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Radical Clothes Swap looks to change the way we look at our clothes – NBC Los Angeles
You may have heard of terms such as “underconsumption core” or “upcycling,” trends that are gaining steam online as people pay more attention to spending habits and the effect our purchases have on our mental health and the environment.
Radical Clothes Swap is a Los Angeles-based Latina-run nonprofit aimed at helping people simultaneously conserve and save money by having them look no further than their own closets.
“We host free clothing swaps throughout Los Angeles,” said CEO and co-founder Nicole Macias. “We’re just trying to get people to see how much textile waste is created through the fashion industry and teach people sustainable practices.”
The concept is simple: people can bring five to ten clothing items to donate and, in return, take home five to ten items.
“In a capitalist-run world, what’s one of the most radical things that we as a community and society can do? To us, that’s giving away free resources and specifically giving away free clothes,” Macias said. “Our mission and goal is to provide free resources to the community, normalize radical sustainability, and kind of just change people’s relationships with consumption, capitalism and shopping.”
Radical Clothes Swap began in 2021, hosting periodic clothing swaps and gaining a larger audience with each event. The nonprofit hosts an event at Angel City Brewery every second Saturday of the month.
“This is the first one I ran into in LA, used to go to them in New York, but they’re a wonderful organization,” said Stephanie Meyer, who comes to Radical’s events to donate clothes whenever she can. “I do think that upcycling clothing and having opportunities like this really does help in terms of what doesn’t end up in a landfill, right?”
For co-founder Jannine Mancilla, this type of work is a lifetime in the making.
“Being a first-gen child of immigrants, we didn’t have a lot of money to buy clothes, so I grew up thrifting, second-hand, hand-me-downs,” Mancilla said. “We hosted our own clothing swap at a public library that we worked at and that just sparked more of an interest in like wanting to do this.”
Mancilla and Macias operate Radical Clothing Swap along with manager Enriquetta Navarro.
Together, the trio has been honored for their work by the City of Los Angeles.
They’re also proud to be Latinas creating an inclusive space for all.
“We are all children of immigrants. We all grew up doing sustainable, sustainably, living our lives and swapping within our own circles,” Macias said. “It just kept growing with every time we would host one and so we realized that we needed to continue to do this and share our knowledge with with our community.”
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Find recovery resources for LA, San Bernardino county wildfires – NBC Los Angeles
Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties will open joint local assistance centers to help residents recovering from the destructive Bridge and Line wildfires.
The centers will provide assistance to residents and businesses affected by the two fires that started in early September and continue to burn. Information will be available from local and state agencies, and nonprofit organizations about services and recovery assistance.
Each center will have information about processing insurance claims, property cleanup, replacing vital records, navigating the repair and rebuilding process, and other resources.
Here are the locations and hours.
LA County Fairplex
When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 20
Location: 1101 W. McKinley Ave., Expo Hall 8, Pomona (Enter at Gate 3)
California State University, San Bernardino
When: 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 21; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., Monday, Sept. 23
Location: 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino
Los Angeles County also offers recovery assistance information here. San Bernardino County recovery assistance information can be found here.
The Bridge and Line fires were two of three major wildfires that broke out in early September during a week of extreme heat.
The Bridge Fire started Sept. 8 and grew to more than 54,700 acres. Containment on Wednesday was at 37 percent. The Line Fire was at 39,100 acres with containment at 50 percent.
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Los Angeles County now has 3 locally acquired dengue cases – NBC Los Angeles
Los Angeles public health officials launched an investigation after three people were confirmed to be infected with dengue, a mosquito-borne disease, despite not having traveled to dengue-prone regions, officials announced Wednesday.
The Los Angeles Department of Public Health said it’s investigating two additional cases of locally acquired dengue in residents of Baldwin Park.
Last Monday, officials had reported the first confirmed case of locally acquired dengue also in Baldwin Park.
“Dengue is primarily transmitted through the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. Although Aedes mosquitoes are common in LA County, cases of locally acquired dengue are extremely rare,” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said Wednesday.
In October and November of last year, single locally acquired cases of dengue were confirmed by health officials in Pasadena and Long Beach.
Officials said almost all dengue infections detected in the county previously were from those who traveled to countries where dengue is commonly spread, such as Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Mexico and the Philippines.
Those infected with dengue can experience flu-like symptoms, including high fever, severe headache, pain behind the eyes, joint and muscle pain, rash and mild bleeding. Severe cases can lead to organ impairment.
The symptoms generally last no more than a week, and people usually fully recover within two weeks. Deaths from the virus are extremely rare, health officials said.
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LAPD looks for AutoZone flash robbery suspects in South LA – NBC Los Angeles
Authorities are looking for suspected burglars who stormed into an Autozone store in the Vermont Vista neighborhood of South Los Angeles in June while a street takeover was taking place in the same area.
Police released the clear pictures of people who allegedly stole from the automotive shop on the 600 block of West Century Boulevard after someone tore down the store’s security gate.
The flash-mob burglary happened while hundreds of people attended or performed dangerous stunts in the street takeover with cars and spectators illegally blocking traffic near Century Boulevard and Hoover Street, police said.
“The suspects have shown a complete disregard for the safety and property of others,” the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement, explaining 50 to 75 people stole about $67,000 worth of items. “There is a wide range of suspect descriptions, but the suspects are believed to belong to street takeover groups.”
At least one man, 24-year-old Danny Sanchez was taken into custody following a pursuit, and officers recovered approximately $1,200 of stolen merchandise from his car, the LAPD said.
Video of the break-in showed dozens of people entering the store with items from the shop scattered in the parking lot.
“I saw somebody with rotors, brakes, gaskets, jump-starts, anything with value. Tool kits, power tools, everything,” said witness Christian Magna.
Anyone with information regarding these types of incidents is urged to contact the LAPD Organized Retail Crime Task Force at 818-374-9420 or to email [email protected].
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