Greater LA
The cracks in LA’s sidewalk repair plan
Despite thousands of requests to repair LA’s sidewalks each year, city officials say they can only manage to fix about ten a month. Some immigrant mothers who were separated from their children are suing the Trump administration.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 24m ListenDespite thousands of requests to repair LA’s sidewalks each year, city officials say they can only manage to fix about ten a month. Some immigrant mothers who were separated from their children are suing the Trump administration. And sea level rise could mean big trouble for California's coastal communities.
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3 storiesWhy can’t LA fix its broken sidewalks?
Every time Cynde Soto leaves her home in Long Beach, and commutes to work in downtown Los Angeles, she takes a big risk. “It is like falling off a cliff… that is how it feels to me, to use the sidewalk,” says Soto, who works for …
Read the story10 minMigrant parents sue Trump administration over family separation
Parents who were separated from their children at the U.S.-Mexican border last year are launching a legal fight against the Trump administration.
Read the story7 minOC Line: Will Seal Beach be underwater by 2100?
Climate scientists project that the Pacific Ocean could rise anywhere from three to more than nine feet along the California coast by the end of this century.
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