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Los Angeles lifts curfew for downtown district

Los Angeles lifts curfew for downtown district

The Los Angeles mayor has lifted a curfew that she imposed on part of the city's downtown area to rein in criminal activity that followed protests against raids on undocumented migrants. Karen Bass made the announcement in a statement on Tuesday....

San Francisco's Phoenix Hotel, a favorite of touring musicians, to shutter at year's end

San Francisco's Phoenix Hotel, a favorite of touring musicians, to shutter at year's end

The Phoenix Hotel in San Francisco's Tenderloin. (Courtesy Lifestyle Marketing & Pubic Relations) SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Tenderloin is home to a rock-and-roll landmark, but at the end of the year, the legendary Phoenix Hotel will check...

An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles

An Urgent Message From the Streets of Los Angeles

“Nos tienen miedo porque no tenemos miedo” (They fear us because we do not fear them). Ad Policy Protesters tried to hold a line against riot police but pushed back with less lethal munitions during a march against ICE raids in Downtown Los...

Students left behind?: San Francisco tried to bury this radical school policy – it backfired

Students left behind?: San Francisco tried to bury this radical school policy – it backfired

Education Secretary Linda McMahon discusses the president seeking to end $100 million in Harvard federal contracts on 'America Reports.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! While San Francisco's recently halted equity grading scheme...

Chinese Influence Allegations Shadow Los Angeles Mayor’s Office Through Political Insider’s Family Ties

Chinese Influence Allegations Shadow Los Angeles Mayor’s Office Through Political Insider’s Family Ties

A senior aide to Mayor Karen Bass is under scrutiny due to his family’s documented links to Chinese Communist Party-affiliated networks and financial involvement in her campaign. By yourNEWS Media Newsroom A top official in the administration of...

Top Probate Realtor In Los Angeles Expands To The Bay Area

Top Probate Realtor In Los Angeles Expands To The Bay Area

(MENAFN- GetNews) Josh V Realty began as a sole agent in 2019 where he wanted to use his skillset with people, empathy and his psychology background to fill the void in the market. He quickly found himself in the niche of a specific legal process...

Appeals Court Weighs Whether Judges Can Review Trump’s Troop Deployment To Los Angeles

Appeals Court Weighs Whether Judges Can Review Trump’s Troop Deployment To Los Angeles

Home United States Appeals Court Weighs Whether Judges Can Review Trump’s Troop Deployment To Los... Justice Department lawyer Brett Shumate told the panel that Breyer had "improperly second-guessed the president's judgment" about the need to call...

University of California San Francisco medical professor fired for opposing genocide

University of California San Francisco medical professor fired for opposing genocide

Dr. Marya [Photo: UCSF]On May 20, the University of California fired Dr. Rupa Marya, a longtime professor at its San Francisco medical campus (UCSF), in retaliation for speaking out against the ongoing genocide in Gaza. Dr. Marya has since filed a...

Los Angeles mayor lifts curfew imposed during immigration raid protests

Los Angeles mayor lifts curfew imposed during immigration raid protests

Breadcrumb Trail Links World Author of the article: Associated Press Michael R. Blood Published Jun 17, 2025 • 1 minute read A small group of demonstrators rally and march to call on the city officials to remove National Guard troops and ICE from...

Immigration raids in LA hit small business owners: ‘Worse than COVID’

Immigration raids in LA hit small business owners: ‘Worse than COVID’

Juan Ibarra stands outside his fruit and vegetable outlet in Los Angeles’ vast fresh produce market, the place in the city center where Hispanic restaurateurs, street vendors and taco truck operators buy supplies every day. On Monday morning, the...

Trump administration activates 2,000 additional military troops to Los Angeles

Trump administration activates 2,000 additional military troops to Los Angeles

The Trump administration doubled down on its decision to federalize U.S. military by activating about 2,000 additional National Guard troops to the Los Angeles area amid widespread immigration crackdowns and protests continue, the U.S. Northern...

University of California San Francisco received $726,000.00 from Gates Foundation in 2025, analysis shows

University of California San Francisco received $726,000.00 from Gates Foundation in 2025, analysis shows

James B. Milliken, 22nd president of UC (Left) & Bill Gates (Right) | University of CaliforniaJames B. Milliken, 22nd president of UC (Left) & Bill Gates (Right) | University of California That's according to an analysis by Restoration News...

San Francisco Pride secures two-year partnership amid Trump’s attacks on DEI 

San Francisco Pride secures two-year partnership amid Trump’s attacks on DEI 

The 55th annual San Francisco Pride is set to take place on 28 and 29 June. (Miikka Skaffari/Getty Images) San Francisco Pride has secured a new sponsor for the next two years, following a wave of corporate withdrawals amid ongoing attacks on...

Appeals court in San Francisco hears arguments in National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

Appeals court in San Francisco hears arguments in National Guard deployment in Los Angeles

A federal appeals court in San Francisco heard arguments Tuesday on whether the Trump administration should return control of National Guard troops to California after they were deployed following protests in Los Angeles over immigration raids.The...

Los Angeles mayor lifts curfew imposed in downtown area after immigration raids, protest

Los Angeles mayor lifts curfew imposed in downtown area after immigration raids, protest

The Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass on Tuesday announced to lift a curfew that was imposed in the downtown area of the city in order to curb crime and loot of businesses in the wake of immigration raids being conducted by US Immigration and Customs...

Los Angeles lifts downtown curfew imposed during protests against immigration raids

Los Angeles lifts downtown curfew imposed during protests against immigration raids

Open this photo in gallery:Police officers arrest protesters following a demonstration against federal immigration operations in Los Angeles on June 11.RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP/Getty Images Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass lifted a curfew in downtown Los...

Produce market in downtown LA sits empty after ICE immigration raids across SoCal

Produce market in downtown LA sits empty after ICE immigration raids across SoCal

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The produce market in downtown Los Angeles has become another casualty of the ICE raids happening across Southern California, with employees not showing up and customers staying away out of fear of being detained. Rotting...

What you need to know about California’s Prop. 28 arts education initiative | Quick Guide

What you need to know about California’s Prop. 28 arts education initiative | Quick Guide

Preschool children learn to express themselves through painting. Credit: Courtesy of Daniel Mendoza Amid a national reckoning over learning loss and chronic absenteeism deepened by the pandemic, arts education may be one of the keys to boosting...

This is what it’s like to be an immigration attorney right now

This is what it’s like to be an immigration attorney right now

By Taylor Romine, CNN Los Angeles (CNN) — Over the past several months, the nation has been exposed to images of immigration raids – at homes, food-processing plants and farmland, and favorite neighborhood restaurants. Protests have erupted in Los...

Los Angeles curfew lifted as Trump battles over National Guard control

Los Angeles curfew lifted as Trump battles over National Guard control

In a show of political muscle, Trump ignored the objections of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, who would usually oversee the National Guard. Late last week a judge said the Republican President’s actions were “illegal” and ordered that he return...

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