*A coalition of community leaders from South Los Angeles is calling for Mayor Karen Bass to take a stand against a recent incident that raised serious safety concerns. They are urging the mayor to ...

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A string of tents and makeshift shelters sat for years west of the 110 Freeway, across the street from an elementary school in the Vermont Vista neighborhood. Then, one day in February, workers ...