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Collapse of California’s News Industry Is So Severe It’ll Require Taxpayer Support to Rebuild

01/25/2024
A combination of tax credits, revenue sharing and coupons could bring stability, writes Steven Waldman, president of Rebuild Local News.

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Pasadena Named Travel Destination for 2024 by NY Times

01/09/2024
Pasadena is the only California city named a travel destination for 2024 by The New York Times. This comes despite the Los Angeles-area city being just the 45th-largest city in the state.

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Audacy Bankruptcy Could Impact Six Bay Area Radio Stations

01/08/2024
Philadelphia-based Audacy, which has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with $1.9 billion in debts, owns six radio stations in the Bay Area. These include 95.7 The Game, KCBS and 102.1 Jams.

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Mickey Mouse Enters Public Domain. What That Means for California

01/05/2024
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Can anyone make a Mickey Mouse cartoon now? Yes, but it’s not that simple.

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Art & Culture

The Volunteers who Fly In Every Year to Decorate Rose Parade Floats

12/31/2023
Dec. 31 waits for no one, especially for volunteers who put in the 12-hour days and double shifts to complete the work on floats for the Rose Parade.

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Art & Culture Business, Economy & Jobs History

Ignacio E. Lozano Jr., Longtime La Opinión Publisher, Dies at 96

12/28/2023
Under him, the newspaper expanded from focusing largely on foreign news to covering local issues important to Latinos that the English-language media ignored or misinterpreted.

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American Graffiti is Back: Cruising Now Legal Again in California, But So Are Speed Cameras

12/27/2023
Under new state laws, five cities will test cameras to catch speeding drivers and cruising bans will be lifted statewide. The first is supposed to improve road safety, but critics of the second say it will endanger the public.

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Art & Culture History Community Service & Support Government

California Presses Universities to Return Thousands of Native American Remains and Artifacts to Local Tribes

12/25/2023
State audits of the University of California and the California State University found both systems have failed to comply with decades-old state and federal laws mandating the return of Native ancestral remains and cultural artifacts. Only UCLA and Cal State Long Beach have returned a majority of their collections.

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Sustainable Solstice

12/10/2023
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Buy local, try organic, and embrace upcycling

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Iger’s Return to Disney Struggles to Recapture Magic

11/21/2023
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Veteran Disney CEO Bob Iger returned to the company a year ago, but things haven’t gone exactly as planned.

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Getting to Know California’s Poet Laureate

11/21/2023
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Lee Herrick explains to the Los Angeles Times why he’s always traveling California

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Art & Culture

Creative Architecture Thrives in Los Angeles

11/20/2023
With its hilly terrain, parts of Los Angeles aren’t always the easiest to build in. But that didn’t stop an architect from building a unique structure in Silver Lake.

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William Vollmann in Harper’s

11/03/2023
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National Book Award-winning writer and Sacramento resident tackles homelessness and daughter’s death

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A Major California Paper That’s Now Alden-Owned Might Be Dying

10/31/2023
The San Diego Union-Tribune, which has operated for 154 years, sold to controversial Alden Global Capital last year. It’s not looking great for the paper’s future.

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Art & Culture History

Remembering Robert Irwin: Influential Artist Dies at 95

10/30/2023
Robert Irwin, an artist and MacArthur genius grant recipient, died in San Diego at 95 on Oct. 25. Michael Govan, who heads the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, offers a colorful retrospective on Irwin's work.

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Art & Culture Parks & Recreation

California State Parks and Partners Launch ‘Arts in California Parks’ Program

10/26/2023
Through this new program, artists, culture bearers, and California Native American tribes will be eligible to receive funding to create artwork throughout state and local parks.

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Art & Culture Animals

Graphic Novel Illustrates Plight of Mountain Lions

10/20/2023
Written by Center for Biological Diversity scientist Tiffany Yap and illustrated by artist Meital Smith, “Tales of the Urban Wild: A Puma’s Journey” takes the reader through diverse habitats, across busy freeways and inside science labs to learn about one mountain lion’s survival story.

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New California Bill Slaps Back at School Book Bans

09/11/2023
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But School Boards Association says bill could further inflame tensions between state and local districts

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Newsom Halts TikTok Ban, App to Stay on State Phones

09/08/2023
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Bipartisan bill banning Chinese-owned social media app would have taken effect immediately.

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Is Facebook Trying to Drive Us Apart?

08/06/2023
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Recent much-hyped studies are inconclusive, but prove one thing: Facebook’s algorithm pushes hate.

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