| The river that came back to life: a journey down the reborn Klamath | California | The Guardian |
| Bill Cross pulled his truck to the side of a dusty mountain road and jumped out to scan a stretch of rapids rippling through the hillsides below.
As an expert and a guide, Cross had spent more than 40 years boating the Klamath River, etching its turns, drops and eddies into his memory. But this run was brand new. On a warm day in mid-May, he would be one of the very first to raft it with high spring flows.
Last year, the final of four hydroelectric dams on the Klamath River were removed in the largest project of its kind in US history. Forged through the footprint of reservoirs that kept parts of the Klamath submerged for more than a century, the river that straddles the California-Oregon border has since been reborn. [Article] |
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| Public Health announces measles case in SCV |
| The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health is investigating one case of measles in a Los Angeles County resident who confirmed trips to three Santa Clarita Valley businesses last week. [Article] |
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| Planet-warming emissions dropped when companies had to report them. EPA wants to end that - Los Angeles Times |
| LEOPOLD, Ind. — On the ceiling of Abbie Brockman’s middle school English classroom in Perry County, the fluorescent lights are covered with images of a bright blue sky, a few clouds floating by.
Outside, the real sky isn’t always blue. Sometimes it’s hazy, with pollution drifting from coal-fired power plants in this part of southwest Indiana. Knowing exactly how much, and what it may be doing to the people who live there, is why Brockman got involved with a local environmental organization that’s installing air and water quality monitors in her community.
“Industry and government is very, very, very powerful. It’s more powerful than me. I’m just an English teacher,” Brockman said. But she wants to feel she can make a difference.
In a way, Brockman’s monitoring echoes the reporting that the Environmental Protection Agency began requiring from large polluters more than a decade ago. Emissions from four coal-fired plants in southwest Indiana have dropped 60% since 2010, when the rule took effect. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Times. 2025-06-06 |
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| What's Really Great About the LAX Metro Station Opening on June 6 - Streetsblog Los Angeles |
| Metro's LAX station opens next week. This is a big deal for Southern California transit riders.
Let me repeat: the LAX Metro Transit Center opening is a big deal. [Article] |
| by , LA Streetsblog. 2025-06-06 |
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| Southern California air quality regulators reject plan to phase out gas water heaters and furnaces | LAist |
| Southern California air regulators voted Friday to go back to the drawing board on a plan to phase out gas water heaters and furnaces. The board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District rejected the rules after hours of public comment, with many people expressing worries about housing costs. The move came after a Trump administration prosecutor threatened to sue if the policy was enacted. [Article] |
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| Immigration agents target multiple downtown LA locations, clash with protesters – Daily News |
| Federal agents took dozens of people suspected of immigration law violations into custody at several places near downtown Los Angeles on Friday, as protesters clashed with authorities and agents tossed at least a dozen flash-bang grenades into the crowds. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-06 |
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| Commuters just got closer to LAX by rail, with opening of new airport transit center station – Daily News |
| Years in the making, the LA Metro train station that soon will connect to a people mover taking riders directly into the terminals at LAX was dedicated on Friday, June 6, marking a major step into a first-ever transit option to and from the busy airport. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-06 |
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| County Supervisor Barger Calls for Transparency After Friday’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement Raids – Pasadena Now |
| Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Kathryn Barger called for transparency and fairness Friday after federal immigration agents conducted enforcement operations across Los Angeles that resulted in dozens of arrests. Barger represents Pasadena on the Board.
Barger said her office was actively monitoring the situation following the Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. While she expressed support for law enforcement, she emphasized the need for federal agencies to act with respect for individual rights. [Article] |
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| Probe pushes on into why Altadena residents’ alerts were late during Eaton fire – Daily News |
| A consultant group hired by Los Angeles County to investigate why Altadena residents didn’t receive evacuation alerts until nearly nine hours after the Eaton fire broke out is expected to give a second update to the Board of Supervisors no later than July 27.
Since early February, the McChrystal Group has been working on an independent review of the county’s emergency-alert notification systems to better understand the delay in evacuation alerts. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Daily News. 2025-06-06 |
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| Once the center of a 'ghetto,' a Santa Ana playground revamp hopes to rebuild community connections - Los Angeles Times |
| Roberto Alcaras has a fondness for the place he’s lived his entire life, but even he admits that the Bishop Manor townhome community in Santa Ana was not safe.
Former Santa Ana Police Chief Paul Walters reportedly once called it the worst neighborhood in the city. Violence, gangs and drug dealing were commonplace.
“This was the ghetto,” said Alcaras, who turned 38 on Friday and has lived in four different residences in the 164-unit townhome community over the decades. “This was bad.” [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Times. 2025-06-06 |
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| Goodbye, LAX horseshoe — Metro's long-awaited airport train station opens | LAist |
| Your friend from out of town is flying into LAX. “No problem,” you say, trying to be a good friend. “I’ll pick you up.”
Regret sinks in while sitting in traffic in the congested “horseshoe,” the U-shaped road that connects to each of LAX’s terminals. But what else could you do, tell your friend to take the train? [Article] |
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| Federal judge orders LA to verify thousands of rental subsidies for unhoused people | LAist |
| A federal judge is ordering the city of Los Angeles to prove that it provided more than 2,600 rental subsidies for unhoused people, evidence that L.A. is complying with long-standing agreements to create more shelter. [Article] |
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| California Launches $100M Mortgage Relief Program for Fire Victims |
| California officials announced a new $100 million mortgage assistance program Thursday to help homeowners whose properties were destroyed or left uninhabitable by recent natural disasters, including the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires that swept through Los Angeles County. [Article] |
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| After lawsuit, Pasadena starts EIR process for Arroyo Seco Water Reuse project |
| Plans for new man-made wetland areas are moving forward along the banks of the Arroyo Seco, according to a notice published by the City of Pasadena.
The Arroyo Seco Water Reuse Project involves two sites within the upper Los Angeles river watershed, and would couple new water quality infrastructure with publicly open space on two sites located within the cities of Pasadena, South Pasadena, and Los Angeles. New park areas would sit above a water treatment system which would be used to filter and treat urban runoff before it enters the Arroyo Seco. [Article] |
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| LA mayor signs $13B city budget with fewer proposed layoffs, strikes deal on LAPD hirings | LAist |
| Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has signed a $13 billion budget that includes hundreds of layoffs, cuts to city services, and closes a nearly billion-dollar deficit brought on by increased expenses and lowered revenues. [Article] |
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| LA County’s bookmobiles started rolling in the 1940s. Now they’re electric | LAist |
| L.A. County's newest bookmobile is powered by electricity and the sun, but the books on board are still paper.
County officials, librarians and community members held a ribbon-cutting Friday in Azusa for the electric vehicle that can carry 2,500 books. The 29-foot white truck resembles a motorhome — but with the living furnishings swapped for bookshelves. [Article] |
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| Air board rejects smog rules phasing out gas-powered heaters in LA basin - CalMatters |
| After a contentious, five-hour hearing, Southern California air quality regulators rejected measures that would have phased out residential gas-powered water heaters and furnaces in the Los Angeles basin. [Article] |
| by , CalMatters. 2025-06-06 |
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| New LA rent hikes are coming in weeks. Why are rent control reforms still on hold at City Hall? | LAist |
| Rent gobbles up more than 30% of income for most tenants in the city of Los Angeles, putting 59% of L.A. renters in the federal government’s “cost-burdened” category. In a few weeks, many of those tenants could see their rent rise again. [Article] |
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| A trip to LAX without a car? Metro opens long-awaited LAX station - Los Angeles Times |
| Decades after rail first broke ground in Los Angeles County, Angelenos will be one step closer to an airport connection with Friday afternoon’s opening of the LAX/Metro transit center.
The station at Aviation Boulevard and 96th Street will connect to the K Line and C Line and, starting next year, to Los Angeles International Airport’s long-awaited automated people mover train. For now, free shuttle buses running every 10 minutes will transport travelers along the 2.5-mile route between the center and LAX.
The transit center was budgeted at $900 million and includes a 16-bay bus plaza with electric bus infrastructure and a bicycle hub. Metro parking lots near the station will offer short-term parking.
When the people mover is running, Metro riders will take two escalators up past a mural, now showcasing the 2026 FIFA World Cup, to board.
Construction on that train is underway; jackhammers could be heard midday Friday as members of the Metro board, as well as an array of current and former city and county leaders, arrived for the 1 p.m. ribbon-cutting and ceremony. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Times. 2025-06-06 |
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| Former L.A. County sheriff's oversight official faces investigation - Los Angeles Times |
| The former chairman of the Los Angeles County Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission is under investigation for alleged retaliation against a Sheriff’s Department sergeant who faced scrutiny for his role in a unit accused of pursuing politically motivated cases.
Sean Kennedy, a Loyola Law School professor who resigned from the commission this year, received notification from a law firm that said it had “been engaged by the Office of the County Counsel to conduct a neutral investigation into an allegation that you retaliated against Sergeant Max Fernandez,” according to an email reviewed by The Times.
Kennedy and other members of the commission questioned Fernandez last year about his connections to the Sheriff’s Department’s now-disbanded Civil Rights and Public Integrity Detail, a controversial unit that operated under then-Sheriff Alex Villanueva. [Article] |
| by , Los Angeles Times. 2025-06-06 |
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