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What’s happened to MacArthur Park is heartbreaking. A 2003 effort emphasizing community collaboration may offer a blueprint for a permanent fix in a neighborhood burdened by gang activity and a fentanyl crisis.
After Trump’s election win, the columnist writes, his first thought was to leave the country: ‘But then I realized I already have. I live in California.’
Older Americans could well determine the outcome between former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris.
In one sense, the Yoshinoya Japanese Kitchen across the street from MacArthur Park couldn’t be in a better location.
Steve Hideg was nearly broke when I met him in 2017, and wasn’t sure he’d be able to keep covering rent. But I’d never encountered a more upbeat guy.
‘I feel possibility and I feel anger’: Does Councilmember Hernandez have the answers to MacArthur Park’s humanitarian crisis?
At Fire Station 11 near MacArthur Park, the crew must navigate a nightmare of drug overdoses, misery — and, sometimes, a structure fire
Behind-the-wheel driving test for seniors: ‘Don’t you dare advocate for this!’ or ‘There are folks that should not be driving’
After months of complaints, the DMV has dumped the knowledge test and online training course for most drivers 70 and older who are renewing their licenses.
A woman’s mother and grandmother struggle to reclaim her, but it’s as if fentanyl has taken her prisoner, and they can’t convince her to make a run for it.
