The high-rise push has spawned a backlash, exposing sharp divisions over growth and underscoring the complexities, even in a city known for its progressive politics, of trying to keep desirable communities affordable for the teachers, waiters, firefighters and store clerks who provide the bulk of services.
James Rainey / Los Angeles Times
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Threatened red fox pops up south of Yosemite, increasing species’ survival chances
Researchers once thought the Sierra Nevada red fox had been eliminated from the mountain range. Photos confirm the fox’s range is wider than once believed.
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L.A. mayor’s race: Rick Caruso and Karen Bass headed to November runoff
Billionaire real estate developer Rick Caruso holds a narrow lead over U.S. Rep. Karen Bass in the race to replace Mayor Eric Garcetti.
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What you need to know about California’s new composting law — a game changer for food waste
Starting Jan. 1, a new law means egg shells, banana peels, leftover pasta and other food scraps can no longer go in with the rest of the trash.
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California goes to war with food waste. Composting is its next climate crusade
Those banana peels, pizza boxes and coffee grounds you throw away? Starting Jan. 1, local government will need to start composting them, in part to reduce greenhouse gases.
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Where could Larry Elder’s emergence as a Republican star lead: Politics, TV, radio
Larry Elder became a Republican star while running to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California in Tuesday’s recall election. Where does he go from here?
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Larry Elder’s views cost him listeners and even his best friend. But he won’t waver
The leading California recall candidate won’t waver, even when it costs him listeners, and his best friend. Now talk radio standout wants to replace Gavin Newsom as governor of California.
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Larry Elder’s recall campaign targets a new opponent: the press
The leading Republican candidate to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election has blocked access for one of the state’s biggest papers.
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Larry Elder’s outspoken conservative radio rhetoric is under scrutiny in recall election
Larry Elder leapfrogs the others vying to replace Gavin Newsom as California’s governor in the Sept. 14 recall election, with provocative stances from firing teachers to downplaying the danger of secondhand smoke.
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In wine country, a newspaper war brings down a mayoral ‘prince’ accused of sex abuse
A prize-winning Santa Rosa newspaper neglected accusations against Dominic Foppoli, until its former employee took the scoop to a competing paper.