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In Kern County, an abandoned church gets a second life as housing for former foster youths

OILDALE, Calif. —  The church on Oildale Drive and Minner Avenue has stood on the corner since 1954, built after an earthquake damaged the Oildale...

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How to help support good causes during the cost of living crisis

How to help support good causes during the cost of living crisisUK households are under pressure at a time when charities are needed...

Stark rise in homelessness reflected in regional Victoria statistics – Medical Marijuana Program Connection

In short: Demand for homelessness support in regional Victoria is beginning to exceed resources What’s next? The Council to Homeless Person is calling on state and...

As high-rise offices lose their luster, can this part of downtown L.A. find a way forward?

As the pandemic shut down office life in Los Angeles’ downtown financial district, Claude Cognian tried to keep his gastropub Public School 213 open....

Bass looks to buy a 15-story hotel as she ramps up her fight against homelessness

Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ homelessness team is looking to purchase a 15-story hotel in the city’s Westlake neighborhood, the latest big expenditure planned...

FreedomGPT: Personal, Bold and Uncensored Chatbot Running Locally on Your PC

Introducing FreedomGPT: The Unfiltered AI Powerhouse Freedom GPT is a groundbreaking open-source AI technology developed by Age of AI, an Austin-based AI venture capital firm....

A huge chunk of land in Bel-Air is going up for auction

Bel-Air — thanks to its impressive list of celebrity residents and impressive collection of record-setting mega-mansions — has developed a reputation as one of...

A powerful nonprofit owns apartments for poor tenants. Why are some tenants trapped in their rooms?

For six days Richard Dever sat in his tiny fifth-floor apartment on skid row, desperate for some fresh air. But the elevator at the...

Dara O’Kearney: Of Poker Travel Snafus and WPT World Champions

Double-checking my itinerary would have been wise I have a bit of a history of travel mishaps on my way to Vegas. On one of...

Howard Jarvis group, apartment owners sue to block L.A.’s new housing tax

A coalition of real estate and antitax groups is seeking to prevent the city of Los Angeles from implementing a recently passed tax on...

Longtermism: Why the Million-Year Philosophy Can’t Be Ignored

In 2017, the Scottish philosopher William MacAskill coined the name “longtermism” to describe the idea “that positively affecting the long-run future is a key...

Pandemic eviction protections, direct payments kept homelessness in check, study shows

Eviction moratoriums and cash income from extended unemployment insurance and stimulus payments helped thousands of economically vulnerable people in Los Angeles County avoid becoming...

A year after opening 600 rooms to L.A.’s unhoused, the Cecil Hotel is still mostly empty. Here’s why

It’s not much — a bed with a mattress, a small nightstand, a dresser, a closet and some assorted appliances in a 160-square-foot room.Some...

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