Jason McGahan
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Michael Avenatti Jailed Without Bond
A judge ordered today that the celebrity lawyer remain in federal custody and be transported immediately to New York, where he will stand trial next week. → Read More
Migrants Say the Caravan Is the Safest Way to Get to the U.S. for Asylum
Fleeing violence and poverty in Central America, and under siege in Tijuana, hundreds see safety in numbers. In fact, they may be the only ones they can count on. → Read More
Mexicans Storm Migrant Shelter in Tijuana, Shouting for ‘Pigs’ to Leave
TIJUANA, Mexico—A crowd of demonstrators clashed with anti-riot police near an emergency shelter where thousands of migrants from Central America have taken refuge in recent days. Waving Mexican flags and singing Mexico's national anthem, a bristling crowd of a hundred or more descended on a municipal sports complex the city government has converted to a shelter to accommodate the surge of… → Read More
Feds Force Immigrants Into Parking Garage for ‘Assembly-Line Justice’
Attorneys say they had no privacy with clients, some of whom were coerced into pleading guilty before talking to a lawyer. → Read More
Mexico’s Anti-Trump, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Is Even More Populist Than Donald Trump
By insulting and bullying Mexico and Mexicans, Trump antagonized Mexicans into supporting his mirror image—a tenacious ideologue and unabashed proponent of the working class. → Read More
The DEA’s ‘Dirty Cop’ Who Tipped Off a Cartel
Senior Mexican officer Ivan Reyes Arzate was vetted and trained by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to work on “sensitive” investigations. Then he gave one up. → Read More
‘Scalded Alive’: Inside the Protests of the YouTube Shooter
Nasim Aghdam was a passionate vegan protester who promoted her activism online. Then she claimed YouTube ‘censored’ her videos and went to take revenge. → Read More
‘Katy Perry Is Used to Getting All She Wants’: Last Nun Vows to Continue Fight Against Pop Star
Sister Rita is the last nun standing between the pop star and her bid to buy a Los Angeles convent—but the 79-year-old holy woman is not backing down. → Read More
Will Rent Control Come to Pasadena, Long Beach, Inglewood and Glendale?
"Every day we're getting messages from folks getting priced out," says Nicole Hodgson, a leader of the Pasadena Tenants Union. "We're in a crisis, and... → Read More
Women of SAG-AFTRA Search for Post-Weinstein Solutions to Sexual Harassment in Hollywood
“We knew who the bad guy on set was," says assistant director and producer Liz Tan. "If they’re not brought to heel quickly they learn they can get... → Read More
Will L.A.'s New Street Food Legalization Proposal Do Anything to Help Street Vendors?
“It’s a clear case of the big guy taking everything and the little guy can’t get nothing," says street vendor Varian Gray. → Read More
Temporary Protected Status for Central Americans Could Be Lost, Thanks to Trump
"How can you say that the countries’ conditions have improved enough for these folks to be returned?" says Martha Arevalo, the executive director of the Central American Resource Center. → Read More
Tenants Have Rights When L.A. Landlords Offer a Cash-for-Keys Buyout
Despite the city’s efforts to more closely monitor cash-for-keys agreements, illegal evictions continue to be a problem. → Read More
Should L.A. Students Have to Submit to Random Searches?
"They intimidate me a lot when they’re searching me," says 16-year-old Dorsey High School student Kalyn Johns. "It's like I can’t be trusted at school." → Read More
L.A. Evictions Are Increasing. Should the Ellis Act Be Reformed for More Rent-Controlled Apartments?
"If you’re living in a rent-controlled unit in Los Angeles you have a bull’s eye on your back,” says Larry Gross, executive director of the Coalition for Economic Survival. → Read More
LAPD Is Arresting Increasing Numbers of Homeless in Gentrifying Neighborhoods
“The report lays out for all eyes to see that there is an integral relation between gentrification, development and criminalization of the poor and houseless people,” says Pete White, executive director of the L.A. Community Action Network. → Read More
Tyree Dabney Got a Life Without Parole Sentence as a Juvenile. Then He Got a Second Chance.
"I spent more time in jail than I had on the streets," Dabney says. → Read More
Gravediggers at L.A.’s Biggest Cemetery Unionized on Friday the 13th
There is more to a grave than digging a hole, the gravediggers say. The mechanics, welders and interment specialists at at Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary voted 35 to 23 Friday to join the Cemetery Workers and Greens Attendants Union. → Read More
Welcome to L.A.'s Apocalypse. Will This Be the Worst Wildfire Season Yet?
One terrifying fact about the Santa Ana affect in L.A.: Even though scientists can see the fire risk coming, they can't know when or where a fire will ignite. → Read More
Why Did Protesters Block the 101 — and What Does Nov. 4 Mean?
"I was the first guy in line and had to walk out into middle of the freeway," protester Perry Hoberman says. "The only other time I've been out of a... → Read More