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Lineage and Fire Chief Said There Was No Ammonia Leak. Real-Time Logs Tell a Different Story.

Weeks later, Lineage’s own data — buried in online reports — shows some unsafe ammonia levels in Boyle Heights.

by Robin Urevich


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To Avoid Public Pushback, Cities Are Putting Homeless Shelters in Industrial Zones

By Capital & Main

Municipalities across Southern California are putting shelters in polluted industrial areas as the state pushes to increase the number of beds for unhoused people.

After Years-Long Battle, California Rideshare Drivers Win Certification. Can They Win a Contract?

By Mark Kreidler

If Uber and Lyft resort to the stalling tactics corporations commonly use to block higher pay and better working conditions, gig workers will still have a fight on their hands.

In Arizona, the Thermostat Is Driving Voters to the Polls

By Marcus Baram

Record heat, two rate hikes and a data center boom have turned utility bills — not climate — into the state’s most volatile issue.

U.S. Has Deported Hundreds of Children to Cities in Southern Mexico

By Kate Morrissey

Human rights organizations said the minors lack the resources to go home safely and that some may have died trying.

If Democracy Is in Retreat, What About Capitalism?

By Kelly Candaele

Historian Sheri Berman on the links between declining democracy, neoliberal economics and what’s driving radicalization on the right and left.

Fighting for Racial Justice With Piercing Humor — and a Project 2029

By Erin Aubry Kaplan

Trump’s reelection would be “game over” for multiracial democracy, veteran civil rights attorney Connie Rice predicted. She now thinks we need a new blueprint.

‘It Wasn’t Right.’ Car Wash Workers Cope With Lingering Impacts of SoCal ICE Raids.

By Ernesto Ureño

Workers and their families struggle in the aftermath of federal immigration raids that targeted more than 100 car washes in the region.

Healing Together: Why Recovery and Motherhood Should Go Hand in Hand

By Elizabeth Aguilera

At Via Avanta in L.A., kids accompany their moms to treatment for substance abuse. But family-centered rehab remains uncommon.