Los Angeles • Investigative Journalism
A record 25.2 million young adults now live with their parents not out of reluctance but necessity, and for people like Sarah, a 25-year-old college graduate in Los Angeles, that childhood bedroom isn’t a delay on the way to independence; it’s the last thing standing between her and homelessness.
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LAPD identified Raygine Glentasia Evans as the suspected driver in Martinez’s death on Oct. 22. Police confirmed to The Wave that no arrests had been made as of Oct. 28. Martinez’s death was not the only fatal hit-and-run to shake the community that month.
By Stephen Oduntan
Taken together, the cases illustrate how false invoices, vendor arrangements and participant records can undermine public accountability when agencies lack independent ways to verify them. LAHSA told Invisible People that it began restructuring its oversight system in November 2025, before the Home At Last allegations surfaced.
By Stephen Oduntan
The administrative claim alleges the shooting was unjustified. It also describes a separate June 2025 encounter in which a federal agent allegedly struck Parias with a vehicle while he documented immigration enforcement. The case has raised concerns among press freedom advocates, but whether Parias was targeted specifically because of his journalism remains an unanswered question.
By Stephen Oduntan
Nolan Xavier Wells, a Black and Filipino American college student from Ocean Springs, Mississippi, disappeared July 4 during a boating trip to Horn Island, part of the Gulf Islands National Seashore. His body was recovered July 6.
By Stephen Oduntan
A UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies poll co-sponsored by the Los Angeles Times found Raman supported by 39% of likely voters and Bass by 28%. But the number that may say as much about the state of the race is 33% — the share who had not chosen either candidate.
By Stephen Oduntan
For Black student organizers, there is an additional question — whether universities that promote diversity and belonging provide that same sense of belonging when Black students become outspoken critics of the institutions themselves.
By Stephen Oduntan
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For Patrick Hogan, those assurances are difficult to separate from experience. Hogan, who successfully sued Caltrans after the agency destroyed his belongings during an encampment sweep, said discussions about Olympic-related relocations immediately reminded him of what happens when policies are announced before the practical realities are addressed. “Relocation means, in my mind, get them out of the way,” Hogan said.
By Stephen Oduntan