second graders, at home. "We have been fairly conservative with our COVID precautions. We rarely go out," Castro said. "Like, I remember at one point I went to Barnes and Noble and walked around for half an hour....an...