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      Free Trade’s Four-Legged Fans: Why L.A. Pets Are Choosing Tijuana Vets
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      A 49% drop in homelessness is only half the story
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      To Die and Live in L.A.
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ArticlesBeverley Delay2026-07-03T03:51:28+00:00
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    Untethered from Reality

    L.A.'s primary homeless agency claims less than half of the county's unhoused struggle with drug addiction and/or mental illness. Try 9 out of 10, former outreach workers say.

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  • Work & Economy

    Free Trade’s Four-Legged Fans: Why L.A. Pets Are Choosing Tijuana Vets

    Facing $5,000 scans and $1,600 dental cleanings at home, Southern Californians are driving their dogs and cats across the border—or paying shuttles to do it for them.

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  • Housing, Policy

    A 49% drop in homelessness is only half the story

    Nithya Raman touts an astounding decline in unsheltered homelessness in her council district. What’s behind the single biggest number in L.A.’s mayoral race?

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  • 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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    How to not get things done in L.A.

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

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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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