MNPD Conduct Concerns, More Deep Fakery, and Is Love Truly Blind?
After the arrest of two unhoused neighbors in South Inglewood Park, MDNP is reissuing their guidance on felony camping laws; they’re also off the hook in a tragic misconduct case. On today’s Friday News Roundup, host Rachel Iacovone is joined by creative producer Marie Cecile Anderson and executive producer Whitney Pastorek to dig into those stories and more from this week, including the threat of “Love Is Blind” auditions in town. Also: Sorry, not sorry, we’re still obsessed with the deepfake political ads, which segues so nicely into this week’s members-only segment, “Hell Naw,” where we take on the scourge of AI slop graphics.
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