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WildfiresThe Line Fire has scorched The Keller Peak Fire Lookout Tower, which has been around for nearly 100 years, making it the oldest observatory in the Angeles National Forest.
The Oral History of Star Magazine
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Business & EconomyVoters will have the chance to raise the state minimum wage to $18 with Prop 32. Wages are usually a hot topic in the state, but campaign spending is low.
Clothing brands must recycle or reuse: New CA law
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‘Making it’ is having a platform: A content creator’s story
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Measure G would remake LA County government
PoliticsA ballot initiative would expand the number of LA County supervisors and create a new executive job, in the biggest change to local governance in generations.