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Feb 26, 2024 | 
laist.com | Lauren Sommer |Ryan Kellman |Kenya Romero |Joshua Letona
Topline: The Book Rack in Arcadia is closing down after serving the community for 40 years. Karen Kropp has worked at the store for most of that time and in the last two decades has owned the used bookstore and tried to keep it afloat. The reason: Rising costs, including rent and utilities, have become too much for Kropp, who is approaching her 80th birthday. So, come Thursday, she'll return the keys to her landlord and officially retire.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Kenya Romero |Joshua Letona
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
laist.com | Lauren Sommer |Ryan Kellman |Kenya Romero |Joshua Letona
Topline: Extreme wildfires have destroyed about one-fifth of all giant sequoia trees. To safeguard their future, the National Park Service is planting seedlings that could better survive a hotter climate. The backstory: The numbers shocked ecologists, since the enormous trees can live more than 2,000 years and have evolved to live with frequent, low-intensity fires in the Sierra Nevada.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
laist.com | Jake Bittle |Katie Myers |Lois Parshley |Kenya Romero
Topline: A new California Assembly bill would require state departments, agencies and commissions that collect demographic data to include an ethnic category for Californians of Middle East and North African descent. The backstory: Americans of Middle East and North African descent are counted on census and other forms simply as "white." For years, advocates from these communities have lobbied for an individual census category.
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
laist.com | Lois Parshley |Jake Bittle |Katie Myers |Kenya Romero
Topline: A new report finds that one in four people in the U.S. are breathing unhealthy air as rising temperatures and bigger fires create a "climate penalty." Why it matters: Though summertime pollution from wildfire smoke and ozone receives more attention, climate change is making winter inversions increasingly common — with troubling results. One in four Americans are now exposed to unhealthy air, according to a report by First Street Foundation. Read more ...
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Feb 26, 2024 | 
laist.com | Kenya Romero |Joshua Letona |Jake Bittle |Katie Myers
This week: See Adam Sandler perform standup, try whale-watching in Newport Beach, and more. Our picks:Adam Sandler: Comedy Special Live; Glendale - Adam Sandler is recording his next comedy special, and you have a chance to be part of the audience. An Intimate Evening with Ernie Hudson; Inglewood - You may know him as Winston from 1984's Ghostbusters, but Hudson is so much more. Join him for a Q&A about the legacy of the Inner City Cultural Center and his career.
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Feb 25, 2024 | 
laist.com | Jake Bittle |Katie Myers |Lois Parshley |Kenya Romero
Listen • 7:00 Listen • 7:00 L.A. County's New Vote Center Is In An Old Fry's, 'Oppenheimer' Dominates SAG Awards & An Update On Stormwater Capture — The AM Edition Your morning updates from the LAist newsroom. Today's headlines:Los Angeles County's newest voting center is in an iconic location. State bill proposes new Middle East-North African ethnicity category. Southern California expected to get another bout of rain beginning today.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
laist.com | Kenya Romero |Joshua Letona |Elaine Low
Topline: When the historic Wayfarers Chapel in Rancho Palos Verdes announced on Feb. 15 it was temporarily closing to repair damage triggered by rain-induced land movement, people didn't just gasp for nostalgia's sake. The closure meant dozens of planned weddings had to be canceled. Now, the venue's operators are racing to limit and repair the damage.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
laist.com | Elaine Low |Kenya Romero |Joshua Letona
Topline: A group of more than 30 Hollywood directors led by Jason Reitman have signed a deal to purchase the 93-year-old Westwood Village Theater near UCLA. Why now: The Spanish Mission style building with its iconic 170-foot neon-lit “Fox” tower was put up for sale last summer through Newmark Capital Markets and the family owned company Regency Theatres Group.
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Feb 22, 2024 | 
laist.com | Elaine Low |Kenya Romero |Joshua Letona
Topline: The city of Los Angeles could be facing a multi-million dollar budget deficit in the next few fiscal years to keep its interim housing programs like A Bridge Home, Project Homekey, and Inside Safe up and running. Why it matters: The city is expecting to lose several major sources of funding — $60 million from L.A. County and $164 million from the state — for its 146 interim housing sites and more than 8,000 rooms.
