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Two tents, one orange and one blue, sit amongst trees. A picnic bench and fire pit are in the foreground

Climate & Environment

Trying to make a camping reservation, but your ReserveCalifornia login won’t work? Here’s the fix

You may get caught in login troubles while other people are snapping up your top choice.

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Arts & Entertainment

FilmWeek: ‘Dead Man’s Wire,’ ‘Greenland 2: Migration,’ ‘All That’s Left of You,’ and more!

Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Lael Loewenstein and Beandrea July review this weekend’s latest movie releases. And we remember Hungarian filmmaker Béla Tarr.

State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond, a man with dark skin tone, wearing a blue suit, sits in a chair and speaks while moving his hands.

Education

Schools chief was caught off guard by Newsom’s plan to pare down the future scope of his job

Newsom’s proposal for California schools would shift more power to the governor and pare down the state superintendent’s role.

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Arts & Entertainment

Feature: Director Park Chan-wook talks about his new film No Other Choice

Larry Mantle speaks with director Park Chan-wook about his new film No Other Choice.

Governor Gavin Newsom, a man with light skin tone, wearing a blue suit, stands and speaks behind a wooden podium with a microphone on it. He points with his left hand.

Civics & Democracy

Gavin Newsom forecasts a rosier California budget and banks on AI boom continuing

The governor’s 2026-27 budget proposal projects $9 billion more in revenue than anticipated, banking on the AI-driven economy to last.

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News

New York Times reporting shares one Altadena family’s experience living in their ‘toxic house’

Today on AirTalk: How did an Altadena family end up back in a toxic house? Willan on investor home-buying? Food Friday: Smorgasburg; and FilmWeek.

A roadway is coated in dark brown mud, with bright orange and yellow pieces of construction equipment along the left hand side near a sharp mountain side.

Food

Which fire-affected restaurants are open and closed in Malibu and the Palisades?

The Palisades Fire destroyed and disrupted restaurants up and down the coast. A year later, here's which are open and which remain closed.

A man wearing a gray sweatshirt a black hat and black head phones looks down at what appears to be a phone. A young girl with black hair, wearing headphones and a camouflage print t-shirt with white print that reads "Altadena," but is partially obscured by her crossed arms. a mic on a stand is to the right.

Arts & Entertainment

Black Eyed Peas’ Taboo and his daughter wrote ‘Stand Strong’ to process the Eaton Fire

A year later, Taboo and his 9-year-old daughter Jett released the song in an effort to give back.

The charred remains of a building, with black smoke overhead.

Food

For Altadena restaurants, recovery remains uncertain a year after the Eaton Fire

Some have reopened since the January 2025 fire, but restaurants whose structures were destroyed face challenges around costs, logistics and building requirements.

A mountain range that's green under a blue sky.

Climate & Environment

The LA fires burned Angelenos' wild havens. A year later, nature is starting to recover

Only time will tell how completely nature recovers from the devastating Eaton and Palisades fires in January 2025. But the early signs are at least partially encouraging.

Saugus Cafe neon sign illuminated at night showing 'OPEN 24 HOURS' and 'ATM' signs above the main signage.

Food

The Original Saugus Cafe could reopen soon — but a dispute over the name looms large

A legal battle has erupted between the family that operated the business for nearly 30 years and the property owners.

A security camera view of the side of a house and a crawlspace, with the top half of a huge black bear sticking out of the crawlspace opening.

Climate & Environment

Bye bye Barry: Large black bear finally leaves Altadena home

Wildlife officials confirmed to LAist the roughly 550-pound animal has left and the crawlspace had been secured.

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