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Daily Edition for Friday, July 25, 2025

Trump’s Homelessness Crackdown Met With Concern: Orange County officials and frontline workers are responding with a mix of concern and selective support to President Donald Trump‘s executive order targeting homelessness, a sweeping directive that leans heavily on law enforcement, civil commitments, and mandatory treatment. The executive order doesn’t name California’s CARE Court, but the measures it lays out raise questions about how the program might be affected. Read more from The Orange County Register and The Washington Post. Scroll down for more news about homelessness.

Daily Edition for Wednesday, July 23, 2025

More Than 6 Months After Wildfires, Another Victim Is Found: A 19th victim of the Eaton fire has been found in Altadena, bringing the total death toll to 31. Like all but one of the victims of the Eaton fire, this person died west of North Lake Avenue, which served as a dividing line between those who received evacuation alerts before the flames arrived and those who did not. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Plus: New air pollution monitors are launched to measure the Palisades fire burn.

Daily Edition for Monday, July 21, 2025

Federal Cuts Deal A ‘Big, Devastating Blow’ To Los Angeles Health System: Leaders at the Los Angeles Department of Public Health and Department of Health Services are warning that the cuts in President Donald Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will devastate their agencies. A hiring freeze went into effect Friday at the health services agency, and layoffs are likely. Read more from the Los Angeles Times. Scroll down for more about the effects of Medicaid cuts.