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Is a Gang Injunction Needed in Echo Park?
LA’s City Attorney is seeking an anti-gang injunction in Echo Park and Silver Lake. Mike Feuer wants a five-year limit and an easier way to get off the list kept by LAPD.
By Warren Olney • • 24m ListenTomorrow, LA's new City Attorney, Mike Feuer, will ask a court for an anti-gang injunction in four square miles of Echo Park and some of Silver Lake. But crime is down, and opponents warn about racial profiling that can tag kids as gang-members for life, making them ineligible for jobs or education. Feuer wants a five-year limit and an easier way to get off the list kept by the LAPD. Also, a conversation with Josh Garrett, who set a record for hiking from Mexico to Canada: more 2600 miles in less than 60 days. Just think about it and you'll be out of breath.
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3 storiesIs This Gang Injunction Really Needed?
Mike Feuer replaced LA City Attorney Carmen Trutanich in this year's election, but he's come down on the side of the new anti-gang injunction Trutanich wanted in Echo Park and parts of Silver Lake. A court will take up the matter tomorrow. It's been denounced at neighborhood meetings, partly as a tool of gentrification.
Read the story9 minHiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 59 Days, 8 Hours and 14 Minutes
Josh Garrett teaches exercise physiology at Santa Monica College, where our station is located, and he's just set a sort of exercise record, hiking the Pacific Crest Trail -- 2660 miles -- in 59 days, 8 hours and 14 minutes.
Read the story8 minTeen Dads Get Help Finding Their Way
California's rate of teenage birth is at a 20-year low, but two years ago there were still 28 children born for every 1000 teenage girls. Programs to help teen moms are common, but what about teen dads, who struggle with poverty, reduced education and unstable relationships?
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