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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...
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That pain in your back? It's a pain in your brain
As a chronic pain sufferer, I sometimes surprise people by telling them that my pain doesn’t...
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The lithium revolution has arrived at California's Salton Sea
I’m finally convinced: California’s Imperial Valley will be a major player in the clean energy transition.After...
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Why are so many EV charging stations broken in California?
Doug McCune of Oakland was set to buy an electric car, a Mustang Mach-E. The paperwork...
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Margaret Mead wanted to save the world via LSD. The government had other ideas
Benjamin Breen, a young historian at UC Santa Cruz, has written a gripping new book that...
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Nation's largest single-family home landlord to pay $3.7M in CA gouging case
The nation’s largest landlord of single-family home rentals will pay $3.7 million in civil penalties and...
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Why pushing STEM majors is turning out to be a terrible investment
Republicans and Democrats don’t seem to agree on much these days. But despite the gridlock in...