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The company wants more than $1 billion in damages, blaming Altus Power for the June 17 fire that destroyed its cold storage facility.
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The U.S. marks the 25th anniversary of 9/11. Events will honor those lost, at a time when Americans are divided about the meaning and legacy of the terrorist attacks. -
Friday marks 25 years of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York.
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Food Friday
At the Michelin-recognized CASA LEO, Chef Joshua Whigham's monthly paella drop resists the tourist version of the Spanish staple.
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A mayoral debate flashpoint reignited a decades-old fight. Here's what the law says — and why enforcement looks nothing like it. -
Aladin Sweets and Market tapped into a flavor that reminded Los Angeles of their Bengali roots when they opened their shop in the early 1990s.
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The Education Department gathers a massive tranche of civil rights data about public school students. It's now available but harder to parse than in the past.
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The president announced a $5,000 payment for every adult citizen if the Republican Party maintains control of the House and Senate in the midterm election. -
25 years after 9/11, TSA brings back gate access for some people without plane tickets, LAX includedThe move revives a tradition that largely disappeared after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks 25 years ago this week.
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The Trump administration calls this "economic D-Day" on Iran. Iran vows to respond to fresh sanctions in a "seismic manner." -
The shift comes as U.S. stockpiles of key weapons have dwindled and as stop-start talks seem again to have stalled. But Trump insists the pressure can lead to a breakthrough. -
Iran's parliament is reviewing a plan to ban ships linked to the U.S., Israel and other "hostile countries" from transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
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Sat, Sep 12LAist Listens — Café Calle
LAist Listens is popping up in neighborhoods across SoCal to meet community members in person.
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Sun, Sep 13LAist at Segerstrom Center for the Arts' Ruby Jubilee: 40th Anniversary Celebration
Join LAist as we celebrate 40 years of arts, community, and connection at Segerstrom Center for the Arts.
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Wed, Sep 16LAist at The Moth StorySLAM: Divas
The Moth StorySLAM is an open-mic storytelling competition in which anyone can share a true, personal, 5-minute story on the night's theme.
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On September 27, comedian and actor Jeff B. Davis and actor Vella Lovell, plus surprise experts will join J. Keith and Helen for a trivia show like no other!
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Voters in November will decide whether to make the sales tax increase permanent to pay for city maintenance, police and a host of other services. -
The city will still cut hundreds of other jobs — from firefighters to homeless outreach workers — elsewhere in its budget.
Education
California community colleges initially backed two bills to help them issue more bachelor’s degrees. Last-minute changes killed their support.
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There are more homeless infants and toddlers in CA. What does this mean for early learning programs?More than 5% of California’s infants and toddlers are estimated to have experienced homelessness in 2023-24, a rise of about 12,000, or 16%, from the previous year. -
Many schools still struggle with the transition to later school start times, advocates say.
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Hong Pham cooks — and sells — his homemade ducks from his South Pasadena backyard when he's not being a doctor.
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Vintage clothes, antique jewelry and a crash course in bees — all in one little Burbank shop. -
We take you to a DIY skate park — for your fingers — in Atwater Village.
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LAist sat down with two of the minds behind Pawn Shop, a new sports bar on Melrose with menu items like pickle-brined fried chicken and caviar.
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Obsessive sourcing, a tight menu, USDA Prime over mesquite — and a $7 taco. Inside the most ambitious new taco stand in L.A. -
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Three drinks, three rituals, one hot summer — from the midday vermouth hour to evening gin and tonics.
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Imperfect ParadiseLAist's weekly on-demand news magazine show that pulls back the curtain and dives deeper into the biggest and most consequential SoCal stories of the week from our newsroom. New episodes drop every Friday.
Listen 25:38Many of the homes that survived the Palisades and Eaton fires are still not habitable because of contamination from smoke damage. Residents have been left battling with insurance companies over who is responsible for post-fire cleaning and testing. LAist’s David Wagner dives into where we are with rebuilding, new proposed rules around safety-testing and what they might mean for the future of home insurance in California.
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