Los Angeles • Investigative Journalism
A record 25.2 million young adults now live with their parents not out of reluctance but necessity, and for people like Sarah, a 25-year-old college graduate in Los Angeles, that childhood bedroom isn’t a delay on the way to independence; it’s the last thing standing between her and homelessness.
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Nolan Xavier Wells, a Black and Filipino American college student from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, disappeared July 4 during a boating trip to Horn Island, part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. His body was recovered July 6.
By Stephen Oduntan
A UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times found Raman supported by 39% of likely voters and Bass by 28%. But the number that may say as much about the state of the race is 33% — the share who had not chosen either candidate.
By Stephen Oduntan
For Black student organizers, there is an additional question — whether universities that promote diversity and belonging provide that same sense of belonging when Black students become outspoken critics of the institutions themselves.
By Stephen Oduntan
Both candidates are seeking to convince Black residents that the end of Black representation in the council seat does not have to mean the end of Black influence in the district. After 63 years, that distinction is about to be tested.
By Stephen Oduntan
The medical examiner found more than 21 sharp-force injuries, including stab wounds and lacerations. Henderson died from multiple sharp-force injuries, with blunt-force trauma to his head listed as a significant contributing factor. His death was ruled a homicide.
By Stephen Oduntan
Echo Park’s Unfinished History Few places illustrate the consequences of displacement as starkly as Echo Park Lake. In March 2021, Los Angeles closed the park and cleared the large homeless community that had developed there. The operation brought a major LAPD deployment, fencing around the park, and protests that culminated in mass arrests and the detention of journalists covering the confrontation. Disclosure: I was among the journalists detained by LAPD while covering the March 25 protest. I was released at the scene after officers verified my press credentials and was not arrested or processed.
By Stephen Oduntan
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For Patrick Hogan, those assurances are difficult to separate from experience. Hogan, who successfully sued Caltrans after the agency destroyed his belongings during an encampment sweep, said discussions about Olympic-related relocations immediately reminded him of what happens when policies are announced before the practical realities are addressed. “Relocation means, in my mind, get them out of the way,” Hogan said.
By Stephen Oduntan