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Pier Play

1 week ago | ourweekly.com | Caleb Pugh

Festival season has started, and if you didn’t know, Pier Play is making its return to Santa Monica this weekend. Following the success of its 2024 debut, PIER PLAY returns with a bold mission: to redefine how communities engage with public space through immersive art, music, and cultural storytelling.
The Los Angeles Chargers start off-season team activities

1 week ago | ourweekly.com | Caleb Pugh

As phase three of camp starts, it signals the beginning of OTAs (off-season team activities), 7-on-7s, and 11-on-11s, which provides fandom some excitement and first looks at teams. Our Weekly observed several aspects of last Tuesday’s practice, commencing with the rotation of the offensive line. On the left side, Jamaree Salyer slotted in as the left tackle, while rookie Branson Taylor and second-year lineman Karsen Barnhart split reps at left guard.
Delta lawmakers and tribes push back on Newsom’s tunnel project

1 week ago | ourweekly.com | Tanu Henry

“I want to be crystal clear. Fast-tracking the Delta Conveyance Project (DCP) is a direct attack on our region’s environmental integrity, economic stability and public trust,” Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) warned Gov. Newsom.
Remembering George Floyd

1 week ago | ourweekly.com | April Ryan

“The president’s been very clear he has no intentions of pardoning Derek Chauvin, and it’s not a request that we’re looking at,” confirms a senior staffer at the Trump White House. That White House response results from public hope, including from a close Trump ally, Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene. The timing of Greene’s hopes coincides with the Justice Department’s recent decision to end oversight of local police accused of abuse.
Taye Diggs and sister host showcase

1 week ago | ourweekly.com | Caleb Pugh

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month and just ahead of World Schizophrenia Awareness Day, Broadway, television, and movie actor and author Taye Diggs and his sister— Christian Diggs, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia as a young adult — hosted the “Express Your PosSCZible: Talent Showcase.” The goal of the event was to highlight performances from individuals living with schizophrenia and to bring the community together in an effort to share their powerful stories in music,...
Activists rally against the American Psychiatric Association

1 week ago | ourweekly.com | Caleb Pugh

As the American Psychiatric Association (APA) held its annual meeting in Los Angeles, a diverse coalition of human rights advocates, civil rights leaders, clergy, medical professionals, and attorneys rallied outside the convention center, demanding an end to deadly and coercive psychiatric practices.
Is Trump weakening democracy?

1 week ago | ourweekly.com | Caleb Pugh

The first year of Trump’s second term is trending to be the worst first year of any recent presidency, as some suggest that society is on a downward spiral with no stopping guards.
George Floyd five years later

2 weeks ago | ourweekly.com | Marc H. Morial

None of us can forget the moment we saw the murder of George Floyd unfolding before our very eyes. The sight of a white officer’s knee squeezing the life from a helpless Black man in handcuff as he begged for mercy shocked the nation – a nation that had already seen police kill at least 17 other unarmed Black people just five months into the year. I know what I felt at the time, and I’m sure you know how you felt.
Everytable creates meal with hip-hip artist G Perico

2 weeks ago | ourweekly.com | Caleb Pugh

When companies embrace the local community they serve, it empowers a connection that makes the area a village. Everytable helps and connects with locals by incorporating scratch-cooked, nutritious food accessible to everyone influenced by locals. They have teamed up with South LA’s own G Perico — hip hop artist, actor, and entrepreneur— to serve up something bold: Birria Mac & Cheese. Like his music, this meal is a remix of cultures, creativity, and real flavor, made from scratch.
Ricka Kelsh: Dance & Dialogue

2 weeks ago | ourweekly.com | Caleb Pugh

Ricka Kelsch hosted her Celebrate LA event at the WIlshire EBell Theatre of Los Angeles to showcase the impactful work of her organization, Dance and Dialogue, which highlights intergenerational programming and the bridges it builds across socioeconomic backgrounds and societal barriers. “It was a lot of work, but it didn’t feel like it because it’s my passion. So it was fun from the moment of inception until execution. The whole process was just fun for me,” Kelsch said about the event.