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ADVERTISEMENT Biden upping the rhetoric: Biden slams Texas, Mississippi for lifting coronavirus restrictions President Biden on Wednesday denounced the governors of Texas and Mississippi for lifting coronavirus restrictions, calling the moves "Neanderthal thinking." "I think its a big mistake," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the two states lifting their mask mandates and all capacity limits on businesses on Tuesday. "I hope everybodys realized by now these masks make a...

ADVERTISEMENT Well kick off with vaccines:  Some big (and hopeful) news: Biden says US will have enough vaccine for all adults by end of May President Biden on Tuesday said that the United States will have enough vaccine supply to vaccinate all American adults for coronavirus by the end of May, crediting a “stepped up process” under his administration. Biden made the announcement while outlining a partnership between Merck and Johnson & Johnson to produce the latter’s single-dose coronav...

Voices in Leadership During Crises: Mayor Eric Garcetti Live webcast streamed on our Facebook, YouTube, and Voices in Leadership website on Friday, March 19, 2021, 12:00 – 12:45 PM ET. Moderator: Howard Koh Harvey V. Fineberg Professor of the Practice of Public Health Leadership at the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health and the Harvard Kennedy School, as well as Faculty Chair of the Initiative on Health and Homelessness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health Mayor Eric Garce...

Mayor, Councilmember Issue Statements on Rise in Anti-AAPI Hate Crime Posted On Denny Kim, who provided this photo, said he was in Koreatown when two men yelled racial slurs and struck him in the face. In response to reports of increased anti-Asian violence and other hate crimes across the country, including Southern California, Los Angeles city officials issued the following statements on Feb. 26. “Los Angeles has zero tolerance for bigotry or racism,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “I am p...

LA West Valley Animal Shelter to Reopen, but Pets and Strays Need Appointments Details ANIMAL WATCH-On February 18, 2021, Los Angeles Animal Services General Manager Brenda Barnette (photo above) submitted a brief two-page letter to Councilman Paul Koretz and the City Council, abruptly revising her recent reconstitution proposal, "Long Term Plan for the West Valley Animal Shelter," and reinstating the shelters original purpose of serving and protecting the lost, ab...

Council overrides Garcetti veto, then they agree on funds to aid communities of color Dakota Smith © (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) City Council President Nury Martinez and her council colleagues, shown in 2019, approved a new plan for how to spend money cut last year from the LAPD budget. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) For months, L.A. politicians have wrestled with how to spend tens of millions of dollars cut from the citys Police Department budget after protests erupted over...

Dallas Weekly Didn’t Miss a Beat After It Was Vandalized Someone threw some rocks through its glass door. The community showed up with materials to help fix it. By Brooklee Han Published in FrontBurner March 2, 2021 10:50 am The staff of the Dallas Weekly is still surprised by the outpouring of community support after the South Dallas newspaper’s office was vandalized overnight last Wednesday. “It was pretty overwhelming how many people were irate about it and then wanting to help,” s...

The rare veto override came as the L.A. City Council and Mayor Eric Garcetti try to resolve how to spend funds cut from the LAPD to aid communities of color.

Some neighbors remain without water, as plumbers work to repair busted pipes. Author: Demond Fernandez Updated: 5:06 PM CST February 26, 2021 DALLAS — There are many neighbors across North Texas who are still dealing with water outages and lingering repairs from the recent winter storms. In the meantime, plumbers are working hard to get water lines repaired and services restored.  "It felt like we were just in survival mode,” said Taylor Skinner. Some neighb...

Dallas homeless shelter loses power, and some being housed in hotel forced to move City considers opening temporary heating stations as thousands grapple with outages during frigid weather. People load into a bus at OurCalling as they head to Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in Dallas on Feb. 12, 2021. The city of Dallas opened the Convention Center to accommodate homeless individuals during the expected cold weather.(Juan Figueroa / Staff photographer) Revised to include power returning ...