Access to Pacific Coast Highway between Santa Monica and Malibu, which had been restricted since the Palisades fire erupted Jan. 7, was expanded this week for residents, business and other traffic. As of 6 a.m. Thursday, the route was opened to residents of the Pacific Palisades and Malibu burn areas, along with essential businesses and…
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Mayor Karen Bass, left, fired Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley today, foisting blame on her for what she called failures in leadership stemming from the January windstorm that led to the deadly wildfire that ravaged Pacific Palisades. (Photo by AP, Howard Freshman, Contributing Photographer) Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass removed Kristin Crowley as…
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By Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline.org The Trump administration has begun dismantling the nation’s defenses against foreign interference in voting, a sweeping retreat that has alarmed state and local election officials. Related Articles National Politics | Republicans are eyeing cuts to Medicaid. What’s Medicaid, again? National Politics | Red states embrace Trump’s crackdown on remote government work…
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George E. Johnson, at 97, is a rich man. He’s been a rich man since the 1960s. He’s owned yachts, cattle ranches and a home in France. Years ago, he took a French lover; they divorced after a short marriage. He lived in Glencoe much of his life. He had a tennis court and swimming…
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Taco Bell doesn’t usually serve churros, but the fast food giant will be offering them for a limited time. Taco Bell is partnering with Milk Bar on a Birthday Cake Churro. The treat is filled with birthday cake frosting and topped with confetti sprinkles. They sell two for about $2.99 or one for $1.99 at…
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The lone adult charged in connection with the Hollywood Hills killing of rap artist Pop Smoke in 2020 was sentenced on Friday, Feb. 21, to 29 years in state prison. Corey Walker, age 19 at the time of the killing, had pleaded guilty on Feb. 5 in downtown Los Angeles to voluntary manslaughter and two…
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Home prices weakened across Southern California as 2025 started, with only one local market – Orange County – showing rising prices in January. My trusty spreadsheet examined intriguing indexes from First American Data & Analytics, which tracks four local housing markets. These yardsticks follow overall pricing patterns for single-family homes, dividing each market into cost…
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Los Angeles Public Library collection The tile hunters of Altadena have saved at least eight boxes (and counting) of historic and architecturally-significant tiles from fireplaces around town, in many cases all that’s left of homes leveled by the devastating Eaton fire. The majority of tiles that Cliff Douglas, Eric Garland, Stanley Zucker and company have…
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The world’s first Encanto ride set to debut at Walt Disney World in Florida offers a glimpse of what the future could hold for the Disneyland resort over the next couple decades under a reimagined long-term vision for the Anaheim theme park resort district. An Encanto-themed land was pitched as a possible project for a…
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Within days after the ruinous Eaton Fire swept through Altadena and Pasadena, Cliff Douglas chanced upon a mission. The masonry contractor was checking on a job site in Altadena when he noticed the chimneys standing alone among a landscape of rubble. Rising above one otherwise leveled home was a Batchelder-tiled fireplace. Intact. Douglas knew the…
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