Originally aired June 25, 2019: Josie Huang closely followed major protests over a proposed housing shelter in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. She suspected that those protests — and charges of NIMBYism by Korean immigrants — had changed the tight-knit community. She also believed those changes were going unreported. She spent seven months in the community to produce a deeply reported 4-part audio series. 

(Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

Originally aired June 25, 2019: Josie Huang closely followed major protests over a proposed housing shelter in the Koreatown neighborhood of Los Angeles. She suspected that those protests &mdash; and charges of NIMBYism by Korean immigrants &mdash; had changed the tight-knit community. She also believed those changes were going unreported. She spent seven months in the community to produce a deeply reported 4-part audio series.&nbsp;
(Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images)

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Koreatown Shelter Fight: The Aftermath

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Historic Filipinotown in Los Angeles is home to a celebrated mural about the Filipino American experience, one of the largest and oldest of its kind in the country. But the depiction of one figure is bringing the artwork fresh attention and leading to accusations of transphobia.
Featured on the colorful mural, along with labor leader Larry Itliong and musician APL.DE.AP of the Black Eyed Peas, is the Filipino pop singer Jake Zyrus before he came out as transgender.
A growing chorus of voices, including Zyrus himself, say the portrait should be changed.

A Filipino pop icon, a mural and a deadnaming controversy

117 homes and small ranches in Bloomington are being demolished to make way for yet another warehouse — the largest one yet in the community. The project will bring more than 2 million square feet of warehouse space built by Orange County company Howard Industrial Partners. The project is expected to bring more than 1,000 additional big rig truck trips per day.

After years of debate, San Bernardino County supervisors unanimously approved the project in 2022. Today, everyone in the development’s way — the non-numbered streets of Bloomington — have been bought out and homes have already been demolished.

117 homes and small ranches in Bloomington are being demolished to make way for yet another warehouse — the largest one yet in the community. The project will bring more than 2 million square feet of warehouse space built by Orange County company Howard Industrial Partners. The project is expected to bring more than 1,000 additional big rig truck trips per day.
After years of debate, San Bernardino County supervisors unanimously approved the project in 2022. Today, everyone in the development’s way — the non-numbered streets of Bloomington — have been bought out and homes have already been demolished.

Koreatown Shelter Fight: The Aftermath

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