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L.A.’s Original Pantry to reopen with new owner but same workers

The beloved downtown diner closed in March, after 101 years of business. Leo Pustilnikov bought the diner and an adjacent parking lot for $5.5 million.
California Legislature passes bill to protect medical data of transgender people
Senate Bill 497 bars health care providers from releasing a person’s gender-affirming health care data via a subpoena or request based on another state’s laws.
Toddler found lifeless in a car; L.A. dad accused first of neglect, and then of murder
The girl’s father was arrested in connection to their death, but there are few details about the investigation.
In abrupt turnabout, Mayor Karen Bass withdraws her bill to overhaul L.A.’s mansion tax
Bass had pushed for the bill to rewrite Measure ULA in the final days of the legislative session, only to reverse course, saying she needed more time
Man with three prior DUIs charged in the deaths of six passengers in Napa County crash
Norberto Celerino, 53, is believed to have been intoxicated when he crashed a van into a tree Sunday night, killing six passengers inside.
September 11th, 2001, We will never forget

Today, on 9/11, we pause to remember one of the darkest days in our nation’s history. We honor the lives lost, the families forever changed, and the heroes who gave everything in the face of
Police secrecy bill would shield undercover California officers in misconduct cases

Press advocates and police watchdogs said a proposal under consideration in Sacramento would gut transparency reforms passed in recent years.
‘I am not the same person.’ Pasadena man recounts 13 days in ICE’s ‘basement’

Sick, underfed and sleep-deprived. A Tunisian man recounts 13 days inside the downtown L.A. ICE facility after he was arrested by agents while en route to the supermarket.
Judge keeps limits on use of ‘less-lethal’ weapons by federal agents at L.A. protests

A federal judge extended restrictions he first ordered in July, blocking Homeland Security agents from using crowd control weapons against journalists during L.A. protests.