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Megan Sousa on LYT Comedy’s Future: The LA-Based Movement on the Rise
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Megan Sousa on LYT Comedy’s Future: The LA-Based Movement on the Rise

Betti Halsell, Digital Editor and staff writerMarch 5, 2025

Bottom line, it’s a safe place. Laugh Your Truth Comedy show (LYT) is revolutionizing what it means to be a comedian. Under Megan Sousa’s leadership, LYT Comedy is steadfast in their multi-faceted approach to their mission and becoming a positive movement in Hollywood and beyond. Through community engagement, educational services, media and entertainment, LYT Comedy is transforming lives through connection.

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Magrira, Contributing WriterJune 22, 2023

The 34th annual L.A. Black Pride (LABP) returns to Los Angeles during the 4th of July weekend to celebrate all things Black and queer.  Several events are planned to precede the actual holiday.

Hip-Hop Professor & Producer I AM Augie Ray Showcases First Solo Debut As Visual Artist
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Hip-Hop Professor & Producer I AM Augie Ray Showcases First Solo Debut As Visual Artist

Kimberly Shelby, Contributing WriterJuly 21, 2022

Grammy-winning producer and emerging visual artist I AM Augie Ray will showcase his official solo debut, The R.E.D. Art Show, at The LA Art Box July 29 – 31.The immersive exhibition features 30 mixed-media works and an accompanying five-song EP exploring the notion of Raw Emotional Dissonance (R.E.D.) Located at 8020 Melrose Avenue, The LA Art Box is in West Hollywood.

LA County Library Reopening Designated Libraries for Select In-Person Service
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LA County Library Reopening Designated Libraries for Select In-Person Service

Sentinel News ServiceApril 9, 2021

LA County Library is pleased to announce it will reopen 30 of its 85 libraries for select in-person service beginning April 19. With Los Angeles County entering the orange tier of the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy, libraries have been cleared to safely reopen at 50% capacity, while also maintaining 6-feet of physical distance for customers.

L.A. County Sheriffs Reach Agreement for Body-Worn Cameras
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L.A. County Sheriffs Reach Agreement for Body-Worn Cameras

City News ServiceAugust 14, 2020

Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva announced today that the department has entered into an agreement with Axon Enterprise Inc. to deploy body-worn cameras on deputies. 

   “This was a 20-month battle since the very first week I took office to get this program up and running, and it is very important to transparency (and) my commitment to reform the department,” Villanueva said. 

LaTisha Nixon: ‘I Want Ed Buck to Know I’m Never Going Away’
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LaTisha Nixon: ‘I Want Ed Buck to Know I’m Never Going Away’

Jennifer Bihm, Contributing WriterOctober 3, 2019

LaTisha Nixon is still mourning the death of her son Gemmel Moore, who will be forever 26, the age he died in the home of longtime Democratic donor Ed Buck. But, she said she is really happy that he can’t hurt anybody else. Buck was arrested on September 17 and charged with three counts of battery causing serious injury, administering methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house, according to the Los Angeles County district attorney’s office.  He is accused of injecting a 37-year-old man, who overdosed but survived, with methamphetamine on September 11.

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Seven Ways California’s New ‘Rent Cap’ Law Would Affect You

Tanu Henry, California Black MediaOctober 3, 2019

The film – with sentimental flashbacks of a bygone era – centers on the ongoing gentrification in California’s largest city and how it has sapped the blackness out of The Fillmore neighborhood in San Francisco, once a thriving African-American political and cultural hub in the Bay Area.

New Court Filing in Overdose Death of Black Gay Man at California Democratic Major Donor’s Home Includes ‘Human Trafficking’ Accusations
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New Court Filing in Overdose Death of Black Gay Man at California Democratic Major Donor’s Home Includes ‘Human Trafficking’ Accusations

LAWT News ServiceJuly 12, 2019

Attorneys for the mother and estate of Gemmel Moore, a 26-year-old man who died of a crystal meth overdose in California Democratic major donor Ed Buck’s West Hollywood home in 2017 have filed an amendment to their wrongful death lawsuit in U.S. District Court.  The case was initially filed in L.A. Superior Court but moved to federal court in May.

Sprouts Hiring for New West Hollywood Store
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Sprouts Hiring for New West Hollywood Store

Sentinel News ServiceMay 17, 2019

Sprouts Farmers Market, one of the fastest-growing retailers in the country, today announced it will soon finish construction on its new store in West Hollywood to meet the growing local demand for fresh, natural and organic foods at great prices.

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Lawyer Says LA County Should Pay $35 Million to Former Inmate

Bill Hetherman, City News ServiceMarch 8, 2019

Libman disagreed and said one of the deputies on watch when Shabsis used his fingers to gouge out his eyes — leaving him permanently blinded — admitted he was trained only to look for visible signs of distress. As a result, when Shabsis screamed for help when he suffered a broken hip in jail prior to the Jan. 1, 2014, mid-afternoon self-mutilation, he was left lying nude on his cell floor without the immediate aid he needed, Libman said.