@ellywyu

Early childhood reporter @LAist 89.3 FM (@KPCC). Formerly on investigations. Tips/Stories? Email me: [email protected].

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@propublicaOct 19
Inside an ICE facility, women talked about the 911 calls that landed them there — from men who had beat them, choked them, threatened deportation. “I had suffered from domestic violence,” one woman said. “But the one who ended up in trouble was me.” propublica.org/article/domes…

These Women Were Trying to Escape Domestic Abuse. ICE Detained Them Instead.

It’s especially intimidating for immigrants suffering abuse to call 911. With this in mind, Congress has long treated people who need help as victims, not targets for deportation. Under the Trump...

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Full statement from my family ❤️❤️🙏🏻
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Just an absolutely gutting broadcast live on NBC 4 right now: "We can't confirm anything other than a television news helicopter has crashed. We can tell you that we are not in contact with our television news helicopter."
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Nicole Foy@nicoleMfoyJul 10
the lawyer for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo's family says because identification was taken from him before he was checked into the hospital, the family struggled to find him and see him. Then, his son only learned of his father's death from social media
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The son of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, the Houston man who was shot and killed by an ICE agent dismisses ICE’s claim that Araujo refused to follow commands: “I know my dad would have stopped had ICE agents formally and clearly identified themselves.”
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At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say (via ⁦@jillrep⁩) laist.com/news/politics/boyl…

At a Boyle Heights hospital, ICE agents call the shots, doctors say

Doctors say administrator directives allow immigration agents to interfere in medical decisions and compromise medical care.

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Low birth weight rates rose nearly 50% around Aliso Canyon gas leak, UCLA study finds laist.com/news/health/aliso-…

Low birth weight rates rose nearly 50% around Aliso Canyon gas leak, UCLA study finds

A UCLA study in the journal Science Advances also found a likely increase in miscarriages around the methane leak in the northern San Fernando Valley in…

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LAist's @ellywyu reports on a troubling trend: Even as L.A. makes some progress on sheltering unhoused adults, the region is failing to stem the rise of homelessness among families with kids. laist.com/news/education/ear…

Homelessness is down in the LA region — but not for children and families

The estimated number of unsheltered children and teens under 18 in the county went up this year, and data suggests larger families especially are…

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Homelessness is down in the LA region — but not for children and families laist.com/news/education/ear… via @ellywyu

Homelessness is down in the LA region — but not for children and families

The estimated number of unsheltered children and teens under 18 in the county went up this year, and data suggests larger families especially are…

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#EatonFire in Altadena. 200+ acres. Evacuations underway. More info to follow USFS, Pasadena and LACoFD are in unified command @lasd @PasadenaFD @LACoFDPIO
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The tsunami Warning is canceled for the coastal areas of California and Oregon. No tsunami danger presently exists for this area. This will be the final U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center message for this event. Refer to tsunami.gov for more information.
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BREAKING: Tsunami activity forecast to hit San Francisco at 12:10. If you are in a tsunami warning area, a tsunami with damaging waves and powerful currents is possible. tsunami.gov/
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I spent the past few weeks trying to get details about the $1 million war memorial embroiled in the corruption investigation of OC Sup. Andrew Do. Did it really cost that much? Why isn't it finished? Where are the receipts? Here's what I found out: laist.com/news/politics/oran…

OC’s $1 million Vietnam War memorial is unfinished — and embroiled in a fraud lawsuit

The nonprofit awarded the $1 million contract by Supervisor Andrew Do has already returned $150,000 to the county. We got documents, and asked builders…

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Know someone who is #pregnant? Share this important info w/ them! Thx to @LAist & @ellywyu. laist.com/news/education/ear…

California is increasing paid family leave benefits starting in January. Here's what to know

Currently, workers get way less of their income when they take time off to care for a baby or a sick family member.

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California is increasing paid family leave benefits starting in January, reports @ellywyu @LAist. Here's what to know. laist.com/news/education/ear…

California is increasing paid family leave benefits starting in January. Here's what to know

Currently, workers get way less of their income when they take time off to care for a baby or a sick family member.

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A new state law took effect this year that allows religious groups to fast-track new housing on properties they already own. Now, the Catholic church in L.A. is laying out plans to do just that. From @radiowagner: laist.com/news/housing-homel…

Why the Catholic church plans to develop affordable housing in LA, and how they aim to do it

The Archdiocese of Los Angeles sees a need for affordable homes. They have the land — and now, a new housing nonprofit — to make it happen.

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Open up TikTok (or even this app) and you'll see a steady stream of content about run clubs being the new dating apps. But I talked to Black runners in Los Angeles who say the actual reason why BIPOC-led run clubs are growing is so much more than that...laist.com/news/los-angeles-a…

How BIPOC-led run clubs are fostering community and inclusivity in LA

At LAist, we surveyed over a dozen Black, Latino or Asian-led run clubs in Los Angeles. Here’s a list of 24 you should try.

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There are a number of reasons you could check out this new @ellywyu story about a new LA County Public Health program that goes door to door connecting people to services. But my favorite reason is for Hector, a wealth of quotes. Listen to the audio! laist.com/news/education/ear…

Knock, knock. Who's there? The Department of Public Health, and they want to help

A new L.A. County pilot program sends community health workers in select neighborhoods across the county to ask: What do you need?

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Another must read from @radiowagner
David Wagner@radiowagner22 Jul 2024
🪡 L.A. politicians celebrated the results of this year's homeless count, which showed county-wide numbers holding steady after years of increases. But there's less to celebrate in L.A.'s northern desert region, which saw a 42% increase this year. laist.com/news/housing-homel…

Why homelessness has more than doubled in LA County’s once-affordable northern desert

The Antelope Valley has seen a worrisome rise in homelessness. Most are living unsheltered in inhospitable conditions.

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Cal/OSHA accuses private ICE detention contractor GEO Group of labor violations for the immigrants who participate in a $1 a day work program inside It's believed to be the first time the state has treated ICE detainees as employees w/ workplace rights: calmatters.org/politics/capi…

California says ICE detainees have labor rights. They earn $1 a day scrubbing bathrooms

State regulators say immigrants who work in private detention facilities are employees. The company disagrees.

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When Yong Yang was in a mental health crisis last month, his parents did what some aren't aware is an option. They called for help from county clinicians instead of 911. Still, Yang ended up fatally shot by LAPD in his parents' living room. @LAist 🧵 laist.com/news/la-family-cou…

‘Everything went wrong’: LA family called county clinicians, not police, during a mental health...

Yong Yang, 40, was fatally shot May 2 by an LAPD officer in his family’s home after his parents made a call to the county Department of Mental Health…

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