L.A. squanders millions that it could use to fix streets and sidewalks
In November 2020, Ismael Soto Luna, 59, was waiting to cross a street in Van Nuys when a 2-pound metal cap fell from a nearby streetlight and hit him on…
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California removes slur from state location names
Officials have approved the removal of the derogatory term “squaw” from more than 30 geographic features and place names on California lands, according to an announcement Friday by the state…
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Zoox’s pill-shaped robotaxis hit California streets
Is it a toaster? Is it a pill on wheels? No, it’s Zoox’s funny-looking robotaxi, the latest fully autonomous vehicle to hit the streets of California. Zoox’s self-driving vehicles began…
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No sign of strife over California’s latest same-sex marriage measure
After 20 years in the same house, I started to feel as though I no longer belonged on my street. It was 2008, the year of Barack Obama’s first campaign…
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West Hollywood concrete plant closes to make way for deluxe tower
If the new apartment tower had been planned for another plot of land, chances are good the concrete plant in the middle of the city would have helped build it….
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Car drives into crowd during street takeover in Anaheim, police say; 2 teens hospitalized
Two teenagers were injured during a street takeover in Anaheim early Friday morning, Nov. 1, when a car drove into a crowd of spectators, authorities said. Anaheim police officers were…
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Losing is actually better than winning: Consoling a Yankees fan
The text messages started pouring in during the fifth inning of Game 5 of the World Series, also known by me as the Everything Went Bad/Slumped Down in the Booth…
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Dodgers win World Series! L.A. takes to the streets with fireworks, joy
Ecstatic fans took to the streets of Los Angeles in an explosive expression of joy Wednesday night after the Dodgers won the franchise’s eighth World Series title. They became the…
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Kamala Harris’ L.A. abode is in tony Brentwood, annoying some locals
The protesters lugged the charred couch into the middle of the two-lane street, depositing it directly in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ Brentwood residence. The activists, from the Sunrise…
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Photos: Millions in Florida flee Hurricane Milton as wind gusts to 120 mph
Hurricane Milton moved in Wednesday evening, bringing winds, waves and surges. Nearly 6 million people were told to evacuate. Hurricane Milton moved into Florida on Wednesday evening, as forecasters warned…
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Irvine tech firm Ingram Micro looks to return to Wall Street – Orange County Register
Irvine-based Ingram Micro Holding Corp., a pioneer in technology logistics, plans a return to public ownership. In filing for an initial public stock offering, Ingram Micro disclosed net income of…
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Venice Canal assault survivor files claim against Los Angeles
A woman who was attacked and sexually assaulted while out for a walk on the Venice Canals in April has filed a $5-million claim against the city of Los Angeles,…
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City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson is new council president
During his years as a community organizer in South L.A., Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson saw the devastation wrought by the crack cocaine epidemic and the economic fallout that…
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Related Bristol proposal to transform 42 acres on Santa Ana’s South Bristol Street hits City Council on Sept. 17 – Orange County Register
One of Santa Ana’s busiest intersections for shopping and culture in the South Coast Metro area could attract even more people if a proposed project promising to mix housing, retail…
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Burst pipe at oil refinery spews petroleum mixture onto street
A broken pipe at a Valero refinery in Wilmington sent a mix of oil, gas and water spewing into the street on Saturday afternoon, according to the Los Angeles Fire…
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Torrance police activity prompts street closures around Del Amo Fashion Center
The Del Amo Fashion Center and streets around the mall were closed on Saturday night while Torrance police officers responded to reports of growing crowds of juveniles. At about 12:42…
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Banksy’s Latest Street Art Doesn’t Stop London Man From Making Off With It
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Compton celebrates rapper and trailblazer Eazy-E with new street
Eric Darnell Wright Jr. remembers his father driving down Muriel Avenue in Compton for Thanksgiving dinner. It was there that his now 86-year old grandmother, Katie Wright, would prepare large…
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Eazy-E to get a Compton street named after him — see where
Soon, you can be cruising down Eazy Street in your ’64. Next week, Compton will unveil the newly renamed road dedicated to the late rap icon Eazy-E, who was born…
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Member of Rothschild family killed in L.A. house fire, neighbors say
A man found dead after his Laurel Canyon house was badly damaged in a fire Wednesday afternoon was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family, neighbors said. The body…
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