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Los Angeles officials have steadfastly refused to identify the Wet Prince of Bel Air, the homeowner who pumped an astonishing 11.8 million gallons of water during a single year of California’s crippling drought. The city said naming water-wasting customers wasn’t in the public interest, even after Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting found last…
“It’s all anyone can talk about in the newsroom,” a person close to the situation says about New Yorker veteran’s sudden exit Acclaimed music and culture writer Sasha Frere-Jones has abruptly exited the L.A. Times after less than a year amid allegations of expense-account shenanigans involving a strip club and accepting expensive freebies from sources….
In the midst of a historic drought, Californians have no way of knowing who’s guzzling the most water. That’s not an accident. It’s by design, thanks to an obscure 1997 measure that weakened one of the state’s chief open government laws, the California Public Records Act. For the source of this legislation, look no further…
Entry Text Los Angeles police fatally shot a homeless man on Sunday in a disturbing encounter that was caught on video.According to the Los Angeles Times, the man, whom witnesses called “Africa,” was pronounced dead at the hospital. The incident, which occurred around noon in the city’s Skid Row area, was captured on video and…