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State lawmakers seek tougher rules for industrial facilities after Boyle Heights fire

SACRAMENTO — Two state lawmakers from Los Angeles want tougher penalties for disasters caused by industrial companies after a massive fire in Boyle Heights left neighbors struggling with smoky air and ...
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Inflation cools, but gas and grocery pain persists for voters

Inflation slowed last month and a measure of underlying price pressures also cooled, suggesting higher oil and gas prices from the Iran war are only having a limited impact on broader costs in the ...

California to phase out paraquat, a powerful weedkiller associated with serious health issues

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation said all manufacturers of pesticide products containing paraquat have ...

‘California’s coast is not for sale.’ State battles Trump plan to limit coastal oversight

Hundreds of Californians rallied at a federal hearing to protest a Trump administration push to wrest regulatory control over ...
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Letters to the Editor: Just hoping homeless encampments won’t return isn’t an effective solution

To the editor: Our good mayor lacks the skill of pattern recognition (“Bass’ Inside Safe teams went to these places again and again. But so did the homeless,” Aug. 9). She should have seen that since ...

L.A’.s first ethics chief, Benjamin Bycel, dies at 84

Benjamin Bycel worked as an attorney for the ACLU and later as a civil rights lawyer in Santa Barbara, successfully arguing a ...
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Dimension Raises $1.65M Seed Round to Scale Seller OS for Social Commerce

Los Angeles-based Dimension, a social commerce tech company, raised $1.65 million in seed funding. The round includes participation from Science Inc., UpscaleX, OpenSky, Long Run Capital, 1864 Fund, ...
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Letters to the Editor: Socialism creates monopolies, and monopolies always fail over time

To the editor: Robin Abcarian’s column is both correct and incorrect at the same time because it omits the time variable (“Democratic socialists aren’t coming to threaten your way of life,” Aug. 9).
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin spending more than $100 million fighting California wealth tax

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred Google co-founder Sergey Brin has poured $102 ...
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Letters to the Editor: Netanyahu won’t leave Gaza alone without international intervention

To the editor: Guest contributor Daoud Kuttab notes that Israel is reluctant to abide by the Trump administration’s 20-point plan because Israel does not trust Hamas to disarm (“One key element is ...
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435 arrests, $12 million in OT, few lessons learned: LAPD issues report on ICE protests

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. See more from the L.A. Times in Google Search. Set us as preferred A report issued Tuesday by the LAPD detailed ...
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Highlights from The Envelope’s Aug. 13 issue

As a function of my trade, my personal style is closer to “Spotlight” than “The Devil Wears Prada,” but when 6-foot-tall Jessica Williams stepped onto the set of this week’s cover shoot sporting a ...