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Grassroots groups help rescue Holocaust survivors in Ukraine

Several grassroots groups and volunteers as far away as Los Angeles are working to extricate elderly Holocaust survivors from Ukraine

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

WeCrashed: The rise and fall of the drama-ridden WeWork empire

How did everything go so wrong for Adam Neumann? Laura Hampson reports

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

‘Oscar will never leave my house again’: 12 Oscar winners whose awards were stolen, destroyed or simply vanished

From the stolen Academy Award recovered from an airport bin to the time Matt Damon’s Oscar washed away in a flood, Adam White recalls the gold-plated vanishing acts that stars would love to forget

The Independent UK · Mar 19, 2022

‘I was susceptible to being taken advantage of’: Be Your Own Pet return after surviving sleazy indie

The Tennessee teen punks blazed a trail in the mid-2000s, but split under the pressures of the misogynistic media and music business. Fourteen years on, they’re back to play for a new generation of fans

The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2022

Hollywood money begins to flow into committee backing Karen Bass in mayor's race

LOS ANGELES — Billionaire Rick Caruso has already put millions of dollars toward television ads, and is expected to vastly outspend his competitors in the Los Angeles mayor's race.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022

Natalie Portman wanted to shift football culture. So she founded Angel City FC

The actor formed an ownership group that includes athletes and Hollywood stars to found a different type of team. The club has already sold nearly 16,000 season tickets

The Guardian - US · Mar 18, 2022

'We can't pay what the market demands': Community clinics struggle to hire, retain workers

LOS ANGELES — A community clinic in Huntington Park has two dentists eager to come back to work — a coveted service for poor and uninsured patients who often go without dental care.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022

With composting, Californians can take climate change into their own hands

LOS ANGELES -- Teresa Leong had known for years that her kitchen scraps weren't really trash. But at first, she wasn't sure what to do with them.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022

'Grey's Anatomy' crew member sues LAPD for racial profiling after traffic stop near set

LOS ANGELES — A Black member of a television production crew has sued the city of Los Angeles and members of its Police Department over a 2021 traffic stop in which he alleges he was racially profiled and held at gunpoint without cause.

Los Angeles Times · Mar 18, 2022

Amid student housing crisis, UCLA becomes first UC campus with four-year room guarantee

LOS ANGELES — It's just 35 miles between UCLA and Whittier, the hometown of Albert Hsu. The first-year Bruin could have commuted and saved $14,000 a year in campus housing and meal plan costs. But that was not even a consideration, because Hsu wanted the classic college experience of independent…

Los Angeles Times · Mar 17, 2022