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‘Taken: The Agents Raiding Communities and the People Trying to Stop Them’ from Latino USA & CalMatters

This special episode on Imperfect Paradise is from our friends at Latino USA and CalMatters. It tracks the rise of Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, a key figure in the Trump Administration’s deportation efforts and explores the consequences of the raids to the people captured here in LA and around the country. Support LAist Today: https://LAist.com/join

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  Residents left behind at elder care facilities in LA raise serious questio…

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  Altadena childcare providers' struggle to rebuild raises questions about g…

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  Gender-affirming care for transgender youth is at risk in LA and nationwide

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  Health workers say ICE agents at hospitals are compromising patient care

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  California's new public preschool program for 4-year-olds: Exploring trans…

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  Who pays for the 2028 Olympics? LA taxpayers may be on the hook

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  Why the site of the largest methane leak in US history still hasn’t been s…

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  How becoming a US citizen just got harder under the Trump administration a…

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  Prop 50: Is California’s redistricting push a threat to democracy or a def…

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  An LA Commission created to tackle city government scandals is being stymi…

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  Reports about failures in response to the January LA fires and a 2018 fire…

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  How union organizing is being upended by private universities in Southern …

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  Why California's protest law is flawed and the consequences to protesters

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  The Huntington Beach library at the center of America’s culture wars

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  An update to the Bass vs. Crowley feud