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May 2024

Former Mayor Lili Bosse has received many awards for her fierce leadership in the fight against antisemitism, but the honor recently given to her for Holocaust Remembrance Day carried an unparalleled level of poignancy.

Preservation Month, an annual celebration honoring historic places, heritage tourism, and the social and economic benefits of preservation is observed in May across the country.

“Nowhere Special” is quite the opposite. It is a wonderful film taking you on a journey that is anything but ordinary.

On April 25, the Planning Commission convened a special meeting to review the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) of the proposed mixed-use development at 9600 Wilshire Blvd., drawing impassioned comments from more than a dozen community members, preservationists, hospitality professionals and labor representatives. 

The UCLA “Palestine Solidarity Encampment” came to a stunning end in the early morning hours of May 2 as law enforcement burst through its barriers and arrested over 200 protesters who refused to disperse.