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Tortoises on the way down are bouncing back thanks to a desert conservation effort

LA Times

Tortoise hatchlings are raised at the Tortoise Research and Captive Rearing Site. Then, starting a couple of years ago, Henen’s team began gathering, incubating and hatching eggs from the relocated adult tortoises to study whether they were breeding with their new neighbors. In desert tortoise head-starting programs, biologists use radio transmitters to monitor wild females and portable X-ray machines to …

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Why ABC settled a case they knew they would win — and why the Lincoln Project didn't

Raw Story

Since 2012, the U.S. Dept. Trump’s ‘what’s a little groping among friends’ defense argued that $5m in damages was excessive because the jury didn’t say Trump raped Carroll, only that he sexually assaulted her.Trump’s claim led presiding U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to clarify in a memorandum that, in legal parlance, inserting anything into a woman’s vagina against her will, …

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A taste of 1789 Japan

LA Times

A meal out of history, babka love, Christmas Caesar, Kismet’s cheesy pickle-and-greens dip, ranking the best and worst chicken tenders, a Somni sneak peek, why Trump’s no-tax-on-tips may not help many restaurant servers and a note about illnesses following the 101 Best Restaurants in L.A. party. Reading from the family’s diaries, she described the preparations for the visit, and the …

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The time for excuses is over. L.A.'s MacArthur Park needs a champion now

LA Times

Early one morning in Westlake, as neighborhood children walked to school, I spotted a woman heading in my direction. They were walking on Bonnie Brae Street, a couple blocks east of MacArthur Park, where it’s not uncommon to see people who are either asleep or passed out, with syringes and needles scattered about. “No one should be dying on our …

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Why ABC settled a case with Donald Trump they knew they would win

Salon

Since 2012, the U.S. Dept. Trump’s claim led presiding U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan to clarify in a memorandum that, in legal parlance, inserting anything into a woman’s vagina against her will, including Trump’s nasty fingers, was, indeed, rape: The finding that Ms. Carroll failed to prove that she was ‘raped’ within the meaning of the New York Penal Law …

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Anna Richardson describes suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'traumatic' but 'transformative and life-changing' as she admits it was a 'huge risk'

Daily Mail

Anna Richardson has described suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as both 'traumatic' and 'transformative' after she accused him of groping her back in 2000. Anna Richardson has described suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'traumatic' but 'transformative and life-changing' as she admitted it was a 'huge risk' The TV presenter, 53, sued the actor for libel after she alleged the actor, now 77, touched …

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Latinx Files: Muchas gracias, Jorge Ramos

LA Times

In fall 2013, I took a job as a digital editor with Fusion, an upstart cable news network launched by Univision and ABC News aimed at reaching a diverse millennial audience. Ramos, who had anchored the nightly news program “Noticiero Univision” since 1987, was also the face of Fusion’s flagship show, “America With Jorge Ramos.” That her son would be …

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4 days, 13 hours ago

Revealed: A-listers who hid their privileged backgrounds - as Blake Lively is the latest star whose 'working class' upbringing doesn't quite ring true

Daily Mail

They live the glamorous life of red carpets, private jets, glitzy parties and never ending wardrobes, however some celebrities like to create the illusion that they are 'just like us' and are in fact ordinary people from modest beginnings. From Posh Spice's Roll's Royce to Ed Sheeran's homeless nights outside Buckingham Palace - the celebrities attempting to whitewash their backgrounds …

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10 gifts and experiences L.A. Times staffers are giving from the 2024 Gift Guide

LA Times

What gifts might our Gift Guide pickers pick if they were guided to pick gifts from the lists of the other gift pickers to give? That’s because this year, once our collective of elfin scribes finished sourcing all manner of gifts, goodies, gadgets and gear — organized around the theme of celebrating all that Los Angeles has to offer — …

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ABC News capitulates to Donald Trump. Is this the future of American media?

Salon

The short answer is that the future is already here. Trump guided his crowds’ attention to the media enclosure where the television cameras were set up at nearly every rally and called the people trapped there “the enemy.” The crowds loved it. In 2002 and 2003, the establishment media, chiefly the New York Times, was guilty of repeating Bush administration …

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One of L.A.’s most acclaimed restaurants just returned in a new space with high ambitions

LA Times

For two brief years, in-the-know L.A. diners gathered around a small U-shaped counter hidden within José Andrés’ now-closed restaurant the Bazaar to witness chef Aitor Zabala craft whimsical, avant-garde creations at Somni, one of the country’s most notable fine-dining experiences. L.A. Times Food critic Bill Addison called Zabala’s 20-plus courses “the headiest heights of luxury dining” and Somni appeared on …

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What fast food chain makes the best chicken tenders? Here’s our ranking

LA Times

Nearly every fast food chain makes their version of breaded and fried chicken strips, and a growing number of restaurants offer tenders. We ordered the chicken tenders at 11 chains, including Raising Cane’s, Chick-fil-A and Kentucky Fried Chicken. fried tenders An order of chicken tenders from Chicken Guy!, Guy Fieri’s new chicken tender restaurant. What we paid: $21.24 for six …

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In 1999, the end was coming for newspapers. But few were looking for the signs

LA Times

Open a copy of the Los Angeles Times from Dec. 16, 1999, and it’s hard to imagine the indignities history had in store for this and so many other newspapers. When Staples Center opened that October, the Los Angeles Times Magazine published a lavish special issue. The cover of the Oct. 10, 1999, Los Angeles Times Magazine featured coverage of …

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Cities are pushing back on AI-powered software used to raise rents

LA Times

An apartment for rent in San Diego in August. Popular software from Texas-based company RealPage offers AI revenue management that gives real estate owners suggestions on how much to charge for rent “to maximize their revenue potential.” The company also sells an AI tool to screen would-be tenants and “more accurately the most appropriate residents for your property.” ProPublica previously …

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Canadian pilot Rick Roberts flies large air tanker to fight NSW bushfires

ABC

Captain Rick Roberts keeps a cool head when he flies to "bomb" a bushfire. "You've always had helicopter support here," Cpt Roberts says. "We work as a team — it's very well-orchestrated," Cpt Roberts says. "It's brutal, and we never forget," Cpt Roberts says. Cpt Roberts says "there's no heroism here" as he prepares for another Australian summer.

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El paraatleta guatemalteco-persa Prince Mahboubian es la definición de perseverancia y resiliencia

LA Times

Prince Mahboubian es la representación latente de la resiliencia y la riqueza cultural. 1 / 13 Los Angeles, CA - October 23: Prince Gerard Mahboubian, a para-athlete will compete in a triathlon, is photographed in a practice at California State University, Northridge on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, CA. 2 / 13 Los Angeles, CA - October 23: …

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The most beautiful Virgin of Guadalupe shrine in Southern California

LA Times

Emily Navarro poses with her father, Alejandro, in 2023 in front of a house in Santa Ana that transforms into a shrine to the Virgin of Guadalupe every December. My place of worship: the massive shrine to Guadalupe constructed by Luis Cantabrana every December for the last 14 years at his house on the corner of Broadway and Camile Street …

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Gold Rush 2.0? Why prospectors are returning to the Mojave Desert

LA Times

Gold miner Sean Tucker walks through the desert where his drilling rig operators are taking core samples near Randsburg in Johannesburg, Calif. Good morning. Aurum anticipation in Kern County’s Rand District is “driving a real estate boomlet in a place that hasn’t had one in more than a century,” real estate reporter Jack Flemming wrote this week in a Times …

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Trump and journalism: There’s an alarming trend unfolding at some major newspapers right now.

Slate

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. In the weeks before the presidential election, the billionaire owners of two of the nation’s biggest newspapers—seemingly anticipating a Trump win and wanting to get in his good graces—made some troubling moves. He said he plans to introduce a …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Where California stands in the multistate negotiations over the Colorado River

LA Times

In this aerial photo, a bathtub ring of light minerals show the high water mark on the shore of Lake Mead along the border of Nevada and Arizona, Monday, March 6, 2023, near Boulder City, Nev. Good morning. “But they also say easing the stalemate will be difficult.” The lower Colorado River photographed on April 4, 2023 in the Imperial …

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The L.A. breakfast sandwiches once delivered by bucket now have their own restaurant

LA Times

Calabama began as a pop-up, but now the popular breakfast sandwiches can be found at a walk-up window in Hollywood. Zira Uzbek Kitchen They’ve been married for more than a decade, but on one of their first dates Gulnigor “Gigi” Ganieva remembers her future husband told her that he wanted to open his own restaurant. We wanted to have a …

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Meet the Plant Hacker Creating Flowers Never Seen (or Smelled) Before

Wired

The money he earned doing that was enough to put Cocioba through the first couple of years of a biology degree at Stony Brook University. A Petunia bioengineered by Sebastian Cocioba, a plant biotechnology researcher who works out of his home laboratory in Huntington, New York on October 30, 2024. The flowers were bioengineered by Sebastian Cocioba, a plant biotechnology …

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California food recalls have ramped up. Is that good news?

LA Times

Here’s what you need to know to start your Monday. Some say both It’s not uncommon to see headlines about food recalls in your social media feeds or newspaper pages. “It’s a comfort and a scare because we don’t want to see recalls happening,” Sara Bratager, senior food safety specialist for the Institute of Food Technologies, told Karen. Product management …

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Bird flu may need a single mutation to spread among humans, study finds

LA Times

Cows are milked at a Fresno dairy farm. Here’s what you need to know to start your weekend: The H5N1 bird flu may be one mutation away from being a threat to humans. And here’s today’s e-newspaper The H5N1 bird flu virus may need just one mutation to be a threat to humans, a study found. “Yikes,” “Oh great” and …

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Tortoises on the way down are bouncing back thanks to a desert conservation effort

Why ABC settled a case they knew they would win — and why the Lincoln Project didn't

A taste of 1789 Japan

The time for excuses is over. L.A.'s MacArthur Park needs a champion now

Why ABC settled a case with Donald Trump they knew they would win

Anna Richardson describes suing Arnold Schwarzenegger as 'traumatic' but 'transformative and life-changing' as she admits it was a 'huge risk'

Latinx Files: Muchas gracias, Jorge Ramos

Revealed: A-listers who hid their privileged backgrounds - as Blake Lively is the latest star whose 'working class' upbringing doesn't quite ring true

10 gifts and experiences L.A. Times staffers are giving from the 2024 Gift Guide

ABC News capitulates to Donald Trump. Is this the future of American media?

One of L.A.’s most acclaimed restaurants just returned in a new space with high ambitions

What fast food chain makes the best chicken tenders? Here’s our ranking

In 1999, the end was coming for newspapers. But few were looking for the signs

Cities are pushing back on AI-powered software used to raise rents

Canadian pilot Rick Roberts flies large air tanker to fight NSW bushfires

El paraatleta guatemalteco-persa Prince Mahboubian es la definición de perseverancia y resiliencia

The most beautiful Virgin of Guadalupe shrine in Southern California

Gold Rush 2.0? Why prospectors are returning to the Mojave Desert

Trump and journalism: There’s an alarming trend unfolding at some major newspapers right now.

Where California stands in the multistate negotiations over the Colorado River

The L.A. breakfast sandwiches once delivered by bucket now have their own restaurant

Meet the Plant Hacker Creating Flowers Never Seen (or Smelled) Before

California food recalls have ramped up. Is that good news?

Bird flu may need a single mutation to spread among humans, study finds