Category: News Samples

  • Scooter-mania Gets Curbed in LA

    Scooter-mania Gets Curbed in LA

    You’ve seen them, you might have ridden them and possibly even been endangered by them. Carl recently reported on attempts by Los Angeles City Council to bring a sense of order to the bonanza of app-rented electric scooters which have been lauded by the companies as the future of affordable transportation.

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  • LA City Budget Breaks $10 billion

    LA City Budget Breaks $10 billion

    Carl recently reported on the 2019-2020 Los Angeles City Budget. Get the local spin on the big city problem for Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Atwater Village, Hollywood Hills and more. “The street you commute on, the trees on your block, the safety of your neighborhood—these are bread and butter issues,” Ryu said in a recent…

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  • Affordable Housing Crisis = Homelessness Crisis?

    Affordable Housing Crisis = Homelessness Crisis?

    Carl recently reported on the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles and the impact of a housing shortage that has left the city about 517,000 housing units short. Get the local spin on a big city problem for Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Atwater Village, Hollywood Hills and more.

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  • Red Car Trolley Mural “Leaves the Station” in Atwater Village

    Red Car Trolley Mural “Leaves the Station” in Atwater Village

    Carl wrote about the Red Car Trolley mural that was removed in Atwater Village to make way for a pedestrian and cycling bridge. Check out pictures of the old mural. Checkout the artist Rafael Escamilla. ATWATER VILLAGE—An iconic 30-foot by 40-foot mural on the Los Angeles River, depicting a red trolley car, was recently demolished…

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  • LA Hate Crimes Mirror National Trend

    LA Hate Crimes Mirror National Trend

    “Hate Crimes Rising” was originally published at the Los Feliz Ledger. Carl reports on trending hate crime as local officials in Los Angeles respond to a rise in hate crime in their city and the rest of the nation (with big thanks to editors who helped whip this story into shape).

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  • Using Rainwater – Silver Lake Reservoir News

    Using Rainwater – Silver Lake Reservoir News

    Check out Carl’s article, “City OKs $8 Million Stormwater Capture Project” Originally Published in the Los Feliz Ledger. SILVER LAKE—The Silver Lake Reservoir’s south dam will open for the first time with a public pathway February 10th, hot on the heels of Los Angeles City Council’s recent approval of $8.13 million for a stormwater capture project

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  • recycLA Latest Developments

    recycLA Latest Developments

    Check out Carl’s article, “recycLA Facing Scrutiny, Fines for Poor Service” Originally Published in the Los Feliz Ledger. Fines can now be imposed on Los Angeles trash haulers for poor customer service amid growing outcry from businesses and apartment owners about price increases and reduced service under a citywide recycling program, which began rolling out in

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  • Atwater Village Homeless Encampment

    Atwater Village Homeless Encampment

    Check out Carl’s article, “Locals Concerned Over Riverbed Encampment,” Originally Published in the Los Feliz Ledger. ATWATER VILLAGE—As Orange County officials have been removing a three-mile encampment along the Santa Ana River, where an estimated 500 to 1,000 had taken shelter, similar encampments along the Los Angeles River—though much smaller in size—now pose a health and

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  • More recycLA Complaints

    More recycLA Complaints

    Check out Carl’s article, “More Complaints of City’s New Trash Hauling Program,” Originally Published in the Los Feliz Ledger. (LOS FELIZ LEDGER) Los Angeles businesses, property owners and tenant organizations are voicing ongoing concerns about the escalated cost of garbage collection under a new sanitation program called recycLA, which started in July. Proponents of recycLA say it is

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  • Neighborhood Councils React to De Leon Comments

    Neighborhood Councils React to De Leon Comments

    Check out Carl’s article, “De Leon Comments Irk Local Officials,” Originally Published in the Los Feliz Ledger. LOS FELIZ LEDGER – Current President pro Tempore of the California State Senate and U.S. Senate hopeful, Kevin De Leon drew local ire recently over comments he made in an NBC Los Angelesinterview that many perceived as disparaging to neighborhood

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