“To make everything successful, you must sacrifice.' The Slauson Super Mall sees an end to a chapter as Korean vendors reach retirement or move out of South LA. Ashley Ahn writes more about their history of selling to a majority Black clientele here:
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Newest from Jaweed Kaleem: Sikh separatists in the Central Valley are calling to separate the state Punjab as its own country apart from India. “We fight with the ballot not the bullet,” they say. But India still sees many of these activists as terrorists.
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A life-saving transplant awaits Arthur Yu — if the U.S. government lets his donor into the country latimes.com/california/sto… via Nathan Solis

“The CSU is not paying us what we deserve. We know for a fact that we have faculty that are food unstable, housing unstable. Some of our faculty members come to campus to use the internet, because they can’t afford to pay.” story by Debbie Truong
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'In a long black pea coat and loafers, California Rep. Ro Khanna looked the part of a New England politician.'

My latest from New Hampshire -- latimes.com/politics/story…

Pastor Eric Chen zeroed in on faith, quoting from the Scriptures on how spirituality can help us heal. He translates sermons to make them widely accessible to a vulnerable community, as highlighted here in a profile by Summer Lin⁩. Please subscribe to @LATimes to read more.

Update: LA Times owner Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong responds to Democrat members of Congress who voiced concern about looming Los Angeles Times deep staff cuts. 'I'd like to put the question to them,' Soon-Shiong wrote. latimes.com/entertainment-…

Year of grief and healing: Monterey Park shooting survivors, victims’ families reflect on trauma ⁦Summer Lin⁩ latimes.com/california/sto…

Opinion: I'm a The CSU professor, and the administration's response to faculty needs is an insult latimes.com/opinion/story/…

Don't miss out on this beautiful short film directed and produced by Keith Bedford following Nikon Lou, one of the survivors of the shooting, and his dance partner as they heal through dance. latimes.com/california/can…

On the Monterey Park shooting anniversary, survivors and the community found joy and grappled with grief through a candlelit vigil, a roundtable discussion and a banquet filled with dance. w/ Jeong Park 박종찬 latimes.com/california/sto…

Happening now: The Tongva Blessing with Chief Anthony Morales and Andrew Morales as Monterey Park holds a vigil to commemorate the one year anniversary of the mass shooting.

On this significant + somber day, I reflect on Brandon Tsay, hometown hero in ⁦City of Monterey Park⁩ shootings who spoke @LATimes #CommunityEngagement event who said he will continue his work - bringing funding + support to families of victims + residents. “I am focused,” he told me.

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Who are we? LA Times!

I'm so proud to be battling alongside these hardworking troublemakers!!

Do this! AND subscribe to Los Angeles Times to save local news.

Also, for anyone who tried to contact me via email yesterday when management shut off access for L.A. Times Guild 🦅 members who walked out in protest of their horrendous proposal, I’m back online.

This is wildly disingenuous. Los Angeles Times management can achieve this by offering buyouts as outlined in the current contract, which their high-priced, anti-labor lawyers negotiated and signed in 2019.

My latest story:

Arthur Yu was diagnosed with leukemia.

His cousin in the Philippines could save his life with a stem cell transplant, but the U.S. government has denied his visa application twice.

Photos by Francine Orr at Cedars-Sinai in Los Angeles

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