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'This is not the end': LA advocates say veto doesn't shut door to safe injection sites

LOS ANGELES — In the sweltering heat, activist Soma Snakeoil gripped the microphone and led the crowd outside Los Angeles City Hall in a chant.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022

LA conserving water at record levels, but it's not enough as drought worsens

During a summer of soaring heat, shrinking supplies and mandatory drought restrictions, Los Angeles residents conserved water at an impressive pace in August, with that month's usage dropping below a record low set during the previous drought.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022

‘Growing the audience for rugby’: PR7s seeks to seed game in America

With 15s World Cups on the way, a start-up sevens league seeks to establish itself in a crowded but fractured landscape

The Guardian - US · Sep 17, 2022

‘I think we were failed’: Family mourns girl who died of possible fentanyl overdose at Hollywood school

LOS ANGELES — Melanie Ramos, a 15-year-old student at Helen Bernstein High School in Hollywood, loved to travel and dreamed of one day joining the Army.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022

Sheriff ordered to halt search of some computers linked to Supervisor Kuehl investigation

LOS ANGELES — A Superior Court judge late Thursday ordered Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials to stop searching certain computers seized as part of sprawling raids tied to an investigation into County Supervisor Sheila Kuehl, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and a domestic violence nonprofit.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022

He's back: Dennis Schroder set to sign one-year deal with Lakers

LOS ANGELES — The Lakers are reuniting with another former member of the team, this time agreeing to a one-year deal for the veteran's minimum with point guard Dennis Schroder, a person with knowledge of the deal not authorized to speak publicly told The Los Angeles Times.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022

Justin Herbert has fractured rib cartilage: Chargers takeaways from loss to Chiefs

LOS ANGELES — The Chargers received encouraging news on quarterback Justin Herbert when tests Friday revealed only fractured rib cartilage, according to coach Brandon Staley.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 16, 2022

Conservatives’ ire over stopgap spending presages budget wars to come

WASHINGTON — Rising GOP pushback against a short-term stopgap funding bill into December that would pave the way for a lame-duck omnibus package is at minimum a political headache for party leaders, and at worst points to market-rattling brinkmanship around fiscal deadlines next year.

Tribune News Service · Sep 16, 2022

X Factor finalist Tabby O'Callaghan unrecognisable 18 years after first series

Despite finishing third in the competition way back in 2004, Tabby still continues to perform across the UK. Tabby O'Callaghan still performs around the UK nearly two decades after his X Factor debut

Daily Mirror · Sep 16, 2022

Hollywood star Bridget Fonda unrecognisable 20 years after vanishing from spotlight

Bridget Fonda, who was once Hollywood royalty, has been spotted for the second time in a decade following her departure from the movie business

Daily Mirror · Sep 16, 2022