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  • Triple-digit heat wave continues to broil Southern California (LAT)
  • What defines a heat wave? The answer could decide where disaster dollars go (LAist)
  • Plants and their pollinators are increasingly out of sync (LAist)
  • All-night streetlights make leaves inedible to insects, study finds (The Guardian)
  • Climate change deniers make up nearly a quarter of US Congress (Guardian)
  • ‘Pendulum has swung’: Supervisors signal shift on Men’s Central Jail closure plan (LAT)
  • After half a century of grievances, veterans’ housing demands on West L.A. VA campus go to trial (LAT) In a follow up to the 2015 settlement, veterans are demanding 4000 units of permanent housing and the nullification of outside leases on the property. (KCRW)
  • As San Francisco cracks down on homeless encampments, a question rises: Where will people go? (LAT)
  • Federal judge scrutinizes San Francisco’s collection of homeless residents’ property (Courthouse News)
  • Biden Administration Boosts Fair Housing Access for People with Criminal Records (The Appeal)
  • 60yo Ventura man arrested for pulling a stolen gun on a woman who honked at him (KCAL)
  • 25-year-old woman dies after being hit by car in Santa Ana (KCAL)
  • Ground officially broken on first new park in Koreatown since 1920s, Pio Pico Library Park (DailyNews)
  • Opinion: Should East L.A. become a city? Here’s what local leaders have to say (Boyle Heights Beat)
  • Metro buses will soon begin automatically ticketing parking violators on these routes (KTLA)
  • Hazem Suleiman and his team were practising for the Paris Paralympics until the war. Now he cycles streets where everything is in ruins (Guardian)
  • Here's what LA's "car-free games" could look like (Torched)
  • Former Oakland Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick, who won a settlement with the city over her firing, struck two pedestrians while driving in New Orleans, police say. (SFChronicle; NOLA)
  • The Man Behind Project 2025’s Most Radical Plans (ProPublica)
  • 20-Year-Old Fatally Shot in The Back By LAPD Officer in Pacoima Projects (LA TACO)

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