Why is Downtown Los Angeles putting billions of dollars into making Olympics 2028 appearances, while the infrastructural malignancies that have existed for years continue to eat away at its culture and prosperity for its residents? Steinman believes that the local Los Angeles legislature needs to reprioritize the quality of living for its residents before making blingy investments in an attempt to show off when the Olympics roll around.
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Budget cuts to federal agencies threaten California fire management
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is facing funding cuts from the Trump Administration that will affect its ability to provide life-saving data on natural disasters, which will be especially devastating for California during fire season.
5C students mobilize to help those impacted by recent LA wildfires
Clubs and organizations across the 5Cs have mobilized to provide mutual aid for those left struggling after recent LA wildfires.
The 5 to the 10: Wait, this is not Los Angeles — how white flight created the LA suburbs
Have you ever wondered why Claremont is so white? Southern California columnist Cassidy Bensko unpacks the white flight that created Los Angeles suburbs and the local politics that aim to keep them white.
LA County tightens indoor vaccine mandate as 5Cs assess health conditions
On Nov. 4, the city and county of Los Angeles announced new mandates on proof of vaccination for COVID-19. The LA city ordinance is one of the strictest in the country, requiring proof of full vaccination from all eligible customers to enter any “indoor portion of a covered location,” although it won’t be enforced until Nov. 29.
Broken Silence and Nobody Fails at CMC are expanding what students can do for each other
Broken Silence 5Cs and Nobody Fails at CMC continue to raise money and diversify goals upon return to campus.
OPINION: Highway 101 wildlife corridor could make LA County a beacon of conservation
With construction set to begin next year on a wildlife corridor across Highway 101, which will be the world’s largest, Los Angeles County marks a new standard for habitat conservation in the United States, writes Willa Frank PO ’25.
LA County’s indoor mask mandate is back in effect
Cases of the Delta variant are spiking in Los Angeles County — and that means an indoor face covering requirement is back for everyone, vaccinated or not.
Los Angeles County hits yellow tier threshold, restrictions could ease as soon as Wednesday
California moved into the least restrictive yellow tier, Governor Gavin Newsom announced in a tweet Tuesday.
CMC to hold in-person, student-only commencement ceremony for class of 2021 in May
Claremont McKenna College will honor its class of 2021 with an in-person, student-only graduation ceremony May 15, 2021.