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HOA Homefront: Court holds HOAs can stay out of neighbor vs neighbor disputes
One of the more difficult situations for HOA boards, managers, and attorneys to handle is the neighbor vs. neighbor dispute....
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What a week!
POETRY MAN ROGER STEFFENS @CIOP SAT-courtesy photo HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: ROGER STEFFENS, “Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry” – A bit...
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Around Town: Valentine’s Dining Options and Presidents Day Weekend Activities
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes a ton of Valentine’s Day dining options,...
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Will having ‘too many cooks’ complicate recovery from deadly Los Angeles fires?
A proverb said to have arisen in 16th-century England postulates that “too many cooks spoil the broth.” When too many...
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After the fires, the mandate for Karen Bass remains the same: House the people of Los Angeles
Any student of California history knows the story of the 1906 earthquake. San Francisco was torn apart by the quake...
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California faces its biggest call to action yet as climate-powered disasters worsen
California can step up big when it wants to. Three years ago, California received an ‘A’ on the California Environmental...
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Joy at Disney Hall!
SAMARA JOY -courtesy photo HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: SAMARA JOY – Careful, Charles, don’t oversell it. But I really am crazy about...
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The most meaningful reform LA County can make post-fires is to its sprawling government
o In the wake of the disastrous fires that engulfed Los Angeles last month, the most immediate reaction of policymakers...
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Around Town: Super Bowl and Fire Relief Events
SMDP's Weekly Guide to Food & Entertainment Goings-On In & Around Town includes Super Bowl Parties, Wally's Burgundy and Burger...
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Los Angeles Can’t Recover from Tragic Fires Without a Leader — Karen Bass is no such thing
In the aftermath of the devastating fires that have scorched communities across Los Angeles, one thing is abundantly clear: our...
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