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The 405 isn’t the worst freeway in Southern California, analysis finds

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If any mode of transportation defines Southern California, it’s freeway driving. But not all freeways are created the same. In fact, the Los Angeles Times has found a way to quantify the driving experience on each freeway using data from Caltrans. Categories included average speed of travel, delays and fatal crashes. The Times ranked 25 […]

Police investigate suspicious SUV parked on sidewalk

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The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a suspicious vehicle in the Fairfax District on Tuesday. The vehicle was reported at about 9:30 a.m., and the bomb squad is on scene to assist. Aerial footage from Sky5 shows a gray SUV parked on the sidewalk alongside La Brea Avenue near the intersection with Beverly Boulevard. […]

Amid criticism of Probation boss Juanita Holmes, department issues memos on media contact, USB drives

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Probation Commissioner Juanita Holmes moved last week to underscore policies aimed at controlling the flow of information amid sharp criticism over her tenure stemming from a July 28 Council hearing and from within the agency, the Daily News has learned.

N.Y.’s energy program needs all of the above

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As New York’s transition to a clean energy economy continues, it can become easy to feel that the process should be one of the “all or nothing” variety. However, while meeting the goals laid out by the Climate Leadership and Protection Act (CLCPA) remains the end goal, we must accept our realities and recognize that this transition will be gradual.

Asking Eric: Former co-worker ghosts decade-long friendship

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Dear Eric: We are a group of three female former co-workers who have gathered regularly for 10 years to celebrate birthdays and Christmas. We have taken turns at each other’s homes and always had a nice time eating, laughing and reminiscing together. This year, one member of our group ghosted the other two of us. She will not respond […]

‘Design’

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John Press spent his working life as a cultural ambassador for the British Council. This role is visible, perhaps, in his poetry and critical writing, which seems concerned to promote the fullest possible understanding between poet and audience. It is also evident in his editorial and critical work, which included British Council Writers and Their […]

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Learning about modern flattery from ancient Pliny

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I feel very conflicted when I hear some European leaders talking to, and about, the President of the United States in unctuous tones. Are they simply humiliating themselves with this transparent flattery? “Thank you so much Mr President for bringing peace to the world” (or as Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General, put it, in what […]

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The CDC abandons drowning prevention

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We lost our 6-year-old son, Zachary Archer Cohn, when he drowned in our backyard pool after his arm became trapped by the suction of an uncovered drain.

Navigating the rules of our pronoun dysphoria

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I first encountered it about seven years ago. An editor solicited a story for a start-up zine and directed me to his website, to enter my credentials. Once there I was ambushed. Along with the usual summary of pub credits, it required my preferred pronouns.

Having better options for addicts: Dangerous behavior must be stopped before people are hurt

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The various city or state or MTA (or combined) intervention efforts have been doing a very commendable job of finding our unfortunate neighbors on the streets or the subways who are acting in ways that are dangerous to themselves or others. While untreated mental afflictions can now be addressed under state law, the same should be extended to folks suffering from addiction.