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Fox News
2 days ago
- Politics
- Fox News
Dr. Phil says legacy media is 'creating criminals' by distorting LA riot coverage
Dr. Phil blamed the media for "encouraging" the ongoing anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles Thursday. On "The Real Story," the talk show host shared multiple photos and videos of chaos from the riots in L.A., and juxtaposed it with how members of the media have worked to downplay it. "Your eyes don't deceive you, but the media does," he said. In one clip, he showed CNN host Dana Bash downplaying what is happening in L.A. in comparison to 1992, saying, "That was a real riot." "Guess this isn't a real riot," Dr. Phil quipped sarcastically. He proceeded to share a video of MSNBC interviewing Rep. Judy Chu, D-Calif., with a split screen of cars on fire as she referred to the riot as a "manufactured crisis." Dr. Phil retorted that MSNBC's news coverage is what's actually "manufactured." He mocked one MSNBC reporter saying the protest had a "celebratory atmosphere," while another host said that these are "peaceful" protests that whole families are attending. "Great place to take kids," Dr. Phil joked with more sarcasm. "I don't think so." After showing multiple examples of violent criminals rounded up by ICE, he said, "Look, this was not a witch hunt to round up 'Abuela Maria.' It's law enforcement getting criminals off the street. "So what does the left do? Encourages everyone to become criminals by blocking freeways, setting fires, throwing rocks, destroying city property and attacking federal agents." "The real story? This isn't just about immigration, it's about media betrayal." He continued, "This isn't just a protest anymore. Everybody has the right to protest, that's one of the things that makes this country such a wonderful place to be. This is a movement fed by media distortions and open hostility toward any effort to enforce the law." The host argued that rhetoric about abolishing ICE is just as nonsensical as calling to abolish the police, and is functionally just advocating for open borders. He then highlighted MSNBC's Jacob Soboroff as a "so-called 'journalist' making the case that there's nothing wrong with coming and staying in the US illegally." "The media isn't just rewarding bad behavior by sugarcoating it, [they're] encouraging it," Dr. Phil said after the clip. "They're actually saying, 'Hey, this is okay.' They're creating criminals. They're lying to viewers, even though the video speaks for itself." "This is why mainstream media viewership has tanked," he added. "If you want the truth, you need to look for the truth, find it, demand it, it's out there. You need to cut through the legacy media noise." Fox News Digital reached out to CNN and MSNBC for comment.
CBS News
6 days ago
- Politics
- CBS News
Visual timeline shows how the Los Angeles ICE protests unfolded
Clashes between federal agents and protesters in Los Angeles escalated Sunday as the demonstrations against immigration detention operations stretched into their third day and National Guard troops began arriving in the city under orders from President Trump. Here's a timeline of how the protests unfolded in multiple locations around L.A. Note: All times below are in Pacific time. Friday, June 6 Friday afternoon Immigration raids in Los Angeles on Friday sparked protests at several locations where federal agents were making arrests. In the Fashion District near downtown Los Angeles, video showed a crowd gathering outside a clothing warehouse targeted in the raids, and protesters clashing with law enforcement as they attempted to block a white law enforcement van. 3:23 p.m. Mayor Karen Bass posted on X after 3 p.m. condemning federal immigration enforcement actions in Los Angeles, saying, "we will not stand for this." Around 6 p.m. Later, in downtown Los Angeles, demonstrators clashed with Department of Homeland Security officers at the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and United States Courthouse. This was where officials allegedly took some migrants who were detained during the raids. Video from the scene shows protesters vandalizing the outside of the building and clashing with federal law enforcement at around 6:30 p.m. Protesters outside the Edward R. Roybal Federal Building and the Metropolitan Detention Center in response to ICE raids in Los Angeles on Friday, June 6, 2025. Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Around 6:30 p.m. The Los Angeles Police Department said it responded to a request for assistance from federal authorities at around 6:30 p.m. and arrived at the scene within 55 minutes. The department said its response time was impacted by "significant traffic congestion, the presence of demonstrators, and, notably, by the fact that federal agents had deployed irritants into the crowd prior to LAPD's arrival." Later, the Department of Homeland Security claimed the LAPD took two hours to respond. A federal law enforcement official told CBS News that ICE requested assistance from LAPD multiple times over the course of Friday night and that it took more than two hours to honor that request. However, a senior city official in L.A. disputed that timeline, telling CBS News that it took LAPD 55 minutes to respond, not two hours. The LAPD posted on X at 7 p.m. that it had declared an "unlawful assembly," ordering protesters to leave the area and giving them five minutes to comply. By 8 p.m., video shows LAPD officers had blocked the crowd's path to the detention center. Police said some protesters had thrown large pieces of concrete. CBS News Los Angeles reporters witnessed officers firing non-lethal foam projectiles and bean bag rounds in response. Saturday, June 7 Saturday morning Footage posted to social media at around 9:45 a.m. showed federal law enforcement officers outside a Home Depot in Paramount, a city south of Los Angeles, fueling rumors of an imminent raid. Tricia McLaughlin, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security, said in a statement that there was no ICE "raid" on Saturday in Paramount, but instead the agents were staging at an office. Still image taken from a video posted to social media on Saturday morning shows federal law enforcement officers in Paramount, California. @idistae via Storyful Around 11 a.m. The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it responded to a call about a large crowd blocking traffic in the area. Saturday afternoon Tensions escalated on Saturday afternoon. At around 4 p.m., the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department declared the demonstration in Paramount an unlawful assembly, warning protesters to leave. The protests spread to the nearby city of Compton. Protesters confront Border Patrol personnel during a demonstration over the dozens detained in an operation by federal immigration authorities a day earlier, in Paramount, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025. Eric Thayer / AP 5:13 p.m. Gov. Gavin Newsom posted to X saying the "federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions." Around 6 p.m. President Trump signed a memo ordering the deployment of at least 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles County. The majority of the soldiers would come from the California National Guard, a Defense Department official told CBS News. 7:06 p.m. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth posted on X that the National Guard was being mobilized immediately, and that if the violence continued, he would also mobilize active duty Marines from Camp Pendleton in San Diego County. He said the Marines were on "high alert." Saturday night The protests continued into Saturday night. The Los Angeles Police Department later posted on X that they had declared a protest at Alameda and Temple Streets an unlawful assembly, warning demonstrators they could be arrested if they remained in the area. A protester waves an American and Mexican flag during a protest in Compton, Calif., Saturday, June 7, 2025, after federal immigration authorities conducted operations. Ethan Swope / AP Sunday, June 8 Sunday morning National Guard troops arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, following President Trump's order. The U.S. military's Northern Command confirmed to CBS News that 300 National Guard troops were in the Los Angeles area on Sunday, specifically in Paramount, Compton and the downtown area. Photos posted just after 8 am on Sunday morning by the U.S. Northern Command shows troops from the California National Guard's 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in Los Angeles. #USNORTHCOM can confirm that elements of the 79th Infantry Brigade Combat Team from the California National Guard have begun deploying to the Los Angeles area, with some already on the ground. Additional information will be provided as units are identified and deployed. — U.S. Northern Command (@USNorthernCmd) June 8, 2025 Around 3 p.m. CBS News Los Angeles reporters on the ground said demonstrations remained peaceful through Sunday morning and early afternoon. That changed around 3 p.m., when a large crowd marched from the steps of City Hall to the nearby federal building, where the Metropolitan Detention Center is located. Protesters confronted a line of federal agents stationed outside. Protesters marching down a street in downtown Los Angeles on June 8, 2025. @droman3634 via Storyful The Los Angeles Police Department issued a citywide Tactical Alert. By 3:30 pm, the LAPD's Central Division posted on X that a dispersal order was issued and arrests were being made. Around 3:30 p.m. Gov. Newsom officially asked the Trump administration to rescind the National Guard deployment order, posting on X, "This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they're actually needed." Around 4 p.m. Protesters entered the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, blocking lanes and the Aliso Street off-ramp as others watched from a nearby overpass. Protesters block the 101 Freeway near the Metropolitan Detention Center in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, June 8, 2025. Jae Hong / AP The California Highway Patrol shut down the freeway and deployed dozens of officers, who cleared southbound lanes and pushed demonstrators back. Several people were detained, and officers deployed smoke canisters. The crowd was completely moved from the road by 5 p.m. and moved into the Civic Center. Around 6 p.m. An officer hit Australian journalist Lauren Tomasi with a rubber bullet outside the Metropolitan Detention Center. In a statement, 9News said Tomasi and her camera operator were safe and would continue their coverage. Lauren Tomasi, a 9News correspondent from Australia, was reporting live on Sunday when an officer behind her fired a nonlethal round at close range 9News Around 9 p.m. LAPD declared the demonstration in downtown Los Angeles an unlawful assembly and ordered protesters to leave. Protesters continued moving through downtown, setting off fireworks and throwing objects at passing police vehicles. They lit fires in dumpsters and trash bins and looted at least one store. Protesters also tagged dozens of buildings with graffiti, including LAPD headquarters, the U.S. Courthouse and the former Los Angeles Times building.
Fast Company
29-05-2025
- Business
- Fast Company
L.A. has 24,000 tiny vacant lots across the city—these designs show creative ways to use them for housing
It's incredibly hard to find a starter home in Los Angeles, where the median house price is now around $1.2 million. But in a new project, the city is working with architects and developers to build prototypes of more affordable homes that make use of small vacant lots scattered throughout the city. L.A. has around 24,000 privately owned residential lots that are a quarter-acre or less and haven't yet been developed. The city also owns this type of small vacant lot, and now plans to use up to a dozen of them to demonstrate new models for housing. Instead of single-family homes, each development will include multiple small units that make better use of a lot, while leaving room for outdoor space and ample light. 'We thought that there might be a way to unlock the lots the city owns, but also use that to actually spur private development on the many similar lots that are across the city,' says Emmanuel Proussaloglou, codirector of CityLab-UCLA, a think tank based in UCLA's architecture department. The group partnered with the city on a design competition called Small Lots, Big Impacts, focused on rethinking homeownership on urban 'infill' lots. Twenty-one winning designs were announced today, along with another 20 projects that received special recognition. Architects looked at new ways to divide small lots. Shared Steps, a design from the California-based firms Word and s_sk, is an example of what CityLab calls stealth density. From the front, it looks like it could be a single-family home. But it's actually nine units: three main buildings that each have a larger unit plus an accessory dwelling unit (ADU) and a junior accessory dwelling unit. The ADUs could be used as rentals for the larger units, help a family expand when they need more space, or be sold as homes of their own. The front yard, meanwhile connects to a pocket park for the neighborhood. A project called 4x4x4, from the Brooklyn-based firm Light and Air, uses a single 50-by-150-foot lot for four two-story houses. Each home has a ground-floor accessory dwelling unit. The homes, which are each around 1,600 square feet, fit together like Tetris blocks. 'The L-shaped plan has the ability to frame outdoor space, and also provide views in multiple directions,' says Shane Neufeld, who leads Light and Air. There are courtyards on the ground floor. On the second floor, residents can walk out sliding doors to a balcony on the roof of each ADU. From the street, again, it looks like it might be a single-family home. California and local laws allow housing development 'by right,' without the need for discretionary approval, as long as buildings meet certain zoning and design criteria and include some affordable housing. That means that neighbors shouldn't be able to block the projects. Still, the buildings were designed to fit into existing neighborhoods, and appease neighbors as much as possible. Physically building some of the new designs could help create more support. 'The whole point of what we're doing here is to try to build a couple so that you can go and actually look at them and say, 'That doesn't look as scary as I thought it might,'' says Proussaloglou. 'That's the hope, at least.' A design called Lotful, from Long Beach-based Studio One Eleven, proposes six individually owned buildings that each have owner-occupied units and two ground-level ADUs. The rental income can help owners qualify for a mortgage. The design is also modular, using a standard size that can make it faster and potentially less expensive to build. It's also easier to replicate. 'If we create these modules, these could be used on different sites in different areas, so you actually could get economies of scale,' says Alan Pullman, a partner at Studio One Eleven. A design called Ladderblock, from L.A.-based West of West, proposes creating a community land trust to lower the cost of each home. One- and two-bedroom units are designed with flexibility, so owners can change their homes over time, if needed. By adding a partition wall, the spaces can be split further to create a rental or another unit to sell. A 41-unit design from the New York-based firm Only If is one example of building with future density in mind. (Buildings on larger streets near transit can be taller and include more units.) The terraced floors create outdoor space on several levels. On the ground floor, a potential parking lot is 'reversible,' meaning that it could later be used to build another seven units. In the past, small lots might have been used for single-family homes, or sometimes stayed vacant because development didn't seem like it would pencil out. The competition aims to help clearly illustrate what else is possible. The need to build more is acute: Under state law, the city is required to build more than 450,000 homes by 2029 to deal with the housing shortage, and it isn't on track, with only around 17,000 new homes permitted last year. The devastating fires in Pacific Palisades and Altadena earlier this year, which destroyed thousands of homes, added even more to the challenge. In the next stage of the project, the Los Angeles Housing Department will choose development teams, including architects, contractors, and financial institutions, to build on specific city-owned lots in different neighborhoods. The city will be selling the lots, but will use the proceeds to help provide down-payment assistance for low-income buyers to live in the new developments. (The developments, which will be privately financed by the development teams, will target residents at various income levels.) The winning designs from the first stage won't necessarily be built, though each team will have an opportunity to apply again with the designs they've created. UCLA also plans to share all of the submissions online, including proposals that didn't win. 'There are only going to be a handful of sites available in the next stage, so not all 356 ideas are going to get built,' says Proussaloglou. 'But we're hoping that people with private lots look to the database of architectural ingenuity from the Small Lots competition, and say, 'okay, I love that submission. I want to work with that architect.'' The ideas could also be useful beyond L.A. 'So many cities are struggling with a housing crisis of affordability and a lack of the kind of units that families want,' says Studio One Eleven's Pullman. 'I'm hoping that we can show, through this demonstration project, the ability to really think beyond the standard ways that we've been building cities, either single-family or large multifamily, into what everyone's talking about—this missing middle. The ability to build family housing, but in a way that isn't just the single-family house.'
