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Republicans and the Trump administration are hoping a panel of federal judges in Los Angeles will halt the new Prop. 50 maps from taking effect.
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Criminal Justice
The funding will allow a class of recruits to begin training in January. It was requested by the mayor and police chief because of concerns about the World Cup and Olympics.
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Nick Reiner, 32, faces special-circumstance allegations that would make him eligible for the death penalty if convicted.Listen 0:44 -
Officials are investigating the death of the Hollywood director as a homicide.
Housing & Homelessness
Are you eligible for up to six months worth of rent payments due to fires or ICE raids? Find out in our guide to the county’s new rent relief program.
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Capital & Main investigated seven of the city's largest rental property owners and found most skirted anti-discrimination laws. Here's how each landlord fared. -
Apartment hunters with rental assistance were not welcome at many Jamison buildings, in apparent violation of California law, a Capital & Main investigation found.
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Civics & Democracy
LAist reported on the allegations a day before L.A. City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado introduced a motion seeking more information.
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The People’s Care Collective led a march from downtown Los Angeles to Boyle Heights, urging hospitals to protect patient privacy. -
The Japanese American National Museum stands out among cultural institutions by refusing to bend to President Trump’s attacks on diversity, history and the truth.
Transportation & Mobility
Waymo is issuing a software recall for its self-driving cars after reports the company's autonomous vehicles failed to stop for school buses.
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Jonathan Hale said the group had painted two of four total crosswalks in Westwood before officers arrested him.
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Climate & Environment
California’s snowpack is about 20% of normal for this time of the year, according to the state’s snow-tracking website.
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Biologists have attached tiny, solar transmitters to the monarch butterflies, allowing researchers and everyday visitors to help track the butterflies’ movements in real time. -
Echoing state and local officials, a new analysis agrees: hydrant failures in the Palisades fire were ‘the rule rather than the exception.’
Gardening & Outdoors
The rare plant blooms every four to six years and emits a foul smell in the process.
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The project, targeted at San Fernando Valley residents, will teach people how to grow plants using water, not soil.Listen 0:38 -
Research is showing that California native plants growing next to, say, avocado groves is good for the orchard and for all kinds of pollinators.
Health
The study finds tanning bed users not only have a much higher risk of melanoma, they also have DNA damage linked to cancer across nearly their entire skin.
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The Cedars-Sinai doctor who delivered the baby successfully said the odds of this outcome were “far less than one in a million.” -
Brier Oak’s latest citation came months after regulators considered pulling its license.Listen 0:46
Education
An investigation by ProPublica and The Chronicle of Higher Education reveals how the U.S. government ignored due process to gin up its attack on the University of California.
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Education researchers say happier teachers are more likely to stay and that stability can be good for long-term learning outcomes.Listen 3:40 -
Teachers unions across California are rallying for higher pay, better benefits, smaller class sizes and other improvements, with some threatening to strike.
Food
The Northeast LA neighborhood has a new place to gather over dinner.
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December can be a stressful time of year, but these specialty sips and festive teas will have you fa-la-la-la-la-ing in love with the season all over again. -
Before its fall from grace, chop suey was a holiday tradition for families who don't celebrate Christmas, even being immortalized in songs and film.Listen 3:44
Explore LA
A Rolex found amid the rubble of the Palisades Fire tests the skill of a popular YouTuber dedicated to watch restoration.
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LAist senior editor Suzanne Levy explores why L.A. winters are so contradictory.Listen 2:58 -
'Spike Cafe' is for pigeons — and also a public art piece.Listen 3:02
Arts & Entertainment
Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Christy Lemire and Beandrea July review this weekend’s latest movie releases in theaters and on streaming platforms.
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Warner Bros. has a history of disastrous mergers and acquisitions. Can they avoid another bad sequel as Netflix and Paramount battle to buy it? -
Director Patrick Creadon joins FilmWeek host Larry Mantle to discuss the legacy of Lawrence Herbert, the man who created Pantone’s Matching System.
LA History
We look into its pioneering beginnings and why Angelenos were so fond of it.
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One of SoCal's most infamous roads has reopened, but locals don't want you to know — for good reason'The Snake,' a 2.4-mile stretch of Mulholland Drive, is known for its hairpin turns and the legions of motorists looking to tame it. -
The famed midcentury modern home, otherwise known as Case Study House #22, has become a kind of epitome of West Coast modernism. It's for sale for the first time in its 65-year history.Listen 1:08
Orange County
The city will get more acreage in the deal and have greater say over the type of housing that gets built around Irvine Spectrum.
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Visitors are welcomed each year to celebrate the saint, but this gathering comes after a dark year for immigrant communities.
