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The future happens in Oakland first. That’s a cautionary tale for global cities
International trade boomed with the city’s early adoption of technological and economic changes, but Black neighborhoods became ‘sacrifice zones’
Lois Beckett
22, Mar, 2025 @3:00 PM
Columbia University capitulates to Trump demands to restore $400m in federal funding – as it happened
Changes include allowing security officers to arrest students and a new official for Middle Eastern, South Asian and African Studies department. This blog is now closed.
Robert Mackey (now); Lois Beckett, Chris Stein, Maya Yang and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
22, Mar, 2025 @2:02 AM
Hawaii observatory to be evicted amid federal cuts as volcano shoots 700ft lava
Hilo office, with scientists and their volcano-monitoring equipment, may have lease cancelled from Doge cuts
Lois Beckett
20, Mar, 2025 @11:40 PM
Los Angeles’s projected $1bn budget shortfall will lead to layoffs, officials say
Major cuts ‘nearly inevitable’ as Mayor Karen Bass warns no department is ‘too precious’ to pass over for reductions
Lois Beckettin Los Angeles
20, Mar, 2025 @8:35 PM
‘Ghost kitchens’, fast casual and higher prices: how the pandemic changed the US restaurant industry
Americans eat takeout more. Some drink less. Bar-and-grill chains have shuttered. But the restaurant industry has evolved and rebounded
Lois Beckett
19, Mar, 2025 @5:00 PM
Nasa-SpaceX crew makes joyful return to Earth after two US astronauts were stuck for months – as it happened
Nick Hague says ‘what a ride’ after he and fellow astronauts Butch Wilmore, Suni Williams and cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov successfully land in sea off Florida
Lois Beckett
19, Mar, 2025 @12:46 AM
Judge incredulous in Trump deportation case as administration lawyers argue verbal court order isn’t binding – as it happened
Judge in Trump deportation case calls administration lawyers’ argument a ‘heck of a stretch’
Lois Beckett (now); Chris Stein, Maya Yang and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
18, Mar, 2025 @1:44 AM
I tried the viral $20 strawberry. It tasted like the end of the American empire
A single strawberry flown in from Japan is selling for $20 in a hip LA grocery store. Does it symbolize the worst of American excess, or is it simply delicious?
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
15, Mar, 2025 @2:00 PM
Aid to Kyiv being reviewed to ensure country is ‘committed’ to goal of peace deal – as it happened
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Helen Sullivan (now); Coral Murphy Marcos, Chris Stein, Léonie Chao-Fong and Tom Ambrose (earlier)
04, Mar, 2025 @4:16 AM
The LA Times published an op-ed warning of AI’s dangers. It also published its AI tool’s reply
‘Insight’ labeled the argument ‘center-left’ and created a reply insisting AI will make storytelling more democratic
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
03, Mar, 2025 @11:58 PM
LA Times to display AI-generated political rating on opinion pieces
Los Angeles paper’s ‘Insights’ tool comes after months of public debate between opinion staff and billionaire owner
Lois Beckett in Los Angeles
03, Mar, 2025 @6:17 PM
Pentagon lays off 5,400 civilian workers, with tens of thousands more firings due
Pete Hegseth supports cuts of up to 8% of civilian workforce as Trump bids to institute massive government cuts
Lois Beckett and agencies
22, Feb, 2025 @2:40 AM
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