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Eric Licas
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Janitor turned journalist based in Southern California. Current and past bylines with the Daily Pilot, South Pasadena Review and Orange County Register.
via Gabriel San Román
“He spotlights and pays homage to everyday people, our abuelitos, tias and cousins,” said Sarah Rafael Garcia, founder of LibroMobile and Crear Studio in Santa Ana. “He made our reality beautiful in his own way.”
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Obituary: Infuential Chicano artist Jose Lozano left lasting mark on SoCal art scene
Known for paintings, murals and serigraphs that focused on everyday Chicanos, Fullerton artist Jose Lozano passed on Nov. 21 from cancer, just a few days shy of his 68th birthday.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:39 PM
via Matt Szabo
"There’s really good artists, but they’re not really connected with the real art world, like in L.A. ..." show curator Ricky Blake said. "It’s kind of separated, so I like to think of this as one of the best places you can see surf art.”
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Huntington Beach museum dedicated to surfing features local artists in holiday show
The Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum hosted a holiday gift boutique Thursday night, featuring local surf art and pieces that cannot be found anywhere else.
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December 8, 2025 at 4:37 PM
via Delfin Dioquino
It was a complete turnaround for the Philippines after it failed to notch a win in the 2023 edition held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, where it recorded one draw and three losses.
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PH ends decades-long semis drought in SEA Games men's football
The Philippines returns to the semifinals of Southeast Asian Games men's football for the first time since 1991 after completing a sweep of the group stage
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December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
via Matt Szabo
Taylor used to own Bob Taylor’s Motors in Huntington Beach. He experienced a relatively swift decline when arthritis began to affect his hands, leaving him unable to work and make the rent. Eventually, he was forced to liquidate the shop.
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Former motorcycle shop owner rides off the street and into supportive housing in H.B.
Robert Taylor, 71, diagnosed with terminal cancer after having lived on the streets following the closure of his Huntington Beach business, is enjoying a new chance at life at Pelican Harbor affordabl...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
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Шоколад, by Ночная Игротека
from the album Сингулярность Красных Глаз
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December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
via Tristan Longwell
"We're always at full capacity..." Ascencia Executive Dir. Laura Duncan said. "What is really making a difference is the lack of available affordable housing and especially in Glendale, where they haven't prioritized building it."
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Ascencia Sees Rise in Demand Amid Funding Cuts
Homeless services nonprofit Ascencia has seen an increase in operating costs in tandem with funding cuts, a rise in a demand for its services and a reduction in private donations.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
via Spencer Custodio
Santa Ana city staff also said they made 890 “positive exits,” meaning city officials helped get people into homeless shelters, housing, mental health treatment centers, drug rehab facilities and other places.
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Fewer People Are Sleeping on Santa Ana Streets, City Officials Say
As city officials report fewer people sleeping on Santa Ana’s streets, council members enter into a regional agreement with Anaheim, the county and Irvine to keep bolstering homelessness services.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
via Martín Macías Jr.
“The gondola is a private, unfunded, unsolicited billionaire vanity project masquerading as public transit” LA City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez said. “The $500 million price tag, the privatization of public land...isn’t worth it”
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Metro board approves Dodger stadium gondola despite heavy protests
Protestors temporarily shut down the Thursday board meeting after the gondola vote was placed on the consent agenda, which would have prevented public discussion by agency directors.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
via Gabriel San Román
A resident noticed signs of seeping oil two months ago and reached out to the city. Newport Beach Fire Department and the OC Health Care Agency subsequently found unsafe and potentially flammable levels of methane and hydrogen sulfide
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Emergency remediation of 'orphan' oil well begins by Newport Beach homes
The state of California is teaming up with Newport Beach to seal a methane leak from an abandoned oil well that prompted a local emergency in October.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
via Deborah Brennan
Tijuana River pollution dates back to the 1930s, when the U.S. and Mexico built the first cross-border sewage plants. Waste outstripped its treatment systems. Plant failures and sewage spills became common in the early 2000s.
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Tijuana River sewage still pollutes the San Diego Coast. She's fighting to clean it up
A former surfer turned San Diego County supervisor, Pamela Aguirre is leading the fight to save the Tijuana River from years of pollution.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:11 PM
via Glendale News-Press
“Chief Cid’s impact on Glendale is lasting and profound,” said Mayor Ara Najarian.“
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Glendale Police Chief Leaves for Anaheim
Glendale Police Chief Manny Cid has accepted a new role as the next leader of the Anaheim Police Department.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
The people of South Pasadena were more than just outgoing Police Chief Brian Solinsky's employers. They've been his neighbors in his home away from home for decades.
His last official day on the job was Friday, Dec. 5.
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Police Chief Bids Farewell to his Home Away From Home
After 32 years serving South Pasadena, Police Chief Bids farewell to his home away from home
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December 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
A lot of fun pieces on display at the Huntington Beach International Surfing Museum for their holiday art show. Story soon via Matt Szabo and @thedailypilot.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 1:48 AM
via Andrew Campa
Belmont Shore residents are angry over what they see as growing violence, but Long Beach Police Chief Wally Hebeish said those feelings aren't backed by stats. He said slayings and shootings were down 30% and 35%, respectively, from last year.
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'It used to be a fun place.' Noise, violence have residents demanding change in beachside Belmont Shore
Dozens of residents, businesses and activists want Long Beach to crack down on crime, drunkenness, unregulated vending and loud noises from Belmont Shore.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:23 PM
via Sara Cardine
“We haven’t increased the business license tax for 40 years, and certainly costs have gone up,” Mayor John Stephens said. “If the community wants excellent service, we have to have commensurate revenue to pay for that.”
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Costa Mesa will explore ballot measures that would increase hotel tax, business license fees
Seeking to bolster city revenues and create parity between Costa Mesa and other cities levy on businesses and hotel guests, the council Tuesday backed pursuing two potential initiatives in 2026.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
via Matt Szabo
The council has set aside charter rules for selection of mayor and mayor pro tem numerous times. Notably, Councilmember Dan Kalmick was bypassed for mayor in 2022, when the then-new conservative majority instead backed Tony Strickland.
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Huntington Beach names new mayor, but 'Judas kiss' allegations fuel pro tem fury
Council members voted Tuesday to bypass Chad Williams as the new mayor pro tem in favor of Butch Twining, despite opposition from a pro-Williams crowd and the city's own protocol.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:22 PM
via Lauran Neergaard and Laura Ungar
“Vaccines save lives, period,” Dr. Ronald Nahass, president of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, said. “It is a sad day when FDA creates confusion and mistrust without supplying evidence.
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A dozen former FDA leaders lambaste claims by the agency's current vaccine chief
A dozen prior leaders of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration have issued a scathing denunciation of an FDA memo to staff that made sweeping claims casting doubt on vaccine safety.
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December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
via George B. Sánchez-Tello
“The reality is there are harms occurring on a daily basis that people are surviving because people are resilient,” said Dr. Altaf Saadi of Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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Opinion | ICE centers are ill-equipped to care for people with chronic illness
Families of detained immigrants describe what many studies have found: ICE centers are ill-equipped to care for people with chronic illness, causing more suffering and death
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December 4, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Imagine getting KTFO in a snowball fight here
An Early Morning Snow at Waffle House outside of Cleveland, Ohio
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
via Marisa Kendall
Jurisdictions applying for a piece of about $4 billion in federal homelessness funds now can’t spend more than 30% of that money on permanent housing. Los Angeles County currently spends more than 80% on permanent housing.
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Lawsuits challenge Trump administration’s radical homeless policy changes
Gov. Gavin Newsom, Santa Clara County and San Francisco are suing the Trump administration over a huge shift in homelessness policy.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:13 PM
via Charlotte Graham-McLay
Evidence of the alleged theft has yet to emerge, police said Wednesday.
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New Zealand man accused of eating Faberge pendant inspired by Bond movie as police wait for evidence
Police in New Zealand are monitoring a man accused of swallowing a $19,000 pendant with the intention of smuggling it out of a jewelry store.
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December 3, 2025 at 9:11 PM
via Jeanne Kuang
Voters are hardly to blame if the names don’t ring a bell. The 2026 governor’s race remains wide open. In one poll released last month, 44% of surveyed voters did not have a preference for governor and no candidate polled above 15%.
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Who's running for California governor? Here’s a look at the current field of candidates
After recent shakeups, 10 candidates remain in the race to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom next year, including Eric Swalwell and Katie Porter.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
via Susana Canales Barrón
According to the Vera Institute, of the more than 450,000 people ordered removed in immigration court over the past 12 months, roughly 75 percent had no legal representation.
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For the first time, LA public defenders will defend clients in immigration court
A new unit at the LA County Public Defender’s office will do something unprecedented in the county: defend immigrants in court facing deportation.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:33 PM
via Larry Valenzuela
Migrants working fields in Fresno County are often uninsured, suffer from high rates of hypertension, diabetes or high blood sugar, and high cholesterol. For many, the rural health team is the only health care provider they see.
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'They still need care': California farmworkers avoid medical clinics over immigration fears
Fearful of sharing sensitive information, California farmworkers started staying away from mobile medical clinics after President Trump took office. “There’s a lot of distrust,” said a doctor who work...
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December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM
A law passed in 1979 was supposed to give low-income residents in Caltrans-owned homes a chance to buy them. But tenants say the agency stalled to raise prices. Meanwhile, Caltrans sold 6 surplus properties to South Pasadena for just $228,200 last February.
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Caltrans Tenants Voice Obstacles in Buying Homes
About a dozen Caltrans tenants voiced concerns to South Pasadena City Council this week, saying they've spent years fixing the dilapidated properties in good faith, after they'd been led to
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December 1, 2025 at 8:32 PM