Headlines: A Thousand L.A. Residents Making Less Than $56,000 Start to Receive ‘Guaranteed Basic Income;’ Twitter Gets an Edit Button
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—LAPD released video footage of last month's shooting of Jermaine Petit in Leimert Park last month, revealing that a sergeant shot him while driving a patrol car in a clear violation of LAPD policy. One officer is featured in the video acknowledging that Petit is not carrying a gun before he gets shot anyway.[LAPD]
—A guaranteed basic income program offering a monthly $1,000 to L.A. County residents has begun. [ABC]
—Two men in their thirties have been charged in the May killing of 69-year-old Gerold Lipeles, a homeless, wheelchair-bound double amputee, in South Los Angeles. [USN]
—USC has pulled out of hosting L.A.'s mayoral debates, "citing the cost of security, a shortage of personnel and the 'escalating tension in modern politics.'" [LAT]
—Protections could be on the way for Huntington Park's giant Chili Bowl, as it is mentioned in L.A. County's draft Florence-Firestone Historic Context Statement & Survey Report. [Esotouric]
—Tourists have returned to the Venice boardwalk, but aren't spending at its souvenir shops like they used to. [KCRW]
—Twitter is getting an "Edit" button. [CNET]
—Fat Mikes of punk legends NOFX mentioned that 2023 would be the band's final year together, with a swansong show played in Los Angeles. [Punk News]
—L.A. now has roughly 2,000 Crypto ATMs. [KTLA]
—Catching up with Santa Monica's Belmar History + Art, a public art and civic commemoration project highlighting the histories of the Belmar neighborhood's African American residents and business owners past and present. [SM.gov]
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