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Hotel, union negotiation fails to break stalemate; more walkouts ahead, union vows

Tensions rose Tuesday between the Southern California hotel operators and their striking workers during the first bargaining session since intermittent walkouts began July 1. Hotel representatives accused the union of failing to bargain in good faith, and Unite Here Local 11 vowed more strikes at hotels across Los Angeles and…

Los Angeles Times

Worse air quality in LA expected during heat wave. Why do high temperatures cause more smog?

The heat wave baking Southern California not only raises the risk of wildfires and heat-related illness but could bring another hardship: bad air quality.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: The SAG-AFTRA actors’ strike shows LA is leading the labor movement

Southern California unions and the working people they represent have become the vanguard of the American labor movement. About half of the big strikes in the U.S. this year have taken place in California, with the most consequential centered in Los Angeles — now including the actors’ strike announced by…

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After 30 years of Jimmy Eat World, Jim Adkins thinks this band thing might work out

ANAHEIM, Calif. — There’s a reason Jimmy Eat World has been such a constant presence in Southern California over the three decades since the alternative rock band formed in Mesa, Arizona, in 1993.

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Helene Elliott: Learner Tien's rise has tennis world noticing Southern California left-hander

Learner Tien played tennis almost as soon as he started walking. He was 5 when he competed in his first tournament, at the Racquet Club of Irvine, near his home. He was just short of 6, his father recalled, when he earned his first championship by winning three matches at…

Los Angeles Times

Editorial: It’s not the heat, it’s the stupidity: the latest wake-up call on climate change

In the South and Southwest, and most intensely from Southern California to South Florida, a dangerous heat wave has gripped the nation, with 104 million Americans under a heat warning advisory. Records are being broken right and left: The first full week of July was recorded as the Earth’s hottest…

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Oxnard neighbors say Cowboys ‘crossed a line’ building platform inches from their property

The Cowboys’ upcoming training camp has cast an unwelcome shadow for several Southern California locals, who hired attorneys and filed a complaint to the city of Oxnard this week after the team built a tall, temporary structure inches from their properties without notice, they told The Dallas Morning News.

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Fast-moving fires force evacuations, char thousands of acres in Southern California

LOS ANGELES — Three wildfires continued to burn in western Riverside County early Saturday, scorching thousands of acres and prompting evacuations in some neighborhoods.

Los Angeles Times

California firefighters battle 3 small blazes in Riverside County amid hot, dry weather

Firefighters in Southern California are battling three separate brush fires that started Friday afternoon amid the hottest weather of the year so far

The Independent UK

Death Valley could see 129-degree high, with low over 100, as California roasts

The heat dome parked over Southern California is expected to spin thermometers to nearly 130 degrees this weekend in Death Valley — where even overnight lows could exceed 100.

Los Angeles Times

Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene sue Anaheim and Riverside over canceled rally

Republican Reps. Matt Gaetz and Marjorie Taylor Greene are suing two Southern California cities and several advocacy groups alleging they conspired to infringe on their free speech rights by pressuring venues to cancel a rally in 2021.

Los Angeles Times

Risk of tap water exposure to toxic PFAS chemicals higher in Southern California

Tap water in urban areas of Southern and Central California appears more likely to be contaminated by PFAS "forever chemicals" than drinking water in many other regions of the nation, although rural Californians are far less likely to suffer similar exposure, according to new research by the U.S. Geological Survey.

Los Angeles Times

In pricey Palos Verdes, the ocean view is great — until your house slides into a canyon

The Palos Verdes Peninsula — a land of rolling hills, jagged cliffs and sweeping views of the city and ocean — boasts some of the most beautiful terrain in Southern California.

Los Angeles Times

Destructive Southern California landslide slows but more homes ordered evacuated as sewer breaks

A landslide that has destroyed homes in a Southern California community appears to have slowed but more homes have been evacuated

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Things to know about a landslide that has destroyed homes in Southern California

Leaders of a Southern California city hit by a destructive landslide are planning to vote on a resolution to declare a local emergency

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Sea lions are sick and dying along Southern California's coast. Here's what to know

A deadly toxin has been poisoning sea lions and dolphins, causing seizures, erratic behavior, bulging eyes and foaming at the mouth. It has been especially worse for pregnant mammals.

The Independent UK

Pilot escapes with minor injuries when small plane crashes into hangar's roof at California airport

Authorities say a pilot escaped with only minor injuries after a single-engine plane crashed nose-first into the roof of a hangar at a Southern California airport

Los Angeles Times

Bill Plaschke: Reeling Angels need to swallow hard and trade Shohei Ohtani

LOS ANGELES — For all the glitz and glam found within the rosters of Southern California's successful sports teams, there is only one bit of bling that truly interests them.

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A plane crash in Southern California kills 6 people near site of earlier fatal crash

The FAA and the NTSB are investigating after a Cessna business jet crashed in Riverside County and burst into flames. It's the second deadly crash near the same Riverside County airport within a week.

Los Angeles Times

Southern California hotels hit by strike say union is unlawfully pushing housing agenda

LOS ANGELES — Amid tense negotiations over new contracts for thousands of local hotel housekeepers, receptionists and cooks, a group of Southern California hotels filed an unfair labor practice charge accusing Unite Here Local 11 of striking over policy proposals that have “nothing to do” with the employees it represents.

The Independent UK

Stranded San Diego hiker rescued by new iPhone SOS feature

Apple’s SOS feature has saved 10 hikers in Southern California and a man stranded in the Alaskan wilderness less than a year after its launch

The Independent UK

How a little-known iPhone SOS feature saved a San Diego hiker’s life

Apple’s SOS feature has saved 10 hikers in Southern California and a man stranded in the Alaskan wilderness less than a year after its launch

Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles, again, sees drop in air quality after Fourth of July fireworks

Dozens of fireworks shows, and many smaller backyard or neighborhood pyrotechnic displays, lit up Southern California skies throughout the Fourth of July celebration Tuesday — leaving an almost instant negative effect on the region's air quality.

The Independent UK

California hotel workers back on the job after strike, but union warns more walkouts possible

Workers who picketed 19 major Southern California hotels over the long holiday weekend are back on the job, but their union warned that more walkouts could come at any time

The Independent UK

1 killed, 3 hurt in crash of small plane shortly after takeoff in Southern California

Authorities say one person was killed and three others were injured when a single-engine plane crashed on the Fourth of July in Southern California

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