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atmospheric rivers
L.A.’s ‘Green Alley’ Experiments Are WorkingThe city’s efforts to become flood- and drought-resilient are ready to be scaled up.
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An EV in Every Driveway Is an Environmental DisasterWe can’t lithium mine our way out of climate crisis.
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Al Roker Is at War With His TeslaHe can’t get in, and he can’t get out.
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california storms
California’s Lost TreesAfter the current storms end, the state will face a new challenge: restoring an already diminished urban canopy.
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Make 2023 the Year of the BusCori Bush’s first-of-its-kind BRT bill is a start.
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urban fauna
Los Angeles’s Celebrity Mountain Lion Was Also Its HostageWithout an easy way to cross the freeways that bisect his natural habitat, P-22’s life in the city was a lonely one.
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getting around
Eric Garcetti’s Broken SidewalksIf you want to know what kind of mayor he’s been for Los Angeles, just look down.
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Where Is the Tesla Bus?Elon Musk announced it alongside the Tesla Semi all those years ago. So what gives?
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Is the American West Finally Ready to Kill the Lawn?A historic agreement to save the Colorado River by tearing up more grass is a small step, but a crucial one.
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GM Is Fixing Busted Teslas NowAbout 11,000 of them so far, according to GM’s president.
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The University of California Strike Has Been 50 Years in the MakingAn obscure 1978 property-tax law helps explain why nearly 50,000 grad workers walked out.
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Don’t Blame the E-BikeThere’s fear and confusion after a surge of preventable battery fires.
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Can Transit Ambassadors Make the Subway Safer Just by Being There?Los Angeles and other cities are trying to find out if better customer service offers an alternative to policing.
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landlords and tenants
California Has a Brand-new, Very Tiny Renters’ CaucusTalking to the chair of the four-member group about skyrocketing costs, landlord colleagues, and what he pays for a one-bedroom.
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7-Inch Platform Gaps Are Keeping Disabled Riders Off the SubwaysA new class-action lawsuit is demanding the MTA do something to actually fix them.
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remembrance
Mike Davis Was RightAbout the fires in Malibu, the hostile approach to urban planning, the inequality crushing Los Angeles.
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getting around
New York’s Halloween Streets Plan Should Be in Place Year-RoundIt shouldn’t be this dangerous for kids to walk around their neighborhoods.
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Can You Make Drivers Pay Attention to Cyclists?Automakers are betting that a series of built-in alerts will help save lives.
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landlords and tenants
‘That’s the One to Put in a Blender’The secret Los Angeles City Council recordings reveal a real fear of a potential tenants’ bloc.
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The SUV-ification of Police FleetsExperts sound the alarm as departments across the country embrace bigger, faster vehicles.
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The Case for the One-Car BuildingWhy a midtown tower’s communal Porsche is kind of a good thing.
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Is There Such a Thing As an Ethical Smart City?Josh O’Kane’s new book on Sidewalk Labs’ failed city of the future says there’s potential.
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jackson water crisis
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extreme heat
When the Playground Slide Reaches 122 DegreesHow we’ve surrendered some of our most essential public spaces to extreme heat.
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hot garbage
Is Alternate-Side Parking a Mistake?How the weekly car ballet does, and doesn’t, keep the city clean.
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getting around
California Banned Gas Cars. Now It Needs a Plan for Fewer Cars.“Responding to climate change requires diminishing that car dependence.”
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Can a Garage Full of Revel Taxis Stop the Next Blackout?Electric vehicles could become a giant energy-storage bank.
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what is elon musk?
Elon’s Biggest BoondoggleWhy did the world’s richest man spend the past five years trying to sell cities a hole in the ground?
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the unhoused
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A Bike Lane Built for a Car CrashWhy did L.A.’s 6th Street Bridge turn into just another altar to the automobile?
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gun violence
52 Empty School Buses Drove to Ted Cruz’s HouseThe mobile memorial is visiting NRA-funded politicians to remind them of the 4,368 U.S. children murdered by gun violence since 2020.
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life after roe
Ozark, of All Things, Inspired a Plan for a Floating Gulf Coast Abortion Clinic“I began thinking of how it could be legal because of those casino ships on the Mississippi.”
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life after roe
The Lobby Newsstand Could be the Future of AbortionPeople lease federal land to sell chips and drill for oil. Why not a clinic?
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getting around
How California Got ‘Relief at the Pump’ RightLawmakers realized it’s not just about drivers.
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capitol riot
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Bring on the SUV CrushingIf New York City wants to do safety spectacle, let’s go big.
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The MTA Bus Driver Who Won’t Tell You to Pay“I’m not enforcing a fare that can lead to me being hurt.”
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Los Angeles Is Trying to Ban Bike Repair in PublicThe council just advanced an ordinance that would make it illegal to be in public space with bike parts.
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back to the office
Elon Musk Is Over Remote WorkPut in 40 hours a week at the office first, then he’ll consider it.
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early and often
Rick Caruso, the Mall King Who Would Be L.A.’s MayorTo get an idea of what kind of leader he might be, take a walk through the Grove.
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