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12/03/2024

You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride. We kept our ears open all year.

Here's the result of that listening: our picks for the best albums of 2024.

You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in...

12/03/2024

After January 5, the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo will close its main pavilion to the public to make renovations over the next two years.

Programming and installations will move off-site until the project is completed sometime in 2026.

The country's premier museum about the Japanese American experience is undergoing an $85 million renovation.

12/03/2024

The RE/Sound Festival, now in its second year, features a multi-genre lineup of musicians, and about 100 volunteers are needed for support and outreach.

The RE/Sound Festival, now in its second year, features a multi-genre lineup, and about 100 volunteers are needed for support and outreach.

12/03/2024

Scientists believe it was roughly a year ago that an influenza virus sickening and killing birds happened upon a new and surprisingly hospitable host in the Texas Panhandle — dairy cattle.

That encounter was enough to set in motion today's cattle outbreak, which scientists who study influenza warn has the potential to become another pandemic.

Efforts to contain the virus are falling short. A teenager in Canada is in critical condition after an unexplained infection. And the arrival of...

12/03/2024

While San Francisco has gotten an outsized amount of attention for putting its busing program at the forefront of its homelessness strategy, other California cities and nonprofits continue to quietly send small numbers of unhoused people all over the country.

Many California cities offer their homeless residents one-way bus tickets to other places.

12/03/2024

If you’ve hunted for apartments recently and felt like all the rents were equally high, you’re not crazy: Many landlords now use a single company’s software — which uses an algorithm based on proprietary lease information — to help set rent prices.

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✍️ Wendy Fry | CalMatters
🎨 Adriana Heldiz CalMatters; iStock, RentCafe

12/03/2024

The leaders of the state Legislature have a message for voters: We know you’re frustrated with how expensive California is — and we’re going to fix it.

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✍️ CalMatters | Alexei Koseff
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12/03/2024

L.A. County libraries are doing more to prevent fatal drug overdoses. The county system has already had a weekly naloxone clinic at 13 select libraries, but now they’re adding free fentanyl test strips to be given out during that time.

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✍️ Cato Hernández
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12/03/2024

Black Friday, Cyber Monday, all the way through Christmas, online shopping spikes throughout the holiday season. It’s convenient and can be necessary.

But that convenience also has real consequences for communities and the planet.

Shopping at local small businesses and for fair trade products can lessen your impact on people and the planet.

12/03/2024

Birth centers are midwife-run facilities that deliver babies outside of hospitals. They have struggled to stay in business in part because of strict state licensing requirements.

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✍️ Kristen Hwang | CalMatters
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12/03/2024

While Democrats retain a supermajority, experts say Republican wins — and an increasingly diverse GOP Caucus — signal potential shifts in voter sentiment among non white voters.

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✍️ Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters
📸 Photo by Jules Hotz/CalMatters

12/02/2024

You can't always know that it's a great year for new music while it's happening, but there was a sense from the very start of 2024 that we were in for a ride. We kept our ears open all year.

Here's the result of that listening: our picks for the best albums of 2024: https://ow.ly/Xsjg50UjqRf

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12/02/2024

Dislodging climate change from the culture wars might feel nearly impossible.

But scientists have found ways to talk about the changing weather that resonate with Fox News fans, a segment of the population that many climate advocates consider a lost cause, by taking a “just the facts” approach.

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✍️ Kate Yoder | Grist
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12/02/2024

President-elect Donald Trump’s selection of a close ally and the co-chair of his transition team indicates that education could be a major priority of his administration, even though it did not feature prominently in the 2024 presidential campaign.

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✍️ Louis Freedberg | EdSource
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12/02/2024

An effort to unionize Amazon’s delivery drivers faces an unusual initial challenge: they don't technically work for Amazon. Here's a look at the legal battle shaking out for Southern California drivers.

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✍️ Libby Rainey
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12/02/2024

State lawmakers are set to gavel in a special session to boost funding for legal fights against a second Trump administration immediately after swearing in newly-elected members on Dec. 2 in Sacramento.

Gov. Gavin Newsom has said the extra money will go toward defending the state’s climate policies, including its phaseout of gas-powered vehicles, as well as its immigration and reproductive health care agenda.

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✍️ Camille von Kaenel | Politico
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12/02/2024

Orange County Supervisor Vicente Sarmiento is calling for an “independent third-party forensic audit” of all contracts “directed or influenced” by former Supervisor Andrew Do.

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✍️ Yusra Farzan
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12/02/2024

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