LA Counts

A free, open source inventory of open datasets and stories about and for LA County. @calfund incubated, @OKFN built, a @CommunityPrtnrs project

[LA Counts @LA_COUNTS]

@patwater Have responded to your question in email.

[Frank Stoltze @StoltzeFrankly]

BREAKING: My colleague @josie_huang has been detained in Compton by #LASD deputies. We don't know why. I know her to be an extremely competent and responsible journalist. This video of five deputies on top of her is highly disturbing.

[NWS Los Angeles @NWSLosAngeles]

Current satellite imagery continues to shows extensive smoke across California due to massive fires in northern/central California and #BobcatFire in San Gabriel Mtns. Smoky skies to continue through weekend across SW Calif. #LAWeather #cawx #Socal

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

#DijonKizzee, a 29yo Black man, was fatally shot by @LASDHQ deputies. Cops stopped him while riding his bike for alleged “vehicle code violation.” They say he ran, dropped clothes and handgun. He didn't pick it up, but cops shot him in the back 20+ times then left him for hours.

[Memo Torres 🌮 @el_tragon_de_LA]

If you’re just learning about Deputy Gangs in the LA Sheriff’s ranks, here is a twitter thread with all the info to inform yourselves.

[ProPublica @propublica]

There were 105 people killed within a mile of Dymally High School in South L.A. over the last five years.

That's the highest number surrounding any public high school in the county.

– via @latimes
https://t.co/KfnHHbTEB1

[Priya Krishnakumar @priyakkumar]

And when your route to school is marked by incidents of violence -- how do you get there and what's on your mind? We took a look at three students' journeys to school.
https://t.co/av3lWLSI9m

[Los Angeles Times @latimes]

The Times is hosting a virtual community forum Aug. 27 on the Chicano Moratorium, an anti-Vietnam War march held 50 years ago this month that played pivotal role in the fight for civil rights in Los Angeles. https://t.co/nYyMfig0ig

[Aaron Mendelson @a_mendelson]

L.A.'s redlined areas are eight degrees hotter than areas once graded "best" https://t.co/WptofKlRUV

[Aaron Mendelson @a_mendelson]

why does this cost $200 @AlexPadilla4CA ??

[Mitchell Landsberg @LATlands]

The homeless census? It's not exactly what you think. h/t @LATDoug https://t.co/McTNODtdwy

[LA Counts @LA_COUNTS]

@cydharrell https://t.co/mxw528XWPS

[Joy Bonaguro @JoyBonaguro]

Important alert for multiple JOBS in #data for #homelessness: For the last several months, I've spent a good deal of my time working on the statewide homeless data integration system. 1/n

[Ben Welsh @palewire]

One of our vital @CAPublicHealth scrapers logging COVID-19 data is broken.

Why? A simple HTML list was replaced with a new "design" that includes sample text like "Ad vegan excepteur butcher vice lomo. Leggings occaecat craft beer farm-to-table."

https://t.co/nXBxi5MOLh

[American Press Institute @AmPress]

Not everyone has internet access.
So @KPCC @LAist used snail mail, sent text alerts in Spanish, overhauled their workflow and more to connect with their community. #TableStakes
https://t.co/s4ltxgm0EK

[Abené Clayton @abene_writes]

Wow this is pretty big news. CalGang is historically poorly maintained and can lead to people getting hella extra years tacked onto their sentences.

In 2016 an audit found that police were putting babies and toddlers in the database.

https://t.co/pWMwzXT9oy

[On the Media @onthemedia]

“The reporting on this story is stuck in a bit of a rut.” — Matt Desmond, founder of the @evictionlab. And so, in this week’s episode, we dismantle our assumptions about eviction in America.
https://t.co/qsPlkTWrWw

[Mona Chalabi @MonaChalabi]

Census forms = 💵💵💵

[Data.gov @usdatagov]

We are excited to announce the relaunch of a new https://t.co/GPcEIb9XU8 https://t.co/3mrkBv6ble #opendata #federaldatastrategy

[RMDS @RMDSlab]

Registration for the COVID-19 Computational Challenge brought to you by RMDS Lab in collaboration with the City of Los Angeles is open and accepting new teams!!

Entry into the competition is FREE!

Check out the link below to find out how to register👇

https://t.co/xriKDM0ymw