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Columnist Steve Lopez is the author of "Independence Day," a memoir about retirement, and the best-selling "The Soloist." facebook.com/steve.lopez.ind…

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Revisit Michael's 2009 talk with @LATstevelopez on his book "The Soloist", an intimate portrait of gifted violinist Nathaniel Ayers, his promising education at Juilliard, and struggles with schizophrenia and homelessness. Hear the #bookclub #podcast 🎧📖 loom.ly/6appR-k
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Bravely facing the end, and hoping to have his ashes sent to a far-away friend latimes.com/california/story…

Commentary: A candid take on mortality and the power of friendship

David Mays, a cancer survivor, is dying — but he's at peace with his fate because he’s got friends, love and support.

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More bad news out of L.A. City Hall latimes.com/california/story…

L.A. city budget shortfall grows to nearly $1 billion, with layoffs 'nearly inevitable'

Faced with a nearly $1-billion budget shortfall, the Los Angeles City Council met behind closed doors to take a fresh look at its salary agreements with labor unions.

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After the fires, starting from scratch in their 70s, 80s and 90s latimes.com/california/story… by @LATstevelopez

Commentary: After the fires, starting from scratch in their 70s, 80s and 90s

Toothbrushes, slippers, hearing aids, walkers — all lost in the fire. Here's how people in their 70s, 80s and 90s are starting from scratch.

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30 Nov 2024
A wonderful tale of volunteering along the California coast, "all of it in the service of greater appreciation that might lead to better stewardship of a planet in peril as climate change accelerates and biodiversity declines." From @LATstevelopez: latimes.com/california/story…

Column: Volunteering where the views are heavenly, the cause is critical, and the sea lions are...

For volunteers at a heavenly stretch of seashore between Carmel-by-the-Sea and Big Sur, the job is to grow the next generation of conservationists — and 'to give back a little bit.'

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Gustavo and Gershwin, props for their chops: Why we need ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ more than ever as it turns 100 latimes.com/california/story…

Column: Why we need 'Rhapsody in Blue' more than ever as it turns 100

As orchestras around the country celebrate 'Rhapsody in Blue' throughout 2024, it’s important to think of the piece as more than just music.

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13 Feb 2024
Was so grateful to celebrate my grandfather’s 100th birthday yesterday. Rabbi Harry Roth, born in Europe in 1924, came to the U.S. on the RMS Mauretania in 1929. Wore a tuxedo to his party and told so many stories. Celebrated with his four grandkids and six great-grandkids.
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19 Jan 2024
Huge turnout by @latimes guild members rallying against cuts that would devastate the storied news organization
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19 Jan 2024
L.A. Times Guild calls for one-day walkout to protest looming staff cuts. Management hasnt publicly disclosed the # of newsroom positions that will be cut, but knowledgeable people said the plan is to lay off at least 100 journalists, about 20% of newsroom latimes.com/entertainment-ar…

L.A. Times Guild calls for one-day strike to protest looming staff cuts

The move comes amid plans for deep newsroom cuts to stem the steep financial losses by the paper's owner, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong and his family.

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L.A. Times Guild 🦅@latguild
19 Jan 2024
📢DON’T CROSS THE LAT GUILD DIGITAL PICKET LINE To support us in our walkout, we ask you not to 1) Click on LAT stories  2) Engage with LAT brand accounts on social media  3) Open LAT news alerts Or otherwise engage with LAT content from midnight to 11:59 p.m. Jan. 19
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Skelton: For 50 years, I’ve had a ringside seat at the California political circus latimes.com/california/story…

Column: For 50 years, George Skelton has had a ringside seat at the California political circus

Fifty years ago this month, George Skelton walked into the Los Angeles Times as a newly hired state Capitol reporter. A lot has changed since 1974 — at the Capitol, in California politics. Some have...

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4 Jan 2024
People’s park in Berkeley was cleared by police last night to make way for housing. This is left over from last time they tried—and failed—to clear the park. This time the buzzdozers successfully moved in
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With giant waves battering California coast, Rosanna Xia book is required reading
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29 Dec 2023
Today is a great day to read @RosannaXia’s book
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16 Dec 2023
Remember Twin Pines Mall from Back to the Future? It’s now essentially a dead mall, but it still has a Santa among the empty stores. Here, the Christmas spirit refuses to disappear thanks to Santa — AKA Albert Sanchez. My latest @latimes latimes.com/california/story… 📸 @rgaut999

Dead mall, live Santa: A rookie St. Nick steps in at shopping center from 'Back to the Future'

The Puente Hills Mall, featured in 'Back to the Future,' is mostly dead. Santa is there to bring joy.

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What day laborers are hired to do: the dangerous, the gross, the sometimes illegal latimes.com/california/story…

What day laborers are hired to do: the dangerous, the gross, the sometimes illegal

After four day laborers were hired to dump bags of body parts, others recount stories of strange, and sometimes illegal, jobs they were hired to do.

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25 Nov 2023
Column: With friends in tow at Griffith Park, Pete Teti walks out of one century and into another. @LATstevelopez latimes.com/california/story…
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Such a great enterprising take on this story, by Gustavo: O.C. let its history rot. And the Tustin hangar fire is still burning latimes.com/california/story…

Column: O.C. let its history rot. And the Tustin hangar fire is still burning

The Tustin blimp hangars were Orange County's version of the Watts Towers: beloved architectural marvels of a bygone time. They shouldn't have suffered such an ignominious end.

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9 Nov 2023
L.A. County coroner investigator charged with thefts of necklace and rare coins from bodies - Los Angeles Times ⁦@Rjaellis⁩ ⁦@LATstevelopez⁩ latimes.com/california/story…

L.A. County coroner investigator charged with thefts of necklace and rare coins from bodies

The L.A. County District Attorney’s office has filed charges against Adrian Muñoz, 34, in connection with suspected thefts from two dead people.

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7 Oct 2023
Column: For drivers 70 and older, the road rage over DMV test questions continues - Los Angeles Times ⁦@LATstevelopez⁩ latimes.com/california/story…

Column: For drivers 70 and older, the road rage over DMV test questions continues

Confusing. Trivial. Useless. Laughable. Inconsistent. The road rage over DMV test questions continues for drivers 70 and older.

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Rachel Uranga@racheluranga
3 Oct 2023
Fallen from the middle class, Laura Garciaros is homeless, 60, living in an RV and fighting for a home. @palomaesquivel and I followed her for months. Like Garciaros nearly half of California adults on the streets are over 50. latimes.com/california/story…

Fallen from the middle class: 60, living in an RV and fighting to be housed

As L.A. officials and residents push to get rid of RV encampments, one woman's story reflects the mountainous obstacles faced by those who try to find housing.

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