Decades after previous Gov. Jerry Brown pledged California would launch its “own damn satellite” to monitor earth-warming pollutants, the state designs to put not 1, but two satellites in orbit to enable it hunt for tough-to-obtain “super-emitters” of methane and carbon dioxide. In an announcement Thursday, a partnership of govt […]
Triller shake-up. TikTok rival replaces CEO and buys AI firm
TrillerNet, the dad or mum firm of a controversial social video app that sought to get on TikTok, has replaced its chief govt and acquired one more small business. The Los Angeles enjoyment organization on Wednesday named Mahi de Silva, who is at the moment its nonexecutive board chairman, to […]
Amid COVID-19, L.A. fetish fashion designers are thriving
You may possibly phone it the roaring ’20s for some Angelenos, but perhaps not in the way you’re thinking. Not every person expended the past yr stuck within, consuming frozen pizzas or making maple syrup or baking bread or catching up on the newest exhibits on Netflix. Even though the […]
Plan to ban California fracking falls short in Legislature
A far-achieving proposal to outlaw hydraulic fracturing and ban oil and gas wells from operating in the vicinity of residences, educational facilities and health care amenities unsuccessful in the California Legislature on Tuesday, a main setback for progressive leaders who hail the state as the nation’s bellwether on environmental security. […]
Why buy Ancestry’s DNA data if you don’t plan to use it?
Shirley Ruge has extensive been fascinated with exploring her household tree. At 1 time, that meant many hours invested combing through records at courthouses and libraries. For the final 20 years or so, the Indian Wells resident has focused her investigate on Ancestry (a.k.a. Ancestry.com), a single of the primary […]
L.A. Affairs: Life lessons from COVID-19 dating, rejection
I upended my existence at the starting of the pandemic. It was right after many ghastly many years that included divorce, the death of my cat, Billi, and the loss of the flat I couldn‘t pay for. I started off a digital information task in the meals world, but the […]
Judge blocks construction of Tejon Ranch housing development
For two decades, the Tejon Ranch Co. has envisioned a neighborhood of 57,000 men and women rising just off Interstate 5 on the southern flanks of the Tehachapi Mountains, about 70 miles north of Los Angeles. With that intention in thoughts, the enterprise brokered an arrangement with several major environmental […]
Robinhood, GameStop, and stocks: What you need to know
Initial it was the Redditors, hatching ideas to buzz the shares of a sleepy online video activity retailer. Then it was the hedge fund shorts they had schemed to topple. Now, a single of Wall Street’s strangest months in memory has a new main character: the stock-trading app Robinhood. With […]
Hiking after a miscarriage: How L.A. trails eased my grief
Grief walks with me now in the mountains. In some cases it hangs again, permitting me fail to remember it’s even there. Other times, it rests on my shoulders, reminding me of almost everything I misplaced last year. I’ve hiked on weekends since 2018. My husband wakes me in advance […]
California unveils sweeping wildfire prevention plan
After the worst hearth time in California heritage and as drought conditions elevate fears of what’s to appear, Gov. Gavin Newsom and legislative leaders unveiled a $536-million proposal Thursday to strengthen initiatives at firefighting and a variety of avoidance measures, like vegetation management and the design of fireplace-resistant buildings across […]