Kristen Stewart seen in LA on a coffee run ahead of press run for The Wrong Girls and Dakota Johnson is seen in a vintage DARE shirt ahead of release of Maggie Gyllenhaal's Flesh Impact in which she s...

Recent decisions by the Trump administration to send Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents to American cities have raised significant questions about the role of local law...

Los Angeles City Councilman Hugo Soto-Martinez issued a statement Tuesday echoing Hahn’s sentiments

Podcast Episode · Unsung History · 04/08/2024 · 45m

City Hall is already in dispute over the department's current budget. Now, LAPD wants new vehicles and equipment for 2028.

Government data show the Trump administration’s policies reducing the number of foreign-born workers did not help U.S.-born workers in 2025.

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...

Author and historian Max Felker-Kantor chats with Daniel Ford about his book DARE to Say No: Policing and the War on Drugs in Schools.

A record of ICE’s assault on immigrants and the people’s resistance.

San Francisco billionaire Chris Larsen once again has wielded his wallet to keep city residents under the eye of all-seeing police surveillance. The San Francisco Police Commission, the Board of Super...

With its signature “DARE to keep kids off drugs” slogan and iconic t-shirts, DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) was the most popular drug education p...

What Angelenos need right now, more than ever, is a commitment to the spaces that we share with each other

Alissa and Mike sit down for a full assessment of recovery efforts six months after the January fires — and discuss why a key rebuilding effort went off the rails. Plus, we check in on the accomplishm...

Alissa, Mike, Rachel, and Oscar give an update on LA under siege as at least 500 people are taken from their families in federal raids. Plus, the massive No Kings rally in Downtown LA ends in police v...

Comprehensive review of killings by police in 2024.

As protests like No Kings continue to unfold across the country, they serve as powerful reminders of the long-standing struggles for justice, equity, and civic participation. In response to this momen...

ICE officials tout an unprecedented expansion of its 287(g) Program, driven by agreements that allow local officers to function as deportation agents during routine policing. Advocates warn such agree...

Immigration raids Friday led to the arrests of dozens of people and caused hours of chaos in downtown L.A. Here is what we know so far.

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