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Gov. Newsom signed a law prohibiting the sale of disposable vapes, a measure meant to prevent lithium battery fires at landfills and recycling centers. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5kiav ✍️ Lynn La | CalMatters 📸 Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

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Last week, Mayor Karen Bass issued an executive directive ordering an independent review of the department’s response. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5ki5s ✍️ Christopher Damien, The LA Local 📸 Eric Thayer / Associated Press

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The California State Auditor says L.A. County Public Health’s response to the health conditions around the Chiquita Canyon landfill was inadequate. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5khcw ✍️ Elly Yu 📸 Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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The California Teachers Association has led the Yes on 3 campaign and has ponied up $33 million for ads and door hangers. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5kdyx ✍️ John Festerwald | EdSource 📸 John Festerwald/EdSource

Two people in red shirts, one holding a baby, look at phones with a pitch to renew a California tax displayed.

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After a week of fierce competition, Bear 910 and Backpack have emerged as the final contenders to be named the heftiest bear of Alaska’s Katmai National Park and Preserve. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5kdse ✍️ The Associated Press staff 📸 Explore.org/Associated Press

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Three news outlets that President Donald Trump abruptly banished from White House grounds this month asked a federal court to block the ban until the case is resolved. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5kdnd ✍️ The Associated Press | NPR 📸 Rod Lamkey/AP

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Six Flags Magic Mountain is retiring its famous X2 roller coaster amid lawsuits alleging serious brain injury caused by the ride. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5kdjj ✍️ Jaimie Ding | The Associated Press 📸 Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

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E-bikes have become very popular in Orange County, where teens and tweens rely on the often-powerful vehicles to traverse long distances in spread-out suburbia. 🔗 Read the story: vist.ly/5kdiw ✍️ Jill Replogle 📸 Jill Replogle/LAist

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The torch relay for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics will begin in Atlanta, home of the last U.S. Summer Games in 1996, and travel through all 50 states, organizers announced Tuesday. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5kdhb ✍️ The Associated Press staff 📸 David Goldman/AP Photo

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A community-led effort that tested water runoff from the burned Lineage cold-storage facility found that elevated levels of metals made their way to the Los Angeles River. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5kdex ✍️ Alejandra Molina | Boyle Heights Beat 📸 Steve Saldivar/The LA Local

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Incumbent Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and her challenger City Councilmember Nithya Raman in a forum Tuesday night hosted by a group of Jewish organizations. 🔗 Learn more: vist.ly/5kdb4 ✍️ Frank Stoltze 📸 Ashlyn Ablao/LAist

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law Tuesday banning local, state and federal law enforcement officers from using gloves that can deliver painful electric shocks to people. 🔗 Learn more: vist.ly/5kcyj ✍️ Sophie Austin | The Associated Press 📸 Dylan Lovan/AP Photo

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California is now the second state to recognize the two main Muslim holidays as state holidays. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5kc94 ✍️ Yusra Farzan 📸 Courtesy ISOC

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Los Angeles County will begin sending mail-in ballots starting this Thursday ahead of the Nov. 3 elections. Counties across the state have until next Monday, Oct. 5, to begin mailing out ballots. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5kbvw ✍️ Elly Yu 📸 Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

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Have a gun? You’re going to need to take another safety class after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a package of bills Saturday that are a boon to gun control advocates. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5k976 ✍️ Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters 📸 Francine Orr/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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California will ban the sale of single-use, battery-powered vapes to fight plastic pollution under a law signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5k93v ✍️ Olga R. Rodriguez | Associated Press 📸 Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

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The Orange County Transportation Authority board declared coastal erosion conditions an emergency, allowing the agency to speedily replenish sand at San Clemente’s beaches. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5k8xg ✍️ Destiny Torres 📸 Orange County Transportation Authority

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The forum, which starts at 6:30 p.m., is sponsored by a coalition of Jewish groups including Jewish Federation Los Angeles, Jewish Family Services and the Anti-Defamation League of L.A. LAist will broadcast the event at 8 p.m. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5k8tg ✍️ Frank Stoltze 📸 LAist

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Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed two pieces of legislation aimed at increasing accountability and protections for communities in the aftermath of the Lineage warehouse fire. 🔗 Learn more: vist.ly/5k8qp ✍️ Alejandra Molina | Boyle Heights Beat 📸 Brian Feinzimer/The LA Local

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The latest budget from the Olympics organizing committee for the 2028 Games is now public, but like other reports from LA28, it’s light on key financial details. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5k8q3 ✍️ Libby Rainey 📸 Bonnie Ho/LAist

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As Californians drown in medical debt and worry about losing coverage, the two candidates running for governor have given voters little indication of how they’d help. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5k8mc ✍️ Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters 📸 Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images/Jules Hotz/CalMatters

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California officials say they will not use a federal database pushed by the Trump administration to check voter eligibility. That’s after the U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way last week. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5k8gi ✍️ Elly Yu 📸 Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

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As Californians drown in medical debt and worry about losing coverage, the two candidates running for governor have given voters little indication of how they’d help. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5k8de ✍️ Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters 📸 Jules Hotz/CalMatters, Greg Nash-Pool/Getty Images

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The Trump administration announced Monday it's scaling back how fuel efficient American carmakers need to make their fleets. 🔗 More details: vist.ly/5k86w ✍️ Willa Rubin | NPR 📸 Apu Gomes/Getty Images

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California lawmakers are cracking down on expensive concert experiences by targeting “ghost tickets” — so called because the person selling access to the show doesn’t actually own the ticket yet. 🔗 Read the story: vist.ly/5k72b ✍️ Lynn La | CalMatters 📸 Andrew Park/Invision via AP

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The debate over the safety of AI and whether and how it should be regulated is not a simple clash between two opposing sides. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5k78h ✍️ Katie McQue | NPR 📸 AFP via Getty Images/Collage by Emily Bogle/NPR

Portraits of four people with text about AI safety debate.

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Shohei Ohtani has become the first player to lead Major League Baseball jersey sales at the end of four straight seasons since the sport started tracking figures in 2010. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5jytm ✍️ The Associated Press staff 📸 Ronald Martinez/Getty Images North America

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It’s no secret that childcare is expensive — and unaffordable — for many families. In L.A. County, costs for childcare take up, on average, nearly 20% of a family’s household income. What are Karen Bass and Nithya Raman's plans for expanding childcare? 🎥 Elly Yu, Joshua Letona

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Leading up to November, LAist looked at who is financing the campaigns behind the Orange County Board of Supervisors races and how much they're putting down. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5jype ✍️ Destiny Torres 📸 Samanta Helou Hernandez/LAist

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Southern California is expected to dodge the brunt of Hurricane Polo, but the storm is expected to cause coastal erosion, flooding, dangerous rip currents and light rain. 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5jx87 ✍️ Lucas Brady Woods 📸 NOAA / NWS

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Los Angeles fire investigators stopped short of identifying what caused the June fire at the Lineage warehouse in Boyle Heights. 🔗 Read the story: vist.ly/5jx5c ✍️ Christopher Damien | Boyle Heights Beat 📸 Jae C. Hong/AP Photo

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The City of Long Beach is pushing back against requests to release information about a sustained misconduct finding from the personnel file of one of its former officers — even as more details come out about past incidents. 🔗 Find out more at LAist.com/LBPD 🎥 Jared Bennett, Joshua Letona

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Depression increased 36% and anxiety increased 22% among patients seen at AltaMed after the Lineage warehouse fire, according to a new report released Thursday. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5jwyt ✍️ Laura Anaya-Morga | Boyle Heights Beat 📸 Courtesy AltaMed

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Two years ago, LAist food and culture writer Gab Chabrán called Yerod Mas, an Armenian bakery and Deli in Glendale, the next best L.A. restaurant. The New York Times just released its Best Restaurants List for 2026, and guess who made the cut? 🔗 Full story: vist.ly/5jwwj ✍️ Gab Chabrán

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A federal appeals court today rejected the Trump administration’s latest attempt to sideline the L.A. region’s lead homelessness agency from a $239 million federal funding process. 🔗 Read the story: vist.ly/5jwtq ✍️ Aaron Schrank 📸 Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images

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A group of residents is forming a neighborhood watch group after the LAPD reported at least six home burglaries over a three-week period this summer in South L.A. 🔗 Read the story: vist.ly/5jwsv ✍️ LaMonica Peters | The LA Local 📸 Damian Dovarganes/Associated Press

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Text about burglaries in LA City Council District 8 and contact information.

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Pour yourself a cup of ambition. It’s Dolly Parton Day. Across the world, communities are dedicating Friday to honoring the beloved country singer. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5jwbv ✍️ Kimberlee Kruesi | The Associated Press 📸 John Russell/AP Photo

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The U.S. Supreme Court has for now revived a federal data system the Department of Homeland Security revamped into a tool to check the citizenship of millions of Americans on voter rolls. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5jwbt ✍️ Jude Joffe-Block | NPR 📸 David Delgado/AP

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After a fire scorched more than a third of Santa Rosa Island this spring, the race is on to protect what remains of a beloved grove of rare Torrey pines. 🔗 Find out more: vist.ly/5jw49 ✍️ Erin Stone 📸 National Park Service/inciweb.wildfire.gov

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