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      The Curious Case of L.A.’s Missing Batteries
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ArticlesBeverley Delay2026-07-03T03:51:28+00:00
  • Environment

    To Die and Live in L.A.

    Come January, the body composting industry will offer Californians a new way to spend eternity.

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  • Environment, Policy

    The Curious Case of L.A.’s Missing Batteries

    The L.A. Department of Water and Power promises to lead the way to an affordable, clean energy future. Yet for three years it has sat idle while other utilities embraced a promising technology.

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  • Environment, Housing, Policy

    Room to grow

    L.A. County has been adding bedrooms at a glacial pace of 0.4% per year. Will a spate of new pro-housing laws finally change that?

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  • Environment, Policy

    Mistrial by fire

    The case of the man accused of setting the Palisades Fire goes up in flames.

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  • Policy, Public safety

    Fire fight

    The unlikely allies keeping fireworks legal in dozens of L.A. County cities

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  • Policy, Public safety, Transportation

    Cracked

    Why did Los Angeles design a street repaving plan that prioritizes Bel Air over Boyle Heights? Not for the reasons you might think.

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  • Policy

    How to not get things done in L.A.

    Even a strong mayor can't overcome a weak city.

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  • Public safety, Transportation

    Waymo taxis, way fewer accidents

    How many life-changing injuries have robot chauffeurs prevented in Los Angeles? About eight.

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  • Environment, Policy, Public safety, Transportation

    Penny Wise, Pothole Foolish

    What’s the real cause of L.A.'s crumbling roads? The city's broken budgeting process.

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  • Policy, Transportation

    The bullet train is off-track again

    The rail authority’s inspector general warns that design changes violate state law.

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  • burnt furniture outdoors showing how wildfires ravaged the area
    Your home is the new wildfire battlefront
    Tags: wildfires
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    My year as a fire nomad
    Tags: Palisades fire, personal essay, zone zero

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