5+ hour, 37+ min ago  (191+ words) This weekend's Long Beach Pride Festival was canceled by the city on Friday " hours before kickoff. The city said festival organizers failed to provide the required safety documentation. The Pride Parade, managed and funded by the city, will continue as…...

23+ hour, 35+ min ago  (1794+ words) Why now: Pride, a local nonprofit organization, has run the festival for decades. This year, however, organizers didn't provide "sufficient information to safely permit the event," the city said in a statement late Friday. What's next: The free Pride parade…...

1+ day, 37+ min ago  (1770+ words) The origins: Diaz is a handbag designer and high school counselor based out of East L. A. She's been vending with her family since she was a young girl and started a community marketplace called the Goddess Mercado back in 2021 to reconnect…...

21+ hour, 3+ min ago  (459+ words) The Long Beach Pride festival scheduled for this weekend was abruptly canceled Friday afternoon, with organizers and the city of Long Beach trading blame. Pride, a local nonprofit organization, has run the festival for decades. This year, however, organizers didn't…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (345+ words) Queer Mercado started as a monthly pop-up event at the East L. A. Civic Center in the summer of 2021. Now, the community marketplace is launching a new residency at the historic Olvera Street plaza in downtown L. A. The event will feature local queer-owned…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (613+ words) The U. S. Department of Education is investigating how the Los Angeles Unified School District responds to educators accused of sexual misconduct with students. The department accuses the district of maintaining a policy that "automatically" reassigns teachers to other schools when they…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago  (1712+ words) Providers feel fear in California and nationwide: "People go into pediatrics or adolescent medicine because they care about kids, not because they wanna have some giant fight with the federal government about an existential question of whether their hospital or…...

5+ mon, 1+ week ago  (245+ words) You value independent local news, so become a sustainer today to power our newsroom. Inspired by the found-footage style of the "Paranormal Activity" film franchise, the stage production takes place. .. Download our app for the optimal streaming experience This weekend…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago  (1714+ words) About the proposed rule change: NPR obtained a draft of the proposed rule changes this fall. They cite an executive order from this January which characterized gender-affirming care for youth as "chemical and surgical mutilation," a characterization that has been…...

3+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1102+ words) Children's Hospital of Orange County is now the latest Southern California medical provider to stop offering gender-affirming care to youth, blaming investigations and escalating actions from the federal government. The hospital, as well as other hospitals in San Diego and…...