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LAist relaunches as a local news source owned and operated by KPCC, potential new L.A. Clippers arena courts controversy, high housing costs affect some college students more than tuition.

CA employers struggle to lure workers due to high housing costs, a mortgage assistance program for six-figure applicants, why the NAACP partnered with Airbnb.

How superhero costumes are made for the movies, a talk with CA community college chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, celebrating the World Cup around SoCal.

Boyle Heights is the center of an LADOT experiment to transform streets into temporary parks, L.A. celebrates its first Buster Keaton Day.

Single moms in L.A. disproportionately affected by high housing costs, a $5 million university donation is causing protests, WeHo's new Sunset Strip trolley.

How California can set the national neutral net standard, homeless services get expanded with toilets in Venice, the World Cup is still important in L.A.

Confusion over upcoming Koreatown election, Santa Monica considers new regulations for dockless scooters, Hotel Figueroa quietly reopens.

A local teacher experiments with grading students for effort, how the rise of Asian evangelicals could affect the November election, why SoCal's blue whales are recovering from population declines.

Exploring Anthony Bourdain's impact on the Los Angeles foodscape, putting an end to those political texts, taco trucks stop at mosques across the Golden State.

How the Inland Empire's politics are evolving, California's special emission standard privilege, how fewer clouds could mean more wildfires.

SpaceX hosts a meet and greet with its NASA astronauts, Yosemite reopens after Ferguson fire, Tuesday Reviewsday introduces you to the latest new music.

LAUSD has a new superintendent and new goals and challenges as it heads back to school, California continues to fight multiple fires, the cat who adopted a school/

An initiative to audit the Department of Motor Vehicles is shot down, the wife of a Cal Fire firefighter tells her story, the state of Filipino cuisine in LA.

One Orange County homeless couple's journey, firefighters are using new technology to save lives and properties, UC Irvine researches medical benefits of cannabis.

California Air Resources Board chief explains state's plan to maintain vehicle emissions standards, peer-to-peer payment ratings, which air pollution masks are best.

How will CA pay to fight the rest of the year's wildfires? Plus, Councilman Herb Wesson on K-Town homeless shelter locations. And LAUSD's school safety report.

When state lawmakers return to work this week, they'll consider measures to reform health insurance and also to reduce wait times at the Department of Motor Vehicles. Plus, a hiking expert offers tips on shady treks.

California prepares for perennial fires, a $1.3 million dollar grant aims to study the city's urban forests, waiting on the mysterious corpse flower.

The EPA has formally moved to end the state's current power to set its own, higher standards, Trader Joes in Silverlake reopens, a history lesson on L.A.'s baseball.

The LAPD implements changes amid recent incidents, Sacramento is the first in the state to partner with a remote-control driving company, city sports rivalries.

The emotional toll of fighting wildfires, the history of arson in the state of California, there's a new puma in the Verdugo mountains.

The biggest fires raging throughout the state, prescribed burns can prevent massive forest fires, a new healthcare program to treat illness with food.