
Libby Rainey
Producer at LAist
Southern California Public Radio @LAist 89.3. steward @LAistUnion. formerly @democracynow & @MorePerfectUS. views my own.
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1 day ago |
laist.com | Libby Rainey
Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. The parents come at all hours of the day and night. A nurse drops off her kids before starting a 12-hour day at the hospital. A father picks his kids up in the dead of night, after his warehouse shift ends at 1 a.m. Another mom sometimes needs childcare at 4 a.m. so she can make it to work.
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2 days ago |
laist.com | Libby Rainey
Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. The videos are everywhere. They show federal immigration agents on the streets of downtown Los Angeles, Paramount and communities across L.A. County, masked and in tactical gear, facing off with demonstrators.
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1 week ago |
laist.com | Libby Rainey
Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. Demonstrators and journalists are suing the Department of Homeland Security, alleging federal agents used excessive and unnecessary force at protests against immigration enforcement sweeps in Los Angeles.
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2 weeks ago |
laist.com | Libby Rainey
Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. Sunday was supposed to be a happy day for Noemi Ciau and her family. The mother of four had the day off work and was taking her daughter to buy a dress for her upcoming middle school graduation. They dropped by Ciau's husband's workplace, a Westchester car wash, to bring him a pizza at lunchtime. It was the last time she saw him.
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2 weeks ago |
laist.com | Libby Rainey
Only 7% of LAist readers currently donate to fund our journalism. Help raise that number, so our nonprofit newsroom stays strong in the face of federal cuts. Donate now. Paramount residents packed a City Council meeting Tuesday to vent their anger after days of chaotic protests against the presence of federal agents. The city south of Los Angeles has a population of around 50,000, most of them Latino. It's a lesser-known neighbor of Compton.
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