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Tuesday, Newsletter Get our free Coronavirus Today newsletter Sign up for the latest news, best stories and what they mean for you, plus answers to your questions. Enter email address You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. In this newsletter, we spend a lot of time talking about school shutdowns, the challenges of distance learning, and the uneven path back to campus. All of those things are vitally important. But today we bring you a different ki...

A federal judge in California has ordered Los Angeles to offer housing to its homeless population on Skid Row by October.

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers State of the City address Published  Garcetti discussed in detail of his budget proposal ahead of its release on Tuesday. LOS ANGELES - Mayor Eric Garcetti delivered his annual State of the City address today, with his upcoming 2021-2022 fiscal year budget proposal expected to be the main focus. Similar to last year, when the speech took place just weeks into the COVID-19 stay-at-home order, his speech was an understated event compared to the usu...

New supportive housing community for the homeless opens up in the heart of Skid Row By Mary Stringini (FOX 11) LOS ANGELES - A new permanent supportive housing community for individuals experiencing homelessness has opened in the heart of Los Angeles Skid Row.  FLOR 401 Lofts is the first of three Proposition HHH-funded housing communities that the nonprofit Skid Row Housing Trust will open this year.  "There has never been a more important and critical time to provide homes for our unhouse...

Incumbent faces 3 challengers in Dallas City Council’s District 1 race Chad West faces Giovanni Valderas, Stephani Kyle and Gerardo Sanchez in the contest to represent Bishop Arts and Oak Cliff. Bishop Arts District on Thursday, June 29, 2017 in Dallas(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer) The Dallas City Council elections are May 1 and early voting starts Monday. All 14 council seats are contested, and three districts, 2, 11 and 13, will see new faces as the incumbents have reached term limits...

ANIMAL WATCH-The stern face of a Pit Bull adorns the Best Friends’ Animal Society’s Facebook  announcement, “Together, We Made LA a No-Kill City,” but there is no mention of Los Angeles Animal Services nor General Manager Brenda Barnette as part of this accomplishment. Was this an oversight?  Barnette is retiring as General Manager of LAAS after a decade of  brutal attacks by Pit Bulls and other dogs with known-aggressive behavior on innocent and unsuspecting victims—adopters, ...

California Pauses Johnson & Johnson Vaccine After Federal Recommendation Over Blood Clot Concerns – Updated Deadline 2 hrs ago UPDATED with latest: On the heels of Los Angeles pulling its meager supply of Johnson & Johnson vaccine this morning, California State Epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan issued the following statement regarding the Coronavirus vaccine: “Today, the CDC and FDA have recommended a temporary pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine out of an abundance of c...

LADOT CityRide begins bringing eligible riders to vaccination appointments Published  LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Department of Transportation Monday launched a program to pick up seniors and people with accessibility needs through the Cityride program and take them to their scheduled vaccination appointments at three COVID-19 vaccination sites. "Transportation should never be the gap that stands between our residents and the vaccine," said Mayor Eric Garcetti. "Vaccines are our ticket to en...

The nation's top infectious disease expert, Dr. Anthony Fauci, today praised Los Angeles' efforts to equitably distribute its COVID-19 vaccines.

Mar 9, 2021 | Mayor Eric Johnson Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson announced the Mayor’s Disaster Relief Fund will award $540,000 in grants to 27 local nonprofits that are helping people recover from the February winter storms and power outages. This is the second round of grants from the fund. Each of the 27 organizations will receive $20,000. Resource Center is among the recipients. Also receiving funds are other agencies that work with people in the LGBTQ community. Among them are Human Rights In...