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True Stories of L.A. | September 6, 2026

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    • batteries

      The Curious Case of L.A.’s Missing Batteries
      Tags: batteries, clean energy
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      Room to grow
      Tags: housing
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      Mistrial by fire
      Tags: Palisades fire
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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.

    August 17, 2026
  • 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?

    August 2, 2026
  • Environment,Policy

    Mistrial by fire

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

    July 19, 2026
  • Policy,Public safety

    Fire fight

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

    July 4, 2026
  • 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.

    July 3, 2026
  • Policy

    How to not get things done in L.A.

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

    July 3, 2026
  • 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.

    July 3, 2026
  • Policy,Transportation

    The bullet train is off-track again

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

    July 4, 2026
  • Housing,Policy

    The burn of living near abandoned property

    Private houses can become a public fire hazard when squatters take over.

    July 3, 2026
  • Housing,Policy

    Karen Bass walks through fire. And gets burned.

    She came in as the consensus-builder L.A. needed. After the fires, even her allies kept their distance.

    July 3, 2026
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