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Nesrin had been pounding garlic all morning, but the pestle’s blunt thwack grew louder when she started talking about Syria. From 2010 to 2014, she marched in the revolution there. “Everyone conspired to kill the civil rights movement,” she said.Nesrin (who asked not to use her last name to protect family still in Syria) now makes her living as…

While hiking in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains as a kid, I’d be poked by yucca spikes, scratched by the tough leaves of oak trees and calmed by the soothing aroma of sages.Back then, I knew very little about these native plants — not even their names. Even though my mom was a gardener who’d take me to visit local nurseries, my…

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County decreased for the 53rd consecutive day Saturday since rising to a record, dropping 4.1 cents to $5.509, its lowest amount since March 7. The average price has dropped 95.3 cents since rising to a record high of $6.462 on June 14, including 2.9…

Nothing reveals the character of a city more than the way it opens a present.California saw as much this summer, as Los Angeles and San Francisco each tore the wrapping paper off a beautiful civic gift — and…

A decorated California nurse is behind bars this week after allegedly firing her handgun into a neighbor’s Sunset Boulevard apartment while "intoxicated" Monday afternoon, according to authorities. Kathryn Pugh, a 39-year-old registered nurse who was honored in 2019 with a DAISY Award at Huntington Health in Arcadia, allegedly had too much to…

Angelenos are struggling to keep their lawns green in the midst of yet another historic drought, with water use mandates becoming more and more strict. Transforming your yard into drought tolerant landscaping involves ripping out the existing grass lawn and replacing it with gravel or crushed granite, along with adding native…

What to KnowFulcrum Festival celebrates the "intersections of art and science across Greater Los Angeles"The 2022 festival's theme is "Deep Ocean/Deep Space"Sept. 15 through 25, 2022; various locations Admiring an artwork often involves being in fairly close proximity to that artwork. You lean in, from a respectful distance,…

Los Angeles on pace to set hate crime record New data from Crosstown USC shows Los Angeles is on pace to set a yearly record for hate crimes in the city. The previous record was set the year before. Data compiled by Crosstown at USC, a nonprofit news organization based at the USC Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, showed that…

Los Angeles residents can submit ideas beginning Thursday for how the city should spend more than $3 million in city funds through the city's Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department's LA REPAIR Participatory Budgeting Program. Through October, residents in the neighborhoods of Boyle Heights, Mission Hills, Panorama City,…

Gaza receives largest aid shipment so far as deaths top 8,000 and Israel widens military offensiveDEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Nearly three dozen trucks entered Gaza in the largest aid convoy since the war between Israel and Hamas began, but humanitarian workers say the assistance still falls desperately…