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Civics & Democracy

Voter ID is on the ballot: Tell LAist about your experience getting an official ID

Prop. 39 would require California voters to provide a government-issued ID before casting a ballot.

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Housing & Homelessness

Reducing drug penalties likely increased homelessness in California, new report says

Researchers determined Prop. 47 likely led to an estimated increase in street homelessness of about 10% between 2015 and 2019.

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Climate & Environment

This week’s heatwave broke records, but there’s relief in sight

The cooldown starts Saturday after downtown L.A., Woodland Hills and Lancaster broke records.

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Climate & Environment

Aquarium of the Pacific scrambled to save hundreds of sea creatures after massive smuggling busts

Southern California is considered an epicenter of trafficked wildlife.

A female-presenting person with dark hair in a ponytail sits in tie passenger seat of a red car, wearing an orange zip-up jacket over a white shirt with blue text. A male-presenting person with short, medium tone hair sits in the driver's seat with a shocked expression, wearing a blue zip-up jacket over a white shirt. Between them, an animated coyote with yellow eyes sits in the back seat.

Arts & Entertainment

FilmWeek: ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ ‘The Dog Stars,’ ‘Finding Emily’ and more!

Larry Mantle and critics Lael Loewenstein, Charles Solomon and Katie Walsh review the long-awaited Coyote vs. Acme, Ridley Scott’s newest sci-fi movie The Dog Stars and more.

Tim Curry as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show. He wears curly black hair, a white pearl necklace, a sparkly black vest, black panties, black gloves, and black thigh-high stockings.

Arts & Entertainment

Feature: Remembering Tim Curry

Tim Curry, an actor who created a gallery of villains for stage and screen, has died. He was 80. Larry Mantle and our critics remember some of Curry’s most iconic roles.