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Los Angeles, CA - April 29: A woman with a foam wig dances with than 55,000 members of SEIU Local 721 in Downtown on Tuesday, April 29, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Carlin Stiehl / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County experiences major disruptions on first day of strike

Leaders of SEIU Local 721 said the two-day strike started at 7 p.m. Monday, sparked by what they characterized as a failure by the county to fairly negotiate a new contract.

L.A. County workers begin 2-day strike, disrupting services

L.A. County workers begin 2-day strike, disrupting services

Los Angeles, CA - April 28: SEIU Local 721 workers walk off the job at Los Angeles General Medical Center in an unfair labor practice strike on Monday, April 28, 2025 in Los Angeles, CA. (Juliana Yamada / Los Angeles Times)

About 55,000 L.A. County workers go on strike, disrupting services

LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 28, 2016 - Firefighters Chelsey Grigsby, and Kathryn Hersman, left to right in front row, are 2 of 5 females graduating as the Los Angeles Fire Department graduated 48 of its recruits at the Valley Recruit Training Academy on Thursday morning April 28, 2016. 5 of the 48 recruits were women which is tied for the record of most females graduating in one class. LAFD Chief Ralph M. Terrazas and first lady of Los Angeles, wife of Mayor Eric Garcetti, Amy Elaine Wakeland were among those who spoke during the commencement ceremony. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

LAFD’s DEI bureau drew the right’s ire. It’s now on the chopping block

View of Los Angeles' City Hall from Grand Park.

S&P lowers city of L.A.’s bond ratings amid budget crisis

L.A. County first responders fought the worst fire of their careers. Now they want raises

Cuts to LADOT could hurt Olympics and safety goals, department warns

In Sacramento, Mayor Bass seeks state money to close nearly $1-billion budget gap

Santa Ynez Reservoir in Palisades must be drained again after more leaks found

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Altadena, CA - February 18: A view of the Terraces at Park Marino assisted living facility that burned in the Eaton fire in Altadena Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. The family of a 97-year-old woman who lived at an Altadena assisted living facility said she was left behind in the evacuation from the Eaton fire, which eventually destroyed the building. Her son said she would have died if he hadn't been nearby to rescue her. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

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Altadena suffered a ‘catastrophic failure.’ Did unincorporated status hurt fire response?

Altadena residents, who would see the worst damage from the Eaton fire, also experienced the most issues with evacuation alerts. Was the community at a disadvantage during the L.A. firestorm because of its government structure?

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