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Incumbent Nithya Raman has successfully won her city council seat with more than 50% of the votes cast, the threshold needed to win outright in the primary.L.A.’s worsening housing and homelessness crisis has been front and center in this district. Raman and Weaver sharply disagree on aThis district changed more than any other during the city’s most recent redistricting process.
When Raman originally won the seat, the district included more renter-heavy areas, such as Koreatown and fewer homeowner-dominated areas in the San Fernando Valley. After the city’s most recent redistricting process, the district’s southernmost portions were removed and more of the Valley was included.at the L.A.
Research has shown it can help people find jobs, go back to school and keep them out of the criminal justice system.Napolitano, a clubhouse member for more than 15 years and is co-director of the Clubhouse New York Coalition, said he would probably be dead if not for the programming at Fountain House.
Pernice said she started studying clubhouses more than 20 years ago. The clubhouse model, she said, brings people together who might otherwise tend to isolate because of their illness. And they come together willingly.People who are served by the clubhouse model are referred to as “members,” not “patients,” as they would be in a hospital setting.
“You can put someone in their own apartment, but then they’re going to just sit there without any community... They might have more community on the street,” he said., a county Department of Mental Health pilot program that takes inspiration from the public mental health system in Trieste, Italy. The program integrates supportive housing with a mental health urgent care center, clinical space and other services.
“People want innovation. They want change,” Bowman said. “There’s a tremendous need, and there’s a lot of money... California is really poised for growth of our model.”One of my goals on the mental health beat is to make the seemingly intractable mental health care system more navigable.Nithya Raman Keeps LA Council Seat, Santa Ana Winds Cause Power Outages, & Driverless Taxis In LA — The P.M.
“It is eminently watchable and gives you a real sense of both the drama and the banality that people go through the, eating bad food and hearing the same stump speeches over and over again.” -Dominic Patten, senior editor for DeadlineThe first two episodes are available on Max. New episodes release every Thursday.Most cable network channels have experienced significant declines in viewership thanks to the advent of streaming platforms.
Cable TV still generates more revenue from advertising – what happens to the industry when all the viewers are on streaming where there’s less of that money?A tree toppled onto a couple of parked cars in San Marino, near the intersection of San Pasqual Street and Randolph Avenue.Strong Santa Ana winds have been sweeping across Southern California, knocking out power for thousands of people, toppling trees, and bringing minor damage to the region on Thursday.
More than 19,000 people, including those in La Canada Flintridge, El Sereno, and Mission Hills, have been affected by the dozens of power outages across L.A. County as of Thursday afternoon, according to SoCal Edison and DWP.The Santa Ana winds are expected to drop off in the next few hours, but it could stay breezy for some communities into Friday morning.
Other witnesses contradicted that testimony or could not identify Patterson, who was only 19 at the time. Investigators also ignored that the gun used in Oliva’s killing showed up at another crime scene six weeks later. Patterson’s mother hired a private investigator, Eduardo Hernandez, before the Innocence Center got involved and reinvestigated. The effort led to filing a conviction review request with the district attorney’sThe team exams and reinvestigates wrongful conviction cases and remedies them. They have received 886 requests for review between 2020 and 2023.
In the same case, DNA evidence revealed that Kenneth Packnett murdered and raped Wydermyer. Packnett went on to sexually abuse more women before getting sent to prison.’s executive director, Mike Semanchik, said he had to go to court and fight for every single exoneration a decade ago. But now he can present his case to one of 10 conviction integrity units statewide, who then do their investigation and then decide whether a wrongful conviction occurred.
And when a district attorney stands behind criminal justice reform, Possley said things start to happen — and the numbers back it up. He points to 114 exonerations nationwide in 2000. Fast forward to 2023, and the number jumps to 153. “Not every district attorney's office is going to have the willingness or the capacity to do this,” Gascón said. “Certainly, we have a lot of wrongful convictions in L.A…we’re not unique. There’s 57 other counties, and there needs to be accountability at the very top of the state.”In the seven primary races for L.A. City Council, we can now say we will see at least three runoffs on the November ballot.passed the 50% threshold needed to win outright yesterdayslim margin.
The results you see are the votes counted through March 14. Additional results will be released following this schedule:Friday, March 15 | Monday, March 18 | Tuesday, March 19 | Friday, March 22 | Tuesday, March 26Note: In California, ballots postmarked on or before March 5 are counted toward the results as long as they arrive within seven days of the election . Results must be certified by county election officials by April 4.
Tonight's lows will drop to the low 50s for the inland coast, upper 40s for the valleys, 30s for the mountains.Santa Ana winds today will be the strongest from mid morning through the afternoon. Water and electricity don’t mix. Water is an excellent conductor of electricity. Do not step in or enter any water that a downed power line may be touching.
This three-screen theater was one of very few movie theaters in northeast L.A., on a street that’s been gentrifying for years. Tickets used to be $10 or less, and you could regularly catch a movie for only $6 on a Tuesday or Wednesday.