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Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furor
Read More: Plans to transform an iconic San Francisco highway into a park ignite recall furorSAN FRANCISCO — On a recent Sunday on the far edge of the Outer Sunset, a cozy oceanfront neighborhood with rows of pastel bungalows, hundreds of people enjoyed a stretch of the iconic coastal road known as the Great Highway. A dad taught his kid how to ride a bike. A young couple strolled with their…
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MacArthur Park needs a champion and defender — right now
Read More: MacArthur Park needs a champion and defender — right nowEarly one morning in Westlake, as neighborhood children walked to school, I spotted a woman heading in my direction. She was holding the hand of a little girl who wore a mask, carefully leading her around three people who were sprawled on the pavement. They were walking on Bonnie Brae Street, a couple blocks east…
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Citations coming if you park within 20 feet of an L.A. crosswalk in 2025
Read More: Citations coming if you park within 20 feet of an L.A. crosswalk in 2025Starting Jan. 1 you could be cited for parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk even if there’s no warning sign or painted red curb under a statewide parking law that’s set to be enforced next year. Assembly Bill 413, or California’s “daylighting” law, went into effect in 2024 and prohibits drivers from stopping, standing…
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Column: ‘I can’t deal with life sober’: Response to the MacArthur Park drug epidemic just isn’t enough
Read More: Column: ‘I can’t deal with life sober’: Response to the MacArthur Park drug epidemic just isn’t enoughHe was bent at the waist, wobbly and shoeless on grimy pavement at the end of an alley where fires smolder, drug users gather day and night, and death lurks. Slowly, he made his way across the parking lot behind the Yoshinoya restaurant at Wilshire Boulevard and Alvarado Street. It was not a normal gait,…
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In Coachella Valley, residents seek a park along shrinking Salton Sea
Read More: In Coachella Valley, residents seek a park along shrinking Salton SeaSALTON SEA, Calif. — In a state boasting epic mountain ranges and stunning coastlines, the Salton Sea is not typically considered an outdoor-lover’s paradise. California’s largest inland lake, which straddles Riverside and Imperial counties, is in fact beautiful. The 35-mile-long sea shimmers, a cascade of colors in the desert, when the sun sets over the…
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Three dogs, believed to be ‘XL bullies,’ fatally attack owner in San Diego park
Read More: Three dogs, believed to be ‘XL bullies,’ fatally attack owner in San Diego parkThree large dogs attacked and fatally injured their owner at a neighborhood park in San Diego on Friday, officials said. The man was not identified. A second victim who suffered “serious bite injuries while trying to assist the first victim” was taken to a hospital and was recovering, officials said. All three dogs were euthanized…
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‘Why are you messing with me for smoking fentanyl?’ The tough task of policing MacArthur Park
Read More: ‘Why are you messing with me for smoking fentanyl?’ The tough task of policing MacArthur ParkOfficers from LAPD’s Rampart Division were on foot patrol one morning in late July when they saw what appeared to be fentanyl residue on a bong inside a vending booth on Alvarado Street. The booth was directly across the street from MacArthur Park, the epicenter of a drug epidemic that has devastated the Westlake neighborhood.…
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A puma seen in Griffith Park spurred hope. He is now believed dead
Read More: A puma seen in Griffith Park spurred hope. He is now believed deadA mountain lion spotted at the edge of Griffith Park this spring spurred excitement — and concern — among Angelenos invested in the region’s hulking feline inhabitants. Would he stay and become the successor to celebrity puma P-22, who reigned over the green space in the heart of Los Angeles for a decade? Wildlife officials…
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The gambit to preserve a three-generation legacy of affordable rents in Cypress Park
Read More: The gambit to preserve a three-generation legacy of affordable rents in Cypress ParkFor 15 years, it was a ritual that kept Andrés Cortes close to his beloved abuelita. He would collect the rent from the other four tenants of her Cypress Park rental property, add his own and deliver the envelope in person to the family homestead a few blocks away. She’d ask for news of the…
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Park board mishandled stricter enforcement at Minnehaha dog park
Read More: Park board mishandled stricter enforcement at Minnehaha dog parkCityscape | Twin Cities urban geographer Bill Lindeke weighs in on city life, transportation, planning and more in his column delivered to your inbox weekly. Editor’s note: This story was produced as part of ThreeSixty Journalism’s 2024 Op-Ed Workshop for high school youth in partnership with Sahan Journal and the Minnesota Star Tribune. ThreeSixty is a…
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Blake Lively accuses director, co-star of “It Ends with Us” of sexual harassment, smear campaign
Actress Blake Lively accused “It Ends With Us” director and co-star Justin Baldoni of sexually harassing her and seeking to smear her reputation after she spoke out about a “hostile work environment” that nearly derailed the film. In a legal complaint filed this week, Lively alleges she raised concerns about inappropriate behavior by Baldoni, who…
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Sacramento deputies arrest man on suspicion of beheading baby son
A Sacramento County father has been arrested on suspicion of beheading his 1-year-old son, sheriff’s officials said. Andrey Demskiy, 28, was arrested and booked Friday on felony charges of murder, assault by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury, and corporal injury on a spouse in connection with the child’s death, according to…
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