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Digging into the new state budget proposal, local reaction to the city's homeless plan, the citywide redesign for streetlights.

Last year's fire season impacted cell phone coverage and military bases, California schools are recruiting more teachers of color, and LAPD had its own radio show.

Content creators on the TikTok app are living together in LA mansions, video game developers plan to unionize, and details on California's proposed Green New Deal.

State Senator Scott Wiener's housing bill is back for the third time, how a Caltech researcher plans to survey the region, and artist diversity at Coachella.

What's next for the L.A. County Department of Probation, new research into alternative pain management, and Long Beach fires the Queen Mary's longtime inspector.

Reactions to the U.S. airstrike that killed Iran's top military leader, black drivers are more often stopped by police, and we preview immigrant community stories.

What to expect in California's early primary election, how former N.B.A. commissioner David Stern changed basketball, and the history of Irwindale's craters.

L.A.'s permit program for street vendors begins tomorrow, the future of higher education under new laws, and how the Oregon Ducks mascot got a start in SoCal.

A local rabbi responds to recent anti-Semitic attacks, why small airplanes crash so often in the city of Upland, and a recap on the year's biggest education stories.

Big changes are ahead for many California workers who earn their living through gigs and freelance work. Peruvian-Japanese nikkei in Little Tokyo.

How the latest stock market conditions could impact your personal finance, the state of the family dinner, Black Lives Matter origins in Hurricane Katrina.

A look at the stock markets, Jake Johnson talks new film 'Digging for Fire,' men take breakups harder than you think, study finds.

Take Two follows one family through the asylum process, America's next black leaders, the history of Jello (that may surprise you).

Latino vs. Hispanic -- one cartoonist illustrated the difference, should brands hitch themselves to spokespeople, the precedent set by the Ashley Madison hackers.

The IRS is looking into taxing tech company meals, Joe Domanick's new book, how much longer can California last in the drought?

Will the claims about Amazon's work culture deter customers? Making the 'Fresh Prince' concept relevant, 'Straight Outta Compton' and film diversity.

The White House announces a plan to tackle heroin use in the U.S., Disneyland announces Star Wars Land, Jose Huizar and the Jordan Downs project.

A check-in with young DACA recipients, the US sees its 13th homicide of a transgender person this year, how NWA inspired modern rap.

The GOP's tricky relationship with female voters, the YouTube staffer who does outreach for the LGBT community, best places to see the Perseid meteor shower.

Fifty years after the riots, Take Two broadcasts live from the Watts with conversations about its history, art and people, and the community today.

An assessment one year after a police shooting in Missouri rocked the nation, more debate over "illegal immigrant," Tacopedia.