Friday’s Headlines

• Strong Winds Moved a Lake in Death Valley Two Miles (NYT)
• Highland Park’s landmark lions depart Figueroa Street after 30-year watch (Eastsider)
• $2-billion downtown L.A. mega-project gets boost from governor’s office, hopes for approval in 2024 (LAT)
• Are corporate landlords gobbling up California homes? A primer (CalMatters)
• L.A. County tests AI’s ability to prevent homelessness (CalMatters)
• Federal Judge Says LA Misled About Homeless Encampment Promises (LAist)
• L.A. Times visits encampments to assess claims about 41.18 found in contentious report (LAT)
• Biden Vows to ‘Save the Planet From the Climate Crisis’ (NYT)
• ‘We can do better’: Western states divided over long-term plans for Colorado River water (LAT)
• Column: Are utility companies heroes or villains of the climate change saga? (LAT)
• Where Electric Vehicles Are (and Aren’t) Taking Off Across the U.S. (NYT)
• Nimby Sherman Oaks group demands answers from Metro on Sepulveda Pass transit project (Daily News)
• Make streets safe for grieving swans! A swan kept walking into traffic after his mate died. Neighbors saved him. (WaPo)
• City Response to Botched LAPD Fireworks Detonation Has Now Surpassed $10 Million (LAist)
• Ex-undersheriff admits to having alleged deputy gang tattoo — then getting rid of it (LAT)
• San Diego Police pursuit policy under review after crash kills two brothers (NBCLA)
• Now CTA union boss calls for National Guard, bag checks on Chicago transit system, like in New York because bad ideas are contagious (CBS)
• LAPD jess lethals are leading to deadly encounters, report finds (LAT)
• LAPD shot an unhoused man carrying a BB gun (Sahra Sulaiman twitter thread)
• The elevation of a highway over the surrounding landscape left drainage ditches pointed like cannons at a Black neighborhood. Now they can’t get assistance with the sewage problems it caused. (Capital B)

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