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California accents are way more complex than you think
Los AngelesA project called Los Angeles Speaks is looking at how language evolves and affects communities, including neighborhoods impacted by recent wildfires.
Artists bring sparks of life to Altadena’s burn area
WildfiresAfter the Eaton Fire, experimental art space Trade School brings music and performance back to Altadena, to make sure artists are not “erased from the space.”
After the fires, surfers weigh the risks beneath the waves
WildfiresSince the Palisades Fire, many surfers have avoided the breaks from Malibu to El Porto. But stubbornness and new water quality reports might change that.
Angelenos learn to schmooze, kvetch, and kvell in Yiddish
Race & EthnicityYiddish, the historic language of Jews in Europe, was once spoken by tens of thousands of Jews in Los Angeles before largely fading away. Now it’s making a comeback.
Map: Now we know where fire debris is headed
WildfiresThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking fire debris to 18 landfills and recycling centers across Southern California.
Tour architectural ruins of old LA: New photo book
ArchitectureA historian takes readers on a visual tour of buildings torn down from the 19th and 20th centuries in “ Los Angeles Before The Freeways: Images of an Era 1850-1950 .”
Will LA City and County clash over separate homeless agencies?
HomelessnessLA County supervisors approved a plan to create a county-only homeless agency after years of joint partnership with the City of Los Angeles.
Where is fire debris going? Here’s a map of potential sites
WildfiresLandfills and recycling centers in five California counties are on the list of potential fire debris disposal sites.
Midweek Reset: The Gift Economy
EnvironmentThis week, Robin Wall Kimmerer , Indigenous ecologist and author of “The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance,” talks about the virtues of the ‘gift economy,” and explains…