Measles does not have a cure. The highly contagious disease can spur a blotchy rash, pink eye, a high fever, white spots inside the mouth, full body aches, pneumonia, and severe dehydration, and can result in hospitalization or even death. Fortunately, however, it is highly preventable thanks to a vaccine that was developed by a […]
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Hollywood has always been a culinary hotbed, but some of the best bites in town are tucked away and seldom spoken of. It’s truly an IYKYK scene. Thankfully, we’ve found another of the city’s best and brightest gems hiding in plain sight. Nestled directly next to Sunset Sound, where legends have etched their energies into […]
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Source: Lawrence Blake / facebook The Black Church lost a hero this week. Elder Lawrence Champion Blake passed away after a brave battle with cancer. He was 54 years old. The youngest son of Mae L. Blake and Charles E. Blake, Sr., who was the pastor of West Angeles Church of God in Christ (COGIC) […]
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Source: Michael Loccisano / Getty Welp, it happened — the Trump administration has made good on its promise to arrest journalist Don Lemon over his coverage of an anti-ICE protest that disrupted the Sunday service at a St. Paul church where a local ICE director serves as a pastor. Despite the fact that a magistrate […]
Read MoreSource: The Washington Post / Getty The city of Minneapolis has understandably been on edge for the last week after ICE agent Jonathan Ross fatally shot Renee Nicole Good, a wife and mother of three, whose only crime was warning her neighbors that ICE was in the neighborhood. Homeland Security Secretary and noted dog shooter […]
Read MoreThe Palisades Charter High School baseball field, home to the Dolphins baseball program, was coach Mike Voelkel’s pride and joy. When Voelkel became head coach of the team in 2007, he, the players and their families helped turn what he described as a “dirt patch” into one of the most remarkable high school athletic fields […]
Read More“Did [Russian President Vladimir] Putin agree to a ceasefire to allow a referendum to take place?” a journalist asked Trump Sunday evening during a Palm Beach press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “Not a ceasefire, and that’s one of the points that we’re working on right now,” Trump said. “He feels that look, you […]
Read More“Nicki Minaj said something at Amfest that was really profound. I’m paraphrasing, but she said, ‘just because I want little black girls to think they’re beautiful doesn’t mean I need to put down little girls with blonde hair and blue eyes,’” Vance wrote in a post on X Monday. “We all got wrapped up over […]
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“I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks—Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results,” Trump wrote. “I do these Tests because […]
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L.A. has spent over a century advertising its perfect Mediterranean climate. Now increasingly frequent severe weather events are triggering citywide soul-searching about who deserves protection, what neighborhoods get resources, which elected officials are to blame, and whether the promise of this place still holds. Some parts of L.A. County picked up close to a foot […]
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Davante Adams is only getting better as the weeks go on because he is hot! The past several weeks, the 32-year-old has been like a Southern California Santa Ana wind, and it doesn’t look like there’s any cooling him off. Week 10 only added to his display of dominance as Adams led the Los Angeles […]
Read MorePASADENA, Calif. (KABC) — Saying there was no evidence of an immediate emergency necessitating such a move, a judge Wednesday denied a request by the city of Pasadena and the operators of the Rose Bowl for a temporary restraining order barring UCLA’s football team from playing its home games at any other venue. The city […]
Read MoreWith federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds tied up in a political tug-of-war between opposing factions of the legislative branch, US residents are picking up the slack to help feed their neighbors. Among them: superstars like SZA, who is teaming up with a fixture of her adopted home, Los Angeles, to help feed local SNAP […]
Read MoreLOS ANGELES (KABC) — Dodger fans aren’t done celebrating the back-to-back World Series titles yet! Nearly 200 fans woke up bright and early Sunday morning for a special Dodgers-themed World Series victory hike at Griffith Park. “On a Sunday, it was like hard to get up actually, but yeah, we got up!” said Dodger fan […]
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One such area the president has homed in on is Portland, Oregon, a city better known for Voodoo Doughnuts and cold brew than hellish riots. Late last month, the president ordered the National Guard to the hipster paradise, but his rationale for sending them was not informed by statistics or data—instead, it was because of […]
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Source: Genaro Molina / Getty A man was shot in the arm by federal agents on Tuesday morning during an immigration operation in South Los Angeles, in which a deputy U.S. marshal was also injured by a ricochet bullet. The authorities say they were attempting to apprehend the man because he was in the country […]
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“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution,” Merkley said to begin his remarks. The many topics Merkley has addressed so far in his more than 14-hour speech include […]
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“I’ve come to the Senate floor tonight to ring the alarm bells. We’re in the most perilous moment, the biggest threat to our republic since the Civil War. President Trump is shredding our Constitution,” Merkley said to begin his remarks. The many topics Merkley has addressed so far in his more than 14-hour speech include […]
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Source: MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images / Getty On Tuesday, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted to declare a state of emergency in response to the ongoing federal immigration raids. According to ABC News, the declaration, introduced by County Supervisors Lindsey P. Horvath and Janice Hahn, passed by a 4-1 […]
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The actual threat to people in cities like Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago comes from the Trump administration, as it attempts to turn the military and federal law enforcement into the president’s personal enforcers. Trump’s lies about this project—and his broader project of mass deportation—are not meant to sound convincing; they are tools for getting […]
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Source: Christina House / Getty It has been roughly 10 months since California wildfires laid waste to the LA County area, especially in Altadena, Pasadena, and Pacific Palisades, the latter in which more than two dozen people lost their lives. On Wednesday, federal authorities in Los Angeles said they have identified a suspect in the Palisades fire that claimed […]
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“I told them, ‘You didn’t get me elected. I do not work for you; I work for my district,’” Greene recalled to The New York Times. “We aren’t supposed to just be whipped on our votes because they’re telling us what to do … or saying, ‘We’ll primary you,’ or that we won’t get invited […]
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Source: Ilya S. Savenok / Getty Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors is drawing national attention to the youth homelessness crisis in Los Angeles with her latest project, a short documentary titled Close to Home. Through Close to Home, Cullors aims to amplify the voices of homeless youth in LA, particularly those advocating for a […]
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Sargent: Well, I just want to underscore the importance of what you just said there, which is that every time he says, I’m sending in the military and my justification is the murder rate or crimes off the charts, or anything like that, he can’t do that, right? He conflates what’s going on with Washington, […]
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President Trump suffered a major loss Tuesday when a federal judge in California ruled that his military occupation of Los Angeles was illegal. Trump’s response was highly unsettling. Speaking to reporters, he sounded entirely unconstrained. He threatened to resend the military to L.A. and declared that the military is now definitely going into Chicago. He […]
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“I’ve been very active, actually, over the weekend. I didn’t hear that one. That’s pretty serious stuff,” he continued, before blaming the mainstream media for the rumors that were, in reality, driven largely by random social media users. “Well, it’s fake news,” the president went on. “You know, it’s just so—it’s so fake. That’s why […]
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Prior to his decision to leave, Shroyer said, “Alex had been coming into my show [War Room], and talking about how I’m negative and calling me a pessimist, and all this other stuff, which is fine.” Shroyer said. “He says I’m too negative, he says I’m a pessimist, whatever, I’m too anti-Trump.” Shroyer decided to […]
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During a Thursday CNN appearance, Daskalakis advised senators to ask Kennedy at his appearance before the Senate Finance Committee next week: “Has he been ever briefed by a CDC expert on anything—on, specifically, measles, Covid-19, flu?” Asked whether RFK has indeed ever received such a briefing, Daskalakis replied, “The answer is no. So no one […]
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During a Thursday CNN appearance, Daskalakis advised senators to ask Kennedy at his appearance before the Senate Finance Committee next week: “Has he been ever briefed by a CDC expert on anything—on, specifically, measles, Covid-19, flu?” Asked whether RFK has indeed ever received such a briefing, Daskalakis replied, “The answer is no. So no one […]
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During a Thursday CNN appearance, Daskalakis advised senators to ask Kennedy at his appearance before the Senate Finance Committee next week: “Has he been ever briefed by a CDC expert on anything—on, specifically, measles, Covid-19, flu?” Asked whether RFK has indeed ever received such a briefing, Daskalakis replied, “The answer is no. So no one […]
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Source: Probal Rashid / Getty New York. Chicago. Los Angeles. Baltimore. Washington, D.C. One by one, their names crawl across the headlines like enemy targets in crosshairs. These cities are majority Black- and Brown, Democratic-led with Black mayors, labeled by the right as “crime-ridden” urban hellscapes. The headlines clang together in ominous rhythm: the Pentagon […]
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