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One family’s harrowing escape from the Palisades fire: ‘We gotta go’
3 days, 3 hours ago

One family’s harrowing escape from the Palisades fire: ‘We gotta go’

LA Times  

The first thing Miles Soboroff noticed on Tuesday morning was the wind. “The trees were blowing really hard, and the wind was really loud,” said Soboroff, 39, co-founder of Zab’s Datil Pepper Hot Sauce. “I was nervous about it.” Part of Soboroff’s anxiousness stemmed from an incident just a week earlier: He and his wife awoke around 1:30 a.m. on …

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Homeowners sue L.A. for right to demolish Marilyn Monroe’s house
8 months ago

Homeowners sue L.A. for right to demolish Marilyn Monroe’s house

LA Times  

As the city of L.A. decides whether Marilyn Monroe’s Brentwood home qualifies as a historic cultural monument, the property owners are suing for the right to demolish it. In January, fans and conservationists celebrated when the Los Angeles Cultural Heritage Commission recommended landmark status for Marilyn Monroe’s home, a crucial step in saving the residence from being demolished. They sued …

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L.A. joins ranks of cities with ‘ghost towers’ with graffiti-covered Oceanwide Plaza
11 months ago

L.A. joins ranks of cities with ‘ghost towers’ with graffiti-covered Oceanwide Plaza

LA Times  

L.A.’s Oceanwide Plaza, once planned as a $1 billion mixed-use project, has become a graffiti canvas after sitting unfinished since 2019. “We are in the 21st century.” On and off the stage Sanaz Toossi’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “English,” is on the stage at the Old Globe in San Diego. “The old saying about gaining a second soul when you learn …

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Fierce fights over US House, LA mayor top California ballot
2 years, 2 months ago

Fierce fights over US House, LA mayor top California ballot

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Candidates across California knocked on voters’ doors and pleaded for …

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Fierce fights over US House, LA mayor top California ballot
2 years, 2 months ago

Fierce fights over US House, LA mayor top California ballot

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Candidates across California knocked on voters’ doors and pleaded for support at rallies in a late-hour campaign push Monday, hoping to sway the outcome in races that will play into control of the U.S. House, determine the next mayor of Los Angeles and test the longstanding Democratic grip on the nation’s most populous state. Vice President Kamala …

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L.A. Affairs: At 73, I fantasize about bisexuality. But what about my 50-year marriage?
2 years, 6 months ago

L.A. Affairs: At 73, I fantasize about bisexuality. But what about my 50-year marriage?

LA Times  

Marriages aren’t supposed to last 50 years. “You said you’d do half of the child care!” We were angry at each other much of the time, and the walls of our homes bore scars. Couldn’t we just have a party and then shout, “Olly olly oxen free,” as we used to do when we were kids playing hide-and-seek? “That’s a …

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How 2 L.A. immersive Halloween horror shows keep changing the way we scare
3 years, 2 months ago

How 2 L.A. immersive Halloween horror shows keep changing the way we scare

LA Times  

There are scares — one courtesy of synchronized puppetry — and there are impressive, in-the-flesh special effects, such as a head and neck that materialize out of a closet and keep growing. Caiti Wiggins is “Priss” in “Reaper’s Remorse,” the new immersive theater show from “Delusion.” It can be startling in this late-pandemic age when the performers of “Creep LA” …

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Trump vows to ‘clean up’ LA at Olympic meeting briefing
4 years, 10 months ago

Trump vows to ‘clean up’ LA at Olympic meeting briefing

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — President Donald Trump on Tuesday veered into politics during a briefing on preparations for the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, criticizing the city’s political leadership for failing to curtail its homelessness epidemic. “The federal government is going to take it over, we’re going to do it.“ Trump has battled with California’s Democratic leaders throughout his three …

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