Before the Fire, L.A. Tried to Restore Second Reservoir in Palisades
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Before the Fire, L.A. Tried to Restore Second Reservoir in Palisades

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Seven months before fire swept through the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, the city’s water managers were formulating a plan to revive an old reservoir to temporarily boost the area’s limited water capacity. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power was…

On California’s State Bar Exam, More Questions Than Answers
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On California’s State Bar Exam, More Questions Than Answers

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Thousands of people took the new California bar exam in February, ready to the join the ranks of the state’s 195,000 lawyers. But a series of missteps by the institution responsible for licensing lawyers has thrown thousands of nascent legal careers into a…

Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69
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Jed the Fish Dead: KROQ DJ Who Pioneered New Wave Radio Was 69

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jed Gould, the influential Los Angeles disc jockey known as Jed the Fish, who used his off-kilter sensibility and deep musical knowledge to shine a light on artists like the Cure, Depeche Mode and the Offspring at the groundbreaking New Wave and alternative…

Downtown L.A. Has Seen Its Share of Violence. Then Someone Went After Its Trees.
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Downtown L.A. Has Seen Its Share of Violence. Then Someone Went After Its Trees.

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines On a busy stretch of Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles, three orange-and-white traffic cones sit atop the dirt in grates on the sidewalk where three trees once stood. It’s not a construction site. It’s a kind of crime scene. The three trees…

Wink Martindale, Popular and Durable Game Show Host, Dies at 91
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Wink Martindale, Popular and Durable Game Show Host, Dies at 91

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Wink Martindale, a radio personality who became a television star as a dapper and affable host of game shows like “Gambit” and “Tic-Tac-Dough” in the 1970s and ’80s and “Debt” in the ’90s, died on Tuesday in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 91….

Jay North, Child Star Who Played ‘Dennis the Menace,’ Dies at 73
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Jay North, Child Star Who Played ‘Dennis the Menace,’ Dies at 73

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Jay North, who played the well-meaning, trouble-causing protagonist of the popular CBS sitcom “Dennis the Menace” from 1959 to 1963, died on Sunday at his home in Lake Butler, Fla. He was 73. His death was confirmed by Laurie Jacobson, a friend of…

After the Fires, Rick Caruso Aspires to a New Role: Shadow Mayor of Los Angeles
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After the Fires, Rick Caruso Aspires to a New Role: Shadow Mayor of Los Angeles

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Rick J. Caruso, the wealthy developer, spent $100 million to run for mayor of Los Angeles in 2022. After his decisive defeat, he stepped to the side of the public stage. But this year, in the weeks and months following the devastating January…

Los Angeles County Plans to Pay Billion to Settle Sex Abuse Claims
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Los Angeles County Plans to Pay $4 Billion to Settle Sex Abuse Claims

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Los Angeles County has agreed to pay a staggering $4 billion to settle sex abuse claims from generations of children in its juvenile detention and foster care systems in what lawyers said would be the largest payout of its kind in U.S. history….

‘No Cake, No Entry’: More Than 1,000 Picnic to Celebrate the Love of Cake
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‘No Cake, No Entry’: More Than 1,000 Picnic to Celebrate the Love of Cake

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines More than a thousand people gathered for a picnic on Saturday around tables draped with white tablecloths and spread over the lawn of the Legion of Honor art museum in San Francisco. There was just one rule: “No cake, no entry.” Attendees —…

As Tesla Protests Spread, Elon Musk Gets Ready to Enter the Restaurant Business
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As Tesla Protests Spread, Elon Musk Gets Ready to Enter the Restaurant Business

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#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A retro-futuristic diner is rising on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles. Curved, silvery and flanked by two outdoor film screens, it looks as if a flying saucer had sailed out of a 1950s drive-in movie and come to rest in the parking…