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On Saturday, Los Angeles-area elected officials, advocacy groups and community members convened in Pasadena for what was billed as a “People’s Hearing on Extreme Weather.”

Organized by the Climate Action Campaign and its member environmental activist groups, the event drew testimony from wildfire survivors and health officials. They criticized the Trump administration and are seeking to put pressure on California to safeguard climate change programs.

In the week after floods tore through Texas Hill Country, most survivors were unable to get through to a federal aid hotline because the Department of Homeland Security let funding lapse, according to publicly available contract records and internal FEMA call center logs obtained by NPR.

After clinic closures and care reductions across Northern California, Rep. Laura Friedman’s Restoring Health Care Act seeks to reverse federal restrictions and protect essential services for thousands who rely on Medicaid.

SALINAS, Calif. — Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of sexual and reproductive care in California. So, leaders and Planned Parenthood themselves are adamant on continuing this fight on health care until a solution is reached.

Hundreds of people gathered in Pan Pacific Park on Aug. 5 for National Night Out Against Crime hosted by the Los Angeles Police Department’s Wilshire Division.

Music played, kids enjoyed a bounce house and games and community members mingled with police officers. Pink’s Hot Dogs, Rocco’s Neighborhood Pizza and Chick-Fil-A served food, and booths offered information about city services and service providers.

U.S. Rep. Laura Friedman (D-Glendale) gave her first legislative update in West Hollywood since taking office at the Aug. 4 West Hollywood City Council meeting.