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Instead of Cops, Metro Just Added 300 ‘Transit Ambassadors’ to Make Riding L.A.’s Trains and Buses Safer For Everyone

<p>Lexis-Olivier Ray is an award-winning staff investigative reporter for L.A. TACO known for holding powerful people in Los Angeles accountable and his reporting on Los Angeles culture. As well as an artist and filmmaker. In 2022, the Society of Professional Journalists&#8217; Los Angeles chapter named Ray one of their &#8220;distinguished journalists.&#8221; In 2023, Ray won a second place Anthem Award in their Health Innovation category for a texting service geared towards the unhoused community and service providers that he launched in 2021 with L.A. TACO and Subtext. Ray was a 2020 USC Center For Health Journalism (CHJ) Data Fellow. As well as a 2022 CHJ Impact Fellow. As a freelancer, Ray has contributed to the L.A. Times, Men&#8217;s Health Magazine, KCET and SFGATE.</p>


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A Robotic Four-Legged Police Dog Named Spot Might Be Coming To Los Angeles

Los Angeles

Headlines: 1 in 5 People Murdered In The City Of L.A. Were Unhoused, According to Preliminary Coroner Data

Events

Taco Madness 2023 Early Bird Ticket Sales Are Now Live

Trial Of Former Deputy Mayor Who Allegedly Arranged Bribes For Jose Huizar Put On Hold

Headlines: Palos Verdes Estates May Be Ruled Liable for Allowing Local Surf Gang to Harass Out-of-Town Surfers

Feds Arrest 15 People in L.A. For EBT Card Skimming Schemes

Headlines: Pasadena Will Ban Gas-Powered Leaf Blowers Starting April 28

Crime

Pasadena Middle School Teacher Accused of Sexually Assaulting 14-Year-Old Student

City News Service

Stretch of I-5 Freeway to be Dedicated to Dodger’s Tommy Lasorda