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'The bane of retail.' Many big chains now lock up all kinds of merchandise
Detergent and deodorant, toothpaste, the entire shampoo aisle.“It’s all locked up,” Corey Potter sighed, describing shelves...
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All-cash offers, wealthy buyers push Southern California home prices to a record
Southern California home prices hit a record in March amid sky-high mortgage interest rates, a combination...
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An old rail track in Northern California could become a 300-mile hiking trail
More than a century ago, a railroad was constructed to shuttle passengers and redwood logs between...
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Oakland officials vote to rename airport despite SF threatening to sue
The Port of Oakland Board of Commissioners unanimously voted this week to change the name of...
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The Rise and Decline of Vector Graphic (1985)
Remember Lore Harp? The housewife-turned-MBA who was splashed on the cover of Inc. magazine, lionized in...
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Rattlesnakes on Santa Catalina Island have learned to be unusually aggressive
Discerning what makes rattlesnakes tick is a life’s work for researchers like William Hayes. So if...
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The fall of the iconic chain 99 Cents Only
It was Friday the 13th when the first 99 Cents Only store opened in 1982 on...
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Multimillion-dollar L.A. heist was seamless, sophisticated, stealthy
Federal and local law enforcement officials have descended on a nondescript warehouse in the San Fernando...
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In one of LA's largest cash heists, burglars steal as much as $30M from vault
In one of the largest cash heists in Los Angeles history, thieves made off with as...
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California is building fewer homes. The state could get even more expensive
Ken Kahan makes a living building homes. A specialty? Luxury apartment complexes in Los Angeles neighborhoods...
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Bring buttons and dials back to new cars. Touch screens distract drivers
As cars go electric and get more technologically advanced, their interiors are increasingly being built around...
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Hay for cattle consumes nearly half the water drawn from Colorado River, study
With chronic water shortages afflicting the Colorado River, discussions about how to cut usage have increasingly...
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State Farm won't renew 72,000 insurance policies in California
The California homeowners’ insurance crisis reached another critical stage this week when State Farm General Insurance...
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LAPD warns about WiFi jamming burglars disabling home security systems
File image of a Ring doorbell camera. The LAPD has put out an advisory on burglars...
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Sophisticated 'burglary tourists' fly from S America to rob wealthy homes – LAPD
In the desert around Scottsdale, Ariz., on Monday, police officers hunted for a member of an...
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Job growth is booming across the U.S. but not in California. Here's why
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers continued hiring new workers at a brisk pace last month, providing fresh...
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California EV sales are falling
After years of rapid expansion, California’s booming EV market may be showing signs of fatigue as...
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California's war on plastic bag use seems to have backfired
It was a decade ago when California became the first state in the nation to ban...
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Why diets backfire: A year after weight loss, the desire to eat grows stronger
Losing weight is, for most people, the easy part. The bigger challenge is trying to keep...
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Taggers have sprayed graffiti on 27 stories of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper
From a parking lot on the corner of 12th and Figueroa streets, Michael Lopez carefully commandeered...
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Biden's Western solar plan sounds scary. But it's better than climate change
A single federal agency oversees nearly a quarter-billion acres of public lands — and those acres...
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A Bad Day for Tech: 31,000 Jobs Slashed (2001)
A host of beleaguered technology companies announced a staggering 31,000 worldwide job cuts Thursday, marking one...
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L.A. is being 'stripped for parts.' Here's what the City wants to do about it
Copper wire thefts have plagued Los Angeles for years, posing safety hazards and costing the city...
