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AfroLA covers greater Los Angeles through the lens of the Black community.
A nonprofit founder’s actual tool stack — the free ones she uses, and the two she’d tell you to avoid. @writethisway.bsky.social Worth bookmarking before you need it.
Project World Cup Spotlight, launched June 10 by a coalition including the 50501 Movement and Visibility Brigade, is staging peaceful public actions at World Cup venues across the United States, Canada, and Mexico under a single message: The World Is Watching.
Grassroots organization SCOPE LA held a march commemorating the 1992 Rodney King protests in South Los Angeles on April 29. ✍🏾: @fallon_brannon, 🎥: William Jenkins
Election Day is almost here. Learn more about the top 3 candidates based on the L.A. Times poll tracker as of May 28: Current Mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass (D) Current City Council Member (CD-4), Nithya Raman (D) Former Reality TV Star, Spencer Pratt (R)
How might Black Californians be impacted by Antonio Villaraigosa (D) as governor?
Election Day is almost here. Tuesday, June 2. You still haven’t filled out that mail-in ballot yet? Want a handy guide to pull up on your phone in the voting booth? THIS. IS. IT. Part 2 includes these candidates: Katie Porter (D) Tom Steyer (D) Tony Thurmond (D) Antonio Villaraigosa (D)
How might Black Californians be impacted by Xavier Becerra (D) as governor?
Election Day is almost here. Tuesday, June 2. You still haven’t filled out that mail-in ballot yet? We gotchu. Want a handy guide to pull up on your phone in the voting booth? THIS. IS. IT. Part 1 includes these candidates: Xavier Becerra (D) Chad Bianco (R) Steve Hilton (R) Matt Mahan (D)
“A quarter to a half of our members have either slowed their visits to their gardens or stopped going completely," said Diana Campos-Jimenez, a lead community organizer for the Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust, which has helped create 30 urban parks and community gardens across L.A. since 2002.
Ownership vs. Subscription: Subscription = You pay for access Ownership = You build the platform L.A. Times subscription = $4/week to read behind a paywall AfroLA ownership = $10/month to sustain free local news One extracts. One builds. #WeOwnThis. Join today: afrolanews.org/we-own-this
Quick reminder: The L.A. Times = owned by a billionaire LAist = owned by public radio AfroLA = owned by Black Los Angeles Your $10/month keeps it that way. 12 down. 38 to go. afrolanews.org/we-own-this
12 owners in 3 days. This is what they funded already: ✅ 2 new investigations starting ✅ 3 student reporters hired for the summer ✅ One Community listening session scheduled 38 spots left. $10/month = You own Black media that lasts. afrolanews.org/we-own-this
Your $10/month = 30 minutes of fair-wage reporting. Here's what we did in 30 minutes last month: - Interviewed Altadenans about continued fire recovery - Fact-checked policy claims from City Council - Sourced documents for Water and Power follow-up Imagine what 500+ hours of funds can build.
Helpline callers are connected to counselors who can talk through just about anything: romantic encounters when abuse occurred, concerns about being violent in the future, or that persistent feeling that others don’t like or love them.
California has some of the strongest building fire codes in the U.S., ensuring homes built within areas at high risk of wildfire use fire-resistant materials that can withstand encroaching blazes. Roofs, vents, windows, and walls must meet standards. But they only apply to homes built after 2008.