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Potential effects of border policy shift, protecting yourself while you hike, a new car gathering on the rise
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May 8, 2018
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Potential effects of border policy shift, protecting yourself while you hike, a new car gathering on the rise

Immigrant parents and children will be separated if caught entering the U.S. illegally. Also, bug-borne diseases have tripled so don't become a statistic, and street takeovers plague the Valley.

Miguel Ordeñana and A Martinez hike up to a wildlife camera in Griffith Park.
Miguel Ordeñana and A Martinez hike up to a wildlife camera in Griffith Park.
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Immigrant parents and children will be separated if caught entering the U.S. illegally. Also, bug-borne diseases have tripled so don't become a statistic, and street takeovers plague the Valley.

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Police officers are struggling to track and disperse the car-stunt sideshows and street gatherings cropping up in the Valley.
The two conflicting autopsy results in the police killing of Stephon Clark in Sacramento have brought attention to a new bill in the Legislature.
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In a hot Los Angeles rental market, landlords are turning away veterans with housing vouchers. And it's legal.
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Bug-borne diseases like West Nile, Lyme disease and Zika have tripled, according to the CDC — but you can still go outside, armed with just a few handy tips.
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Artists Aloe Blacc and Patrick Paige II are out with some new tunes just in time for the summer sun.