L.A. Mayor Garcetti Takes Knee Amid Peaceful Protests

Rage Against the Machine’s catalog continues to see gains in U.S. streams and digital sales amid worldwide social justice protests, allowing the band to rise or debut on multiple charts dated June 20 and for its guitarist, Tom Morello, to make his maiden appearance on Billboard’s Social 50 chart. In the tracking week ending June 11, the Los Angeles four-piece racked up 11.1 millio

Tom Tapp Deputy Managing EditorMirroring an announcement made earlier on Wednesday by L.A. County officials, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said today that film and television production could resume “effective this Friday,” June 13.He also indicated gyms, professional sports and other sectors could reopen as well.But, while making that happy announcement, Garcetti shed a more light on comments from L.A.

She has been vocal in her support of Black Lives Matter protests, and now Billie Eilish has shown her solidarity by taking a knee during a peaceful demonstration.

In an unexpected move, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that a planned funding increase for LAPD has been canceled and the city will likely seek as much as $150 million in further cuts, with the money used for “reinvesting in black communities and communities of color.”

LA Mayor Eric Garcetti announced a big change in a press conference on Wednesday (June 3) to residents of the city.

By Tom Tapp

Jaime King says that she was arrested on Tuesday, June 2, while protesting in Los Angeles in support of the Black Lives Matter movement.

Amid the hundreds of thousands of demonstrators who joined together after the May 25 death of George Floyd at the hands of a white Minneapolis police officer, you may have recognized a few familiar faces. Celebrities like Halsey, Ariana Grande, Emily Ratajkowski, and more have stood strong and took to the streets in cities like Santa Monica, California, where police teargassed and fired rubber bullets at peaceful protestors.

By Tom Tapp

While the protests in Los Angeles escalated to violence and vandalism over the weekend, murals honoring Kobe Bryant and his late daughter, Gianna, have largely remained untouched. As Vanessa Bryant shared on social media on Monday, even the one mural that was threatened by fire was saved from damage.

Cole Sprouse says he was arrested in Santa Monica, California, over the weekend for protesting the fatal arrest of George Floyd.

By Dominic Patten

Ariana Grande took to the streets of Los Angeles over the weekend, joining the Black Lives Matter protest in the wake of George Floyd's death.The superstar reflected on her experience at the protest in a number of tweets on Sunday (May 31), writing, "Hours and miles of peaceful protesting yesterday that got little to no coverage. all throughout beverly hills and west hollywood we chanted, people beeped and cheered along.

Paris Jackson was caught up in the violent protests in Los Angeles on Saturday, which prompted city Mayor Eric Garcetti to call for an overnight curfew in an effort to keep people off the streets.

By David Robb

The Los Angeles mayor asked for the National Guard to be sent in to the nation's second-largest city as protesters torched police cars and vandalized and burglarized stores while clashing with lines of officers. Mayor Eric Garcetti said he asked Gov.