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LA's nuclear history, safety and autonomous cars, the scramble happening within the EV market
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Nov 7, 2017
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LA's nuclear history, safety and autonomous cars, the scramble happening within the EV market

L.A.'s cold war nuclear deterrents are still hidden in plain sight, a study found self-driving cars may be safest now, the EV federal tax credit may be going away.

A Google self-driving car is displayed at the Google headquarters on September 25, 2012 in Mountain View, California.  California Gov. Jerry Brown signed State Senate Bill 1298 that allows driverless cars to operate on public roads for testing purposes. The bill also calls for the Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt regulations that govern licensing, bonding, testing and operation of the driverless vehicles before January 2015.
A Google self-driving car is displayed at the Google headquarters on September 25, 2012 in Mountain View, California. California Gov. Jerry Brown signed State Senate Bill 1298 that allows driverless cars to operate on public roads for testing purposes. The bill also calls for the Department of Motor Vehicles to adopt regulations that govern licensing, bonding, testing and operation of the driverless vehicles before January 2015.
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L.A.'s cold war nuclear deterrents are still hidden in plain sight, a study found self-driving cars may be safest now, the EV federal tax credit may be going away.

Replacing human drivers with robots holds the potential to dramatically reduce deaths, but there’s a problem: Most people don’t trust them.
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The $7,500 federal tax credit for purchasing an electric vehicle is on the chopping block in the GOP's tax-reform bill.
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Now rusty, the Nike missile site known as "LA-55" has been frozen in time since 1974. Here's what it looks like today.
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"There's a sense in a lot of these incidents, both mass shootings and domestic violence, that the perpetrator has a feeling of grievance," NYT reporter Amanda Taub says.
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Protection for nearly 800,000 young immigrants under the DACA program is set to expire beginning next March. Congressional action seems increasingly unlikely.
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For our weekly tour of new music releases, music writer Oliver Wang of soulsides.com is our guide