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Here’s a have a look at the highest tales of the final week
Laguna Woods church shooting kills one. A gunman attacked a lunch banquet at a Taiwanese church in Laguna Woods, killing one particular person and wounding 5 others Sunday earlier than congregants tackled him and hogtied him with an extension wire.
Buffalo shooting kills 10. As Buffalo residents expressed horror, anger and grief Sunday over a mass shooting that left 10 folks useless at a grocery retailer in a predominantly Black neighborhood, native and federal officers mentioned they had been investigating the assault by a younger white gunman as a hate crime and an act of “racially motivated violent extremism.”
L.A. hospitalizations are as soon as once more rising. The case charge in the nation’s most populous county is now excessive sufficient to land it inside the “medium” danger tier. Officials had been hopeful that California may keep away from the numerous will increase in hospitalizations seen on the East Coast.
California dad and mom hit by nationwide formulation scarcity. A disaster has been deepening for months, as hundreds of thousands of fogeys scramble to feed their youngsters whereas child formulation cabinets sit empty. Some nursing dad and mom wish to their very own our bodies as a supply of assist.
Finding a spot to lease in Los Angeles has turn into a aggressive sport. Bidding wars for homes are a standard ordeal, however for an condominium to lease? The availability of residences in Los Angeles and surrounding counties is so tight that some renters are paying above record worth.
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FBI tapes reveal who actually runs Anaheim. FBI particular brokers mentioned in paperwork that Anaheim “was tightly controlled by a small cadre of individuals,” together with Anaheim Mayor Harry Sidhu. A choose put the $320-million sale of Angel Stadium on maintain Tuesday over the corruption probe.
LAUSD expects enrollment to drop 30%. Enrollment in Los Angeles public colleges is anticipated to plunge over the subsequent decade, resulting in powerful decisions forward about educational packages, campus closures, jobs and worker advantages.
Prosecutors say girl in jail led fraud scheme. Federal authorities charged 13 folks and arrested 5 in reference to a California unemployment insurance coverage advantages scheme they imagine netted at the very least $2 million beneath the route of a state jail inmate.
Scientists discover new DDT chemical substances in condors. A workforce of environmental well being scientists have recognized greater than 40 DDT-related compounds which were circulating by the marine ecosystem and accumulating in this iconic hen on the very high of the meals chain.
Dave gives free money advances, however with a catch. The West Hollywood monetary app has a sexy pitch: money advance with no charges, even with out a credit score test. But customers are discovering that the prices add up even with slick branding — it’s nonetheless a payday lender.
In fireplace nation, Airbnb gives company no warning or plan. Across California, 1000’s of short-term Airbnb leases function in the state’s most hazardous fireplace zones.
What occurred to Lora Lee Michel? A little one actress in the Forties, she was billed as a “sensation” till a sequence of occasions led to the unraveling of her life. Then she disappeared.
ICYMI, listed below are this week’s nice reads
Will L.A. elect a billionaire for mayor? Although Los Angeles could also be identified for over-the-top wealth and glitz, the town’s mayors have sometimes been minimize from extra modest fabric. If Rick Caruso wins, he’ll step into the job at a time when the hole between the fact and the fantasy of the properties he developed has by no means felt wider to many residents.
The 101 greatest California experiences. Right now, many people are itching to discover. We’re on the lookout for new locations and new methods of seeing outdated locations. That’s why The Times’ Christopher Reynolds is providing up a peek into his journey pocket book by the Golden State: A hike by Sequoia National Park’s largest bushes, now flanked by final 12 months’s ashes and this spring’s flowers. A style of the 626 Night Market. The eerie shapes in San Luis Obispo’s Poly Canyon.
Why achieve this many L.A. residences come with out fridges? Apartments right here ceaselessly lack fridges, pushing many tenants into an underground fridge financial system acquainted to generations of Angelenos. How L.A. turned a fridge-less aberration is one of many area’s extra mysterious, least pleasant eccentricities.
Welcome to Portugal, the brand new expat haven. Now go house. Within the combo of retirees, digital nomads and younger households fed up with points together with the prices of housing and healthcare, Trumpian politics and pandemic insurance policies, Californians are making themselves identified in a rustic as soon as thought-about the forgotten sibling of Spain. They’re additionally bringing gentrification with them.
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