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Mayors Ask Biden to Be Included in Climate Migration Study
The mayors of a dozen major U.S. cities, including Los Angeles, New York and San Diego, are asking President Joe Biden to consult them as the administration studies how to identify and resettle people displaced directly or indirectly by drought, rising seas and other effects of climate change
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Red Hot Real Estate Markets Have Turned Surprising Profits for Unintentional Property Flippers
Real estate brokers are seeing a rising number of unintentional real estate flippers as wealthy buyers find luxury properties are scarce.
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Why Climate Migration May Be the Next Crisis on the Horizon
Climate migration and subsequent gentrification will accelerate as the United States faces an accelerating sea-level rise, more intense heatwaves, wildfires, and even mega hurricanes, all worsened by a warming planet. Those trends and events will leave more and more of America uninhabitable.
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LA's Union Station Books Another Starring Role: the Oscars
The Oscars are headed to downtown Los Angeles’ Union Station for the first time this year.
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LA Could Stop Restaurants From Automatically Giving Out Plastic Foodware
In an effort to alleviate some financial burdens on Los Angeles restaurants and reduce plastic waste, the Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday is expected to approve an ordinance that would make disposable foodware, including utensils and napkins, only available at restaurants when requested by customers.
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Meet an Animal Trapper Who Gives Feral Cats a Second Chance
Los Angeles has a policy for dealing with its feral cat population: trap, neuter and return. That’s where Krip Kimmer Hines comes in. Hines, who goes by Kritter Kim, is a cat trapper. Yusuf Omar of Hashtag Our Stories gets a lesson in how to trap cats and then is introduced to Crumbs & Whiskers, a high end cat cafe...
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Millennials Have Been Moving Out of Big Cities — Here's Where They Are Going
Where millennials were already migrating before the pandemic hit, according to a SmartAsset report.
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Missing Hiker Found After Man Using Computer at Home Pinpoints His Location
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said a missing hiker was found after asking other hikers with experience in the Mount Waterman area of the San Gabriel Mountains to help locate him Tuesday.
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‘Sour Grapes' Wine Fraud Con Man Deported to Indonesia
A one-time California man who bilked wine collectors out of millions by selling cheaper booze he rebottled in his kitchen has been deported to his native Indonesia, U.S. immigration officials said Tuesday.
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Girls Reunited With Father After Being Separated at a Detention Center
A Honduran father and his daughters, who were being held by immigration authorities in Texas for more than a month, finally saw each other again in person on Tuesday when they arrived at Los Angeles International Airport.
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Motion for Robert Durst Mistrial Denied, ‘Gory' Evidence Allowed
A Los Angeles judge Monday denied a defense motion for a mistrial in the case of Robert Durst, a New York real estate scion charged with murder for a longtime friend’s killing in Benedict Canyon just before Christmas Eve 2000, ruling that evidence the defense sought to exclude can be admitted.
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COVID Vaccines Open to All LA County Residents 16+ Starting Tuesday at City of LA Sites
Residents aged 16 and over will be able to get vaccinated against COVID-19 as early as Tuesday at city-run sites in Los Angeles, officials said Sunday.
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LA DA Gascón Says It's Time to Remove Youth Offenders From Career Criminal Law
Los Angeles’ new reform-minded top prosecutor said Friday that it’s time to remove youthful offenders from California’s tough career criminal law that can greatly extend their prison time later in life. District Attorney George Gascón, who runs the nation’s largest prosecutors’ office, backed pending legislation that would prevent juvenile “strikes” from counting toward future sentencing enhancements under the state’s “three-strikes”...
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COVID-19 Closure Is Now Extinct at the La Brea Tar Pits
The La Brea Tar Pits on Wilshire Boulevard will reopen Thursday following a COVID-19-forced closure.
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Tiger Woods Was Speeding as Fast as 87 Mph Before Car Crash, LA Sheriff Says
Tiger Woods was driving at nearly double the legal limit when the golf superstar crashed and flipped an SUV in Southern California, the sheriff said.
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The Weeknd Is Top Nominee for May's iHeartRadio Music Awards
The Weeknd, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch are among the top nominees for next month’s iHeartRadio Music Awards.
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Natural History Museum, LACMA Reopen April 1 Following COVID-19 Closures
More cultural institutions will reopen to the public Thursday following COVID-19 closures, with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and the Natural History Museum both welcoming visitors again.
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How Water Gets From the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the Rest of California
Strong storms and cold temperatures are the right ingredients for a deep snowpack in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, which provides water for about 23 million Californians from the Bay Area to Southern California. So how does all that water actually travel hundreds of miles through the Bay Area and Central Valley to Southern California?
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One of the Most Wanted Fugitives in the US Being Sought in Los Angeles Area
One of the most wanted fugitives in the United States is being sought in the Los Angeles area after escaping from an Ohio prison in 1973, authorities confirmed Saturday.