New on Knock: Social justice and community center Bernie's Coffee Shop - located in the iconic Johnie's Coffee Shop building - is closing its doors. A final open house and celebration tonight marks ten years of activism.
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New on Knock: In February, hundreds of students across Los Angeles and Orange Counties collaborated on coordinated walkouts in protest of racist ICE/CBP raids.
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"Where are the student protests at?" Right here.
New on Knock: Two stories of student activism
Alhambra students organize a walkout to protest ICE and racial injustice. “We shouldn’t have to fight against mistakes that adults made.”
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New on Knock: Pressure is building for the city to end LAPD's partnership with Flock Safety. The surveillance company has come under fire for its lax data security and sharing information with ICE/CBP.
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New on Knock: "I’ve been handed a tent and a ticket in the same exchange — the citation still warm from the printer"
Kaylee Dunson shares her experience of anti-homeless sweeps, and the failures of a policy that says "housing first" but treats visibility as a problem.
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New on Knock: Los Angeles is an international city, and violence overseas resonates through our immigrant communities. As the crisis continues in Sudan, LA's tight-knit Sudanese diaspora deals with the displacement of their families.
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America saw police violence against demonstrators in Los Angeles, Denver, Memphis, Portland and Broadview, IL yesterday. It's true that most protests went off without incident but it is also true that proximity to feds or local cops will always bring some risk, especially near ICE facilities.
Police departments across California, including 11 in LA County (there are a lot of police departments in LA County!) have been found to share license plate information with out of state agencies in violation of the law. Immigration and abortion rights advocates are sounding the alarm.
New on Knock: While cities across the country have rejected Flock and other surveillance companies, Traci Park has begun to install 100 automated license plate readers across CD11.
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New on Knock: The Free 99 Store winds down its operations. Through the aftermath of the fires of January 2025, the invasion of LA by ICE/CBP, and the cutting of SNAP benefits, volunteers kept the shelves stocked with toiletries, clothes, and other necessities.
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New on Knock: After months of violent attacks on day laborers by ICE agents, and attempts by Home Depot to force day labor centers off premises, community groups have come together to boycott Home Depot and demand an end to its collaboration with state terror.
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Really moving piece on the importance of not forgetting about the ongoing effects of Armenians being ethnically cleansed from Artsakh. Leftists in the US have done a very poor job speaking up about this.
New on Knock: After months of violent attacks on day laborers by ICE agents, and attempts by Home Depot to force day labor centers off premises, community groups have come together to boycott Home Depot and demand an end to its collaboration with state terror.
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New on Knock: Two years after the ethnic cleansing of Artsakh, the Armenian diaspora in Los Angeles continues to feel the impact.
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New on Knock: As the Trump regime began to ramp up attacks on immigrant communities, organizers sprang into action. One year later the Community Self Defense Coalition has grown to more than 80 groups from Ventura to the border.
One Year of the CSDC by Rosalind Jones
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Expanding UMCR citywide would save lives 👇🏼
Extremely important article. Please share.
"These numbers matter because they dismantle a myth that has shaped public safety for generations: that without armed authority, chaos will follow."
New on Knock: activists are transforming LA’s response to mental health. In its first year, the Unarmed Model of Crisis Response program has diverted 6,900 calls away from the police, avoiding violent escalation and connecting people in need to services.
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New on Knock: Home Depot in Cypress Park, a frequent target of ICE raids, installed anti-loitering noisemaking devices outside the @idepsca.bsky.social day laborer center that caused headaches and nausea. The community rallied for their removal.
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im sorry i know it sucks but journalists are going to have to be willing to get fired for simply describing what they see happening with their own eyes, you look like fucking morons
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New on Knock for the new year: reforms strengthening the Racial Justice Act go into effect today, bringing new hope to incarcerated Californians. Timothy Peoples reports from San Quentin.
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They don't care that the cover-ups are clumsy. Their goal isn't to take over the news, it's to destroy it. To destroy our sense-making capacity. To destroy truth.
News Team, Thank you for the notes and texts. I apologize for not reaching out earlier. I learned on Saturday that Bari Weiss spiked our story, INSIDE CECOT, which was supposed to air tonight. We (Ori and I) asked for a call to discuss her decision. She did not afford us that courtesy/opportunity. Our story was screened five times and cleared by both CBS attorneys and Standards and Practices. It is factually correct. In my view, pulling it now-after every rigorous internal check has been met is not an editorial decision, it is a political one. We requested responses to questions and/or interviews with DHS, the White House, and the State Department. Government silence is a statement, not a VETO. Their refusal to be interviewed is a tactical maneuver designed to kill the story. If the administration's refusal to participate becomes a valid reason to spike a story, we
have effectively handed them a "kill switch" for any reporting they find inconvenient. If the standard for airing a story becomes "the government must agree to be interviewed," then the government effectively gains control over the 60 Minutes broadcast. We go from an investigative powerhouse to a stenographer for the state. These men risked their lives to speak with us. We have a moral and professional obligation to the sources who entrusted us with their stories. Abandoning them now is a betrayal of the most basic tenet of journalism: giving voice to the voiceless. CBS spiked the Jeffrey Wigand interview due to legal concerns, nearly destroying the credibility of this broadcast. It took years to recover from that "low point." By pulling this story to shield an administration, we are repeating that history, but for political optics rather than legal ones.
We have been promoting this story on social media for days. Our viewers are expecting it. When it fails to air without a credible explanation, the public will correctly identify this as corporate censorship. We are trading 50 years of "Gold Standard" reputation for a single week of political quiet. I care too much about this broadcast to watch it be dismantled without a fight. Sharyn
Per NY Times’s Michael Grynbaum on X, this is Sharyn Alfonsi’s email to her “60 Minutes” colleagues in full:
New on Knock: fighting hunger in LA! When SNAP benefits were threatened, L.A. Care Health Plan, Food Forward, and the YMCA teamed up to bring food relief to LA County residents. Take a moment to read about the folks who stand up for the community!
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New on Knock: decades of abuse and violence by the probation department against thousands of victims have led to a crushing $5 billion settlement with the county, the largest sexual abuse settlement in history.
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Had a little backlog of stories that hadn’t been posted on here over Thanksgiving week! Check out our recent posts for coverage.
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New on Knock: when months of incessant construction drove Marina Tower residents to organize a tenants union, a manager from Moss & Sons tried to join the union under a fake name.
@farahabouzeid.bsky.social reports on the union’s fight for habitable homes.
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