Beige Luciano-Adams
Beige Luciano-Adams is an investigative reporter covering Los Angeles and statewide issues in California. She has covered politics, arts, culture, and social issues for a variety of outlets, including LA Weekly and MediaNews Group publications. Reach her at [email protected] and follow her on X: https://twitter.com/LucianoBeige
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Another Metro Rider Killed as Officials Announce Law Enforcement ‘Surge’
‘The spike in violent crime that we have recently seen against operators and riders has been absolutely unacceptable,’ Los Angeles’s mayor said.
LA County Declares April 30 ‘Jane Fonda Day,’ and Vietnamese Americans Are Angry
The date marks the fall of Saigon. Honoring an actress who visited North Vietnam during the war is ’spitting in our faces,' says one state senator.
Los Angeles Officials Oppose Businesses Going Cashless
Citing exclusion of low-income people, progressives take a stand usually associated with conservatives.
Possible Suicide, Homicide at San Quentin Under Investigation
A Death Row inmate was found dead in his cell, and four days earlier an inmate was beaten to death by his cellmate.
Los Angeles’s Transit System Grapples With Public Safety Emergency Amid Escalating Violence
Drug abuse, mental illness, and repeat offenders plaguing L.A.’s trains and buses.
Can California Cities Clear Homeless Camps? Depends on Supreme Court Ruling
Justices heard arguments that laws against camping violate the Constitution’s ban on ‘cruel and unusual’ punishment. Cities hope for clarity.
Woman Fatally Stabbed on Metro Train, Latest in a String of Attacks on LA Transit System
The woman left the train and was found on the Universal/Studio City platform. The attack follows three assaults aboard Metro buses last week.
Caruso Pushes Back on Mayor’s Call for Wealthy Angelenos to Fund Homeless Housing
The developer, who lost to Bass in 2022, said billions in taxpayer dollars spent on homelessness has amounted to a ‘blank check’ for failing programs.
Newsom Gives Norwegian Delegation a Limited Tour of San Quentin
The visitors saw similarities between California prisons and those back home. Inmates said they didn’t see everything.
California’s ‘Rape Club’ Federal Prison to Close
On the heels of sex-abuse scandal, feds say they will empty the prison but closure may be temporary.
