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New filings from lawyers representing people detained at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center say federal officials have not been complying with a court order to improve conditions at the facility. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dqdk ✍️ Jared Bennett 📸 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

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Law enforcement searched his home in the nearby city of Downey on Monday and found a rifle and other firearms, magazines and ammunition, body armor and notebooks with “concerning statements.” 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dq4y ✍️ Jaime Ding | The Associated Press 📸 John Antczak/AP Photo

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Researchers have discovered a new species of extinct amphibian at the La Brea Tar Pits, which expands our understanding of the Ice Age in L.A. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dpt3 ✍️ Cato Hernánde 📸 Jasper Nance/Creative Commons via Flickr

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The $16 million project converted a historic Craftsman home into 19 affordable housing units for veterans with other-than-honorable discharges who face barriers to housing. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dktc ✍️ Hanna Kang | The LA Local 📸 Hanna Kang/The LA Local

For veterans shut out of VA benefits, this Koreatown home offers a fresh start

The $16 million project converted a historic Craftsman home into 19 affordable housing units for veterans with other-than-honorable discharges who face barriers to housing.

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L.A. County will provide assistance grants to small businesses that suffered financial loss from the Lineage warehouse fire that burned for a week in June. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkrm ✍️ Jordan Rynning 📸 Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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City Councilmember Ysabel Jurado introduced seven motions Tuesday, all geared toward providing immediate and long-term relief for community members who’ve been hurt by the aftermath of the Lineage warehouse fire. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkpt ✍️ Julia Barajas 📸 Brian Feinzimer/LAist

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The South Coast Air Quality Management District will hold a public hearing Wednesday to consider additional measures to reduce odors during cleanup of the Lineage warehouse fire site. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkpb ✍️Alejandra Molina | Boyle Heights Beat 📸Isaac Ceja/Boyle Heights Beat

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LA City Council voted 13-1 to put a measure on the November ballot that will ask voters if homeowners affected by the Palisades Fire should be exempt from the city’s “mansion tax.” 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dknc ✍️ Anjanette Gile 📸 Kevin Carter/Getty Images/Getty Images North America

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For the first time, starting this fall, 56 East Los Angeles College students will use student housing at California State University, Los Angeles in an effort to address housing insecurity. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkks ✍️Yusra Farzan 📸Adahlia Cole/CalMatters

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The Los Angeles Unified School District Board planned to vote on firing former Superintendent Alberto Carvalho for cause before he resigned in June. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkjt ✍️ Mariana Dale and Elly Yu 📸 Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass was able to tout a drop in homelessness during her first two years in office but the latest homeless count found an increase, which analysts say could hurt her reelection chances. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dkck ✍️ Frank Stoltze 📸 Damian Dovarganes/AP

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The next few weeks provide a unique opportunity for people who live in or are visiting L.A. to see a wide spectrum of Betye Saar’s work. ✍️ Adolfo Guzman-Lopez 🎥 Adolfo Guzman-Lopez, Brandon Killman

The Boyle Heights warehouse fire spoiled summer break for neighborhood kids. Now the ongoing clean-up has also added a layer of anxiety and complication to the start of the new school year. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5djt6 ✍️ Mariana Dale 📸 Mariana Dale/LAist

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The deadly and destructive Eaton Fire was caused by Southern California Edison equipment, the L.A. County Fire Department said in a report released today. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5djrb ✍️ Erin Stone 📸 Josie Huang/LAist

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Two years out from the Olympic and Paralympic Games, Los Angeles officials say security requirements could displace hundreds of unhoused people living around competition venues during the summer of 2028. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5djki ✍️ Libby Rainey 📸 Mario Tama/Getty Images

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A piece of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is expected to slam into the moon on Wednesday, according to scientists. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dggy ✍️ Chandelis Duster | NPR 📸 John Raoux/AP

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LAUSD leaders say they are confident they can persuade county officials that the district can avoid a projected cash shortfall and remain under local control. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dfix ✍️ Mallika Seshadri | EdSource 📸 MattGush/Getty Images/iStock Editorial

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They’re all over our roads and really good at helping police solve crimes, but do California’s automated license plate readers need limits? 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5dfca ✍️ Ryan Sabalow | CalMatters 📸 Larry Valenzuela/CalMatters

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More than three dozen women and children are at risk of losing the shelter and services that supported their families after escaping domestic violence, officials are warning. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5df44 ✍️ Makenna Cramer 📸 Olivia Hughes/LAist

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A company founded here in L.A. recently won a $50,000 international prize for climate solutions called the Keeling Curve Prize, named for a pioneering climate scientist . 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5deue ✍️ Erin Stone 📸 The Farmlink Project

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After Palisades and Eaton fires, local jurisdictions were allowed to suspend SB 9 projects in certain areas. Advocates for increased housing development sued them and the state, alleging the bans were not legal. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d9gg ✍️Cato Hernández 📸David McNew/Getty Images

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Two lawsuits could decide whether L.A.'s homelessness agency can even compete for up to $241 million in federal HUD grants this year — and how that money gets spent if it does. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d9an ✍️ Aaron Schrank 📸 Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times/via Getty Images

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Long Beach has a fluffy new resident: a baby Magellanic penguin named Ari. He debuted this week at the Aquarium of the Pacific months after hatching. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d8f2 ✍️Sena Chang 📸Sena Chang

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The Cinerama Dome – closed since the COVID pandemic – got a new lease on life, thanks to SONY Pictures and Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d8dy ✍️ Mandalit del Barco | NPR 📸 Mario Tama/Getty Images

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Since its opening in 1919, Fosselman’s Ice Cream Co. has learned a thing or two about the art of ice cream, offering more than 50 flavors, ranging from the classics to the regionally inspired. 🔗Full story: vist.ly/5d8dw ✍️Manny Valladares, Austin Cross 📸 Courtesy Grace Fosselman

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The Alhambra City Council voted unanimously Monday to put a measure on the November ballot that will ask local voters to ban data centers citywide. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d8cz ✍️ Anjanette Gile 📸 Josie Huang/LAist

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LAist host Julia Paskin talked to Taylor Umphenour, one of L.A.’s top IMAX projectionists, on FilmWeek to understand why the format is becoming a filmmaker favorite. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5d8br ✍️Payton Seda, Julia Paskin 📸Melinda Sue Gordon/Courtesy Universal Studios

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The federal government, under a court order to immediately improve conditions at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center, filed a plan just ahead of its deadline to respond last night. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d845 ✍️ Jared Bennett 📸 Libby Rainey

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CARE Court allows family members, first responders and others to ask a court — by way of a petition — to step in with a voluntary care agreement for someone living with serious, untreated mental illness. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d7xb ✍️Robert Garrova 📸Diandra Jay-Lopez

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Dating in Los Angels is not cheap, especially as costs continue to rise. Yet, there may be solutions to the expensive outings that surround in L.A. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5d7vy ✍️ Courtney Eileen Fulcher 📸 RossHelen/iStockphoto

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