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Backpacks are stacked up to be given away in Van Nuys, CA Thursday, August 11, 2022. Nury Martinez’s office provided with 250 backpacks and school supplies to kids heading back to school. New Economics for Women, Staples, and Costco helped to fund the backpack project. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) Odalays Gomez and…

Find a flick with our weekly curated list of classic movies, cult favorites, film festivals, etc., playing at theaters, drive-ins and pop-ups and/or streaming online. Before you go, remember to call or check online for reservation requirements and COVID-19 protocols.‘Amazing Grace’Aretha Franklin makes a joyful noise in this glorious 2018…

Community refrigerators filled with free, fresh food and produce helped many Los Angeles families facing food insecurity get through the pandemic. But now, the fridges on the sidewalk serve a new purpose as inflation sends grocery prices soaring. The sky-high food prices are bringing a wave of people to the cupboards for the…

A Los Angeles City Council meeting erupted into chaos on Tuesday, with a public speaker climbing over a bench and onto the council floor to confront council President Nury Martinez, prompting police to fill the chamber.Officers apprehended a second member of the public on the council floor moments later, while activists screamed at police and at…

ByABC7.com staff via DOWNEY, Calif. (KABC) -- An off-duty Monterey Park police officer was shot and killed in a parking lot in Downey Monday afternoon, officials say.The shooting happened around 3:25 p.m. in a parking lot at 12070 Lakewood Boulevard, in front of a gym at the shopping center.Police found a man with gunshot wounds at the scene. It…

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County decreased for the 53rd consecutive day Saturday since rising to a record, dropping 4.1 cents to $5.509, its lowest amount since March 7. The average price has dropped 95.3 cents since rising to a record high of $6.462 on June 14, including 2.9…

  Los Angeles County bosses added 9,500 workers in June — 38% of the recent hiring pace —  to bring employment to 97.7% of pre-pandemic levels. My trusty spreadsheet, filled with state job figures, found local bosses had 4.51 million workers — up 237,300 in 12 months. June employment was 106,000 below February 2020, the last month before…

As summer vacation draws to a close, health officials are urging parents to get their children vaccinated against COVID-19, with some warning that the start of the school year could bring an increase in cases. Infections and hospitalizations are declining after a prolonged summer wave, but that progress could be challenged as schools reopen.…

Hi all; today is National Sea Serpent Day, which commemorates an 1848 sighting of a 60-foot creature off the HMS Daedalus. Sylvia here with your fresh copy of the Los Angeles Daily, filled with all the local information you need to know right now. Let's do this...Prosecutors are now dealing with the determination of whether to file criminal…

A wildfire burning in a remote area just south of the Oregon border appears to have caused the deaths of tens of thousands of Klamath River fish, the Karuk Tribe said. The tribe said in a statement that the dead fish of all species were found Friday near Happy Camp, California, along the main stem of the Klamath River. It's…