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L.A. County lacked resources to hold back destructive wildfires. Here’s the latest
21 hours, 7 minutes ago

L.A. County lacked resources to hold back destructive wildfires. Here’s the latest

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Here’s what you need to know to start your day. “Because of the ongoing fire, DWP crews also faced difficulty accessing its pump stations, which are used to move water up to the tanks.” Janisse Quiñones, chief executive and chief engineer of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, told The Times her department had “pushed the system to …

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Sunset Boulevard in ruins: Fire’s massive scale comes into focus in Pacific Palisades
1 day, 21 hours ago

Sunset Boulevard in ruins: Fire’s massive scale comes into focus in Pacific Palisades

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Donald Bryce is devastated upon viewing the remains of his father-in-law Stuart McCallister’s home, destroyed in the Palisades fire. As the catastrophic Palisades fire receded from one of the city’s iconic thoroughfares, smoke and ash rendered the once picturesque landscape into something oddly lunar. Much of what remained Wednesday of the “Alphabet Streets” neighborhood of the Palisades, a mostly flat …

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Photos: Southland battling multiple wildfires, fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds
2 days, 21 hours ago

Photos: Southland battling multiple wildfires, fueled by fierce Santa Ana winds

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Firefighters scrambled to corral a fast-moving wildfire in the Los Angeles hillsides dotted with celebrity homes as a “life-threatening, destructive” windstorm hit Southern California, fanning the blaze seen for miles while roads were clogged with cars as residents tried to flee. Eaton Fire Samuel Girma runs to get another hose as he helps try to prevent a home from catching …

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2024: Year in Photos
1 week, 3 days ago

2024: Year in Photos

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The year started as rains poured on Southern California, causing massive landslides, and ended in equally dramatic fashion with wildfires ripping throughout the Southland. Grant Wactor, left, joins a June 12 rally to protest the shooting death of his brother Johnny, an actor who was killed after a late-night shift at Level 8 bar in downtown L.A. Police said Johnny …

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Column: ‘I can’t deal with life sober’: Response to the MacArthur Park drug epidemic just isn’t enough
3 weeks ago

Column: ‘I can’t deal with life sober’: Response to the MacArthur Park drug epidemic just isn’t enough

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He was bent at the waist, wobbly and shoeless on grimy pavement at the end of an alley where fires smolder, drug users gather day and night, and death lurks. “People don’t want to get clean, they want to get high,” said Aaron, a fentanyl addict, in the Westlake District earlier this month. Los Angeles City Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez, who …

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A Gen Z version of QVC? Inside TikTok’s push to become a watch-and-shop destination
4 weeks ago

A Gen Z version of QVC? Inside TikTok’s push to become a watch-and-shop destination

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It is just past 10 p.m. and Aaliyah Arnold, the 20-year-old founder of BossUp Cosmetics, is selling to the TikTok universe. A look at how Arnold’s recent TikTok Live shopping event appeared on viewers’ mobile screens around the world. When they told me, “Can you do Live for 12 hours?” I was like, “You guys are sick, no.” — Magdalena …

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In Arcadia and Temple City, Asian American voters fueled gains for Trump
4 weeks, 2 days ago

In Arcadia and Temple City, Asian American voters fueled gains for Trump

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Eileen Wang, an Arcadia City Council member, said she has noticed some residents’ attitudes shifting to the right in recent years. This year in the Arcadia and Temple City areas, which are both majority Asian, Liu’s political shift was common among Asian American voters. “Republicans have been able to seize on these fears to say, ‘Hey, we are the party …

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At new NHM Commons, meet Gnatalie the green dinosaur: L.A. arts and culture this week
1 month, 2 weeks ago

At new NHM Commons, meet Gnatalie the green dinosaur: L.A. arts and culture this week

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Visitors view Gnatalie the 70-foot-long green dinosaur skeleton in the new welcome center of the NHM Commons at the Natural History Museum in Los Angeles on Nov. 13, 2024. Just some of this year’s takes on Tchaikovsky: American Contemporary Ballet’s production begins performances at downtown’s Bank of America Plaza on Saturday and runs through Dec. 24; Westside Ballet’s showings start …

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What to do if you see a coyote on a trail — or in your backyard
1 month, 2 weeks ago

What to do if you see a coyote on a trail — or in your backyard

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A coyote jumps into the air as it hunts small rodents on the fields at Fairview Park in Costa Mesa. “We do share our neighborhoods that include our green spaces and trails with other wild animals, and just like us, they’re looking for easy, safe passage.” It seems impossible to be a hiker in L.A. and not see coyotes. As …

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You voted. Now what? Here are some more ways to flex your civic muscles
1 month, 2 weeks ago

You voted. Now what? Here are some more ways to flex your civic muscles

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State Sen. Steven Bradford reads during a break in the Senate session in Sacramento in 2018. “I find that the chief barrier getting in the way of my fellow citizens’ ability to make their voices heard is acclimatization, relative comfort and lack of interest,” Los Angeles resident Don Starnes shared. “There’s ways that people can be engaged even without getting …

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Trump plans to use the military to carry out mass deportations. How will California respond?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump plans to use the military to carry out mass deportations. How will California respond?

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Douglas Harrison, left, with the Border Patrol in the San Diego Sector, explains some design details of the new border fencing to President Trump near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry on Sept.18, 2019. One of his key campaign promises was to carry out the “ largest deportation operation in American history.” Trump and his acolytes have made it clear …

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Artist Doug Aitken brings in the L.A. Phil, Natasha Lyonne and a mountain lion for fall’s biggest spectacle
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Artist Doug Aitken brings in the L.A. Phil, Natasha Lyonne and a mountain lion for fall’s biggest spectacle

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A white-haired lady wanders Richard Neutra’s landmark midcentury house in Silver Lake at night, when she suddenly encounters a mountain lion calmly purring — and a grand piano in the room begins to play, on its own, Philip Glass’ “Mad Rush.” It’s a scene from “Lightscape,” the latest hard-to-explain creation by Los Angeles artist Doug Aitken. “Lightscape” will then transmogrify …

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Election day has arrived. Here are a few key races to follow
2 months ago

Election day has arrived. Here are a few key races to follow

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A woman fills out a ballot Monday at the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk office in Norwalk. In Los Angeles County, Measure A would enact a half-percent sales tax to fund homeless services, doubling and replacing the current quarter-percent sales tax in place through Measure H. Half of those surveyed said they would vote for Measure A, or already had …

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6 things to know about L.A.’s new Balloon Museum, a place to dive into psychedelic art
2 months ago

6 things to know about L.A.’s new Balloon Museum, a place to dive into psychedelic art

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Ester De Sa Almeida is immersed in the “Invisible Ballet” exhibit by Mauro Pace at the Balloon Museum’s “Let’s Fly” show at Ace Mission Studios You won’t find any clowns at the L.A. leg of the traveling Balloon Museum, but there are plenty of other carnival-inspired sights and sounds to be experienced: massive inflated tents, queue lines marked by bright …

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Dodgers, campeones de Serie Mundial, tienen la mira puesta en títulos consecutivos con Ohtani
2 months, 1 week ago

Dodgers, campeones de Serie Mundial, tienen la mira puesta en títulos consecutivos con Ohtani

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Mookie Betts, de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles, celebra después de que los Dodgers vencieron a los Yankees de Nueva York en el Juego 5 para ganar la Serie Mundial de béisbol, el jueves 31 de octubre de 2024, en Nueva York. El primer partido de la temporada de los Dodgers de Los Ángeles en Corea del Sur se vio …

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A new play finally captures who Joan Rivers was
2 months, 1 week ago

A new play finally captures who Joan Rivers was

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Larry Amoros first met Joan Rivers in 2008 to write material for the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor ceremony. “We want to make it as authentically Joan as possible so that the people who see this will feel like they recognize her and that they’re in the room with her,” said Daniel Goldstein, who was approached about writing the …

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For years, she raised alarms about her apartment. When the city finally acted, she ended up homeless.
2 months, 2 weeks ago

For years, she raised alarms about her apartment. When the city finally acted, she ended up homeless.

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As she stuffed her clothes and papers into a suitcase and prepared to walk out the door of 5700 S. Hoover St. for the last time, Daviell McKinley had no idea where she would live. But one month later, the department determined the order had been “issued in error” because of the building’s designation as a philanthropic institution, which allowed …

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Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexico’s ex-security czar gets 38 years for cartel bribes. Is he the first of many?

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In the history of narco-corruption in Mexico, no higher-ranking official than Genaro García Luna has ever faced justice in the United States. “You cannot parade this series of awards… it doesn’t wash, it doesn’t add up.” Cogan, who also presided over the case of El Chapo, told the former security chief: “You have the same kind of thuggishness as El …

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California is a battleground state (if you know where to look)
2 months, 3 weeks ago

California is a battleground state (if you know where to look)

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Former President Trump at a rally at Calhoun Ranch in Coachella on Saturday. Five of those races are in California, where Republican House members are fighting costly and acrimonious reelection battles.” Derek Tran, who is running against GOP Rep. Michelle Steel in the 45th Congressional District, with House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries at an Anaheim campaign event Saturday. “California matters …

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Time and funding are running out for Little Tokyo senior meal program
3 months ago

Time and funding are running out for Little Tokyo senior meal program

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Every weekday morning, drivers arrive at the Little Tokyo Towers at 10 a.m. carrying precious cargo: seniors’ meals individually wrapped in tinfoil. “People have this misconception of ‘all Asians are wealthy,’” said Darlene Kuba, president of Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services. A woman walks away with her daily meal provided by the nonprofit Little Tokyo Senior Nutrition Services at the …

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Mexican president responds to allegations from jailed ex-security chief: ‘Show the proof’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Mexican president responds to allegations from jailed ex-security chief: ‘Show the proof’

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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country’s disgraced ex-security chief — jailed in the United States and facing a possible life sentence for corruption — that he has links to drug cartels. “Show the proof.” The president denied charges that surfaced in a handwritten letter from Genaro García Luna sent Tuesday by his lawyer to …

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‘Social justice and equity are built into everything we teach’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

‘Social justice and equity are built into everything we teach’

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Is there a best practices model for climate literacy education in Los Angeles, a program that integrates lessons across all subjects for students of all ages in an environment prioritizing outdoor learning? “Nature is a vehicle to teach students the tools and knowledge to be an advocate for their community,” said Tashanda Giles-Jones, director of the environmental program at Environmental …

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Firefighters gaining control over destructive Southern California wildfires
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Firefighters gaining control over destructive Southern California wildfires

LA Times  

The Airport fire spared the city of Lake Elsinore in Riverside County but scorched nearby hills. “We’re not letting the weather deceive us,” said Kenichi Haskett, Los Angeles County Fire Department public information officer for the Bridge fire. “I know the weather is cooperating, but we’re still challenged with steep conditions.” On Friday, containment of the 52,801-acre Bridge fire increased …

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City officials ignored neighbors’ warnings in Chinatown. Then fire erupts at abandoned construction site
3 months, 3 weeks ago

City officials ignored neighbors’ warnings in Chinatown. Then fire erupts at abandoned construction site

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Wei Xiong Liang, center, and other residents stand outside their fire-damaged apartment building on Bunker Hill Avenue in Chinatown. Neighbors say their fears came true after a fire in a large apartment building in the Chinatown neighborhood early Friday left six people injured, including two firefighters, and temporarily displaced dozens of families. VIDEO | 00:09 Neighbors on Bunker Hill Avenue …

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