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Can Los Angeles repeat its past Olympic success?

by David Brancaccio and Jarrett Dang
Nov 28, 2022
Mayor Eric Garcetti says the city's existing infrastructure and innovative approach will allow the 2028 Games to mirror the financial victories of 1984.
LA Mayor Eric Garcetti (right) with Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo and IOC leader Thomas Bach in 2017. Garcetti says LA's existing infrastructure will help it reduce costs and deliver a surplus during the 2028 Games.
Buda Mendes/Getty Images
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Schools call on FCC for cybersecurity funding

by Stephanie Hughes
Sep 22, 2022
School districts big and small are increasingly popular targets for ransomware attacks.
Students arrive at a Los Angeles elementary school in August 2021. The district is grappling with the fallout from a ransomware attack early this month.
Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images
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Now reopened after pandemic shutdown, popular L.A. restaurant manages through "unprecedented times"

by Kai Ryssdal and Sean McHenry
Aug 31, 2022
Here's Looking at You is up and running again — but the restaurant industry has changed a lot since the Before Times.
Lien Ta (left), co-owner of Here's Looking at You, speaks with "Marketplace" host Kai Ryssdal. "What every restaurant is seeking is consistent business," she says. "And we have that right now."
Anais Amin/Marketplace
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Why do two major West Coast ports rate last on a new ranking of facilities worldwide?

by Meghan McCarty Carino
May 25, 2022
Experts point to inefficiency, lack of warehouse space and outdated technology.
U.S. ports aren't stacking up globally.
Patrick T Fallon/ AFP via Getty Images
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What are the fastest ways to address the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles?

by Ethan Ward
May 25, 2022
When service providers lease buildings, it can speed up the availability of housing that comes with social services.
Pallets used as tent platforms at a “safe camping” site.
Alborz Kamalizad/KPCC
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Re-branding ... and re-discovering a love of gelato 

by Anais Amin
May 24, 2022
“Sometimes my husband jokes that I’m running a gelato non-profit, and it certainly does feel that way,” said Uli Nasibova, owner of Uli’s Gelato.
Jean Marie Biele
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A wildlife crossing near Los Angeles aims to expand the terrain where animals can roam

by Michelle Loxton
Apr 19, 2022
Most of the $90 million price tag for the crossing — about 60% — comes from private donations.
An artistic rendering of what the crossing will look like from the south of Highway 101. The crossing will be 175 feet wide and 210 feet long – that’s about the width of an American football field going over 10 lanes of highway.
Courtesy Living Habitats LLC and The National Wildlife Federation
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As more workers stay remote, developers eye the prospects of turning empty offices into housing

by David Wagner
Feb 2, 2022
In Los Angeles, where there's a housing crisis, the pandemic has some looking at the "adaptive reuse" of under-used office buildings.
Converting empty offices to residential spaces could provide a solution to cities' affordable housing crises.
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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California bill assures garment workers an hourly wage

by Caroline Champlin
Oct 1, 2021
The legislation could double wages for some workers, but critics say it could move manufacturing out of state.
Some garment workers in Los Angeles were making as little as $2 an hour.
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LA school district requiring teachers to get vaccinated

by Caroline Champlin
Aug 16, 2021
Teachers navigate in-person classroom strategies as students return this week
A hallway with social distance decal reminders are seen at Hollywood High School on April 27, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images
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