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Want tickets to Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields festival? Try volunteering

Olivia Rodrigo performs onstage during the Olivia Rodrigo Sold-Out GUTS World Tour at Madison Square Garden. (Kevin Mazur / Getty Images) Olivia Rodrigo’s upcoming Daisy Chain Fields festival in Irvine sold out brutally fast . If you missed out on tickets, you’re in luck. The “Dr...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 30, 2026

government

Long Beach budget would eliminate 413 city positions, affecting about 180 employees

Long Beach Mayor Rex Richardson and City Manager Tom Modica unveiled a proposed fiscal year 2027 budget that would eliminate a net 413 city positions, with city officials estimating about 180 occupied employees could ultimately lose their jobs if the spending plan is approved. Th...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 30, 2026

Local

Dodgers rest Shohei Ohtani amid lingering left knee soreness

Shohei Ohtani wasn’t in the lineup for the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night because of lingering soreness in his left knee that is keeping him off the mound. The two-way superstar wanted to play against the Seattle Mariners, manager Dave Roberts said, but it was the team’s d...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 30, 2026

business

Sky's Gourmet Tacos, a Black soul food taco landmark, to close after 34 years

After 34 years on Pico Boulevard, Barbara "Sky" Burrell is preparing to say goodbye to the restaurant that made her a Mid-City institution. (Samanta Helou Hernandez / LAist) Topline: Sky's Gourmet Tacos , the Mid-City mainstay that spent the last 34 years highlighting two of L.A....

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 30, 2026

safety

Seattle police chief resigns days after food festival shooting

Seattle’s police chief resigned Thursday after days of questions about the release of information following a shooting at a food festival that left three dead, including two bystanders . Mayor Katie Wilson accepted a letter of resignation from Police Chief Shon Barnes, she said i...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 30, 2026

government

Hyde Park neighbors frustrated over unfinished project's impact on parking, businesses

Many residents in Hyde Park say a project that was supposed to celebrate their culture and history has instead done years of damage to their neighborhood. Destination Crenshaw — an effort led by Los Angeles City Council President Marqueece Harris-Dawson — was originally supposed ...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 30, 2026

government

The Trump administration has undercut the US asylum program. These 3 charts show how

Asylum seekers queue at the entrance of Mexico's Refugee Help Commission and UNHCR offices in Tijuana, Mexico on January 24, 2025. (Guillermo Arias / AFP via Getty Images) The Trump administration, for over a year, has chipped away at immigrants' ability to claim asylum, undercut...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 30, 2026

safety

Why a Boyle Heights man thinks a Lineage warehouse is making him sick

As the deadline to clear out some 30 million pounds of decomposing food inside the Lineage cold storage facility approaches, some of the Boyle Heights neighbors who have been living with the “trash-like” stench said they are getting sick. Six weeks after the warehouse caught fire...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 30, 2026

safety

California fire season has been quiet. A heat wave could change that fast

The Gifford Fire burned over 130,000 acres in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties in 2025. (Benjamin Hanson / Middle East Images / AFP via Getty Images) The fast-moving Dove Fire near a Yosemite gateway town jolted California out of a relatively quiet fire summer, forcing ...

LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)Jul 30, 2026

News

Trump announces a deal for Hamas to disarm in Gaza, but uncertainty remains

President Donald Trump said Thursday that a deal has been reached for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its forces from Gaza , but many hurdles, conditions and long timelines remained to wind down the war in the Palestinian territory. Neither Hamas nor Israel gave immediate ...

NBC Los Angeles (KNBC)Jul 30, 2026