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Maybe in 2025? Although, 2022-23 was a La Niña year and look at what happened.
Today on AirTalk, the latest on this morning's UCLA encampment dispersal led by hundreds of police in riot gear. Also on the show, a new survey by the Employee Benefit Research Institute shows shifting expectations for those heading into retirement; our critics review the latest shows on TV and streaming; and more.
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Larry Mantle and LAist film critics Tim Cogshell and Andy Klein review the latest releases on FilmWeek.
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A facility in Vernon has reached a $400,000 settlement with air quality regulators.
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The maritime fire killed 34 people near Santa Cruz Island in 2019.
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As tensions grew to violence against a UCLA student encampment erected in protest over the war in Gaza, many are criticizing law enforcement’s lack of intervention.
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Encampments have been set up in Los Angeles, Irvine and Riverside.
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Coyotes are in the middle of raising their babies, which should last until September.
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We talk to historian Elsa Devienne about how beaches developed and her new book Sand Rush: The Revival of the Beach in Twentieth-Century Los Angeles.
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Beachlife Festival, Star Wars celebrations, and Cinco de Mayo.
Food Friday
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For Tacos 5 y 10 co-owner Daniel Martinez, serving food and community is about more than just money — it connects him back home.
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Do you have a favorite cheeseburger in Southern California? Don't keep it to yourself. Nominate your favorite cheeseburger in the LAist Tournament of Cheeseburgers, happening right now.
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The family-operated establishment on 1st Street has been serving up the Mexican dish of birria since the 1980s.
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Host Traci Thomas welcomes guests author Amanda Montell and actor Vella Lovell for book talk, trivia, and hot takes.
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We’re two years into a state law that requires us to keep food waste out of the trash. It’s anything but straightforward, but here is how to do it right.
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Documents obtained by LAist reveal FBI scrutiny of the testing operation, which was managed by former Anaheim Chamber of Commerce president Todd Ament.
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Education
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Education Department says issues are fixed, begs remaining students to submit.
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Even if your old grades are not stellar, you can still move forward with your academic goals.
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One incumbent, Tanya Ortiz Franklin, already held on to her District 7 seat. Three other school board races are headed to runoffs.
LA History
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Erskine had two career no-hitters and won a World Series with the Dodgers in 1955. But many remember his friendship with Jackie Robinson at a time when segregation was legal.
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Los Angeles has the most diversity in street light design of any American city.
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Valverde’s death comes after the city of L.A. honored her last year with a dedicated square.
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As the Drug Enforcement Administration takes steps to move marijuana from a Schedule I drug to Schedule III, we examine how California's cannabis industry could be affected.
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Want to know what's good on TV this week? We break down three comedies you should know about: 'Hacks,' 'Fiasco.' and 'Acapulco.'
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Citing California’s budget deficit, Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to save around $613 million in state funds by delaying pay increases for a year for about 150,000 disability care workers.
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More morning fog before we see afternoon sun.
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Six people across the state have become ill from an outbreak in recalled organic walnuts.
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From the Academy Museum to Vidiots, there's a great mix of classic and art house films every weekend.
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The homegrown O.C. comic left her corporate job to pursue comedy full time. Now she’s performing at the Netflix is A Joke Festival in L.A.
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If a consumer product is successful, it can generate an eight- or nine-figure payday.
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“Most everyone I know, at every level, is looking for work.”
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President Biden expands the mountain range’s national monument status, creating more green space access to vulnerable communities.
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A longtime Boyle Heights homeless shelter says about 90% of its occupants these days are new asylum seekers who’ve wound up unsheltered. As new migrants land on the street and in shelters, city homeless services and NGOs say it’s hard to get a sense of how many are falling through the cracks.
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The maternal mortality rate in the U.S. in 2022 — while still high — went back to where it was before deaths surged during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest CDC report.
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