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Column: California to transform infamous San Quentin prison with Scandinavian ideas, rehab focus

Column: California to transform infamous San Quentin prison with Scandinavian ideas, rehab focus

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 16, 2023Los Angeles, civic action

How California is using recent floods to prepare for future drought

How California is using recent floods to prepare for future drought

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 15, 2023California, environment

Steps from the Capitol, Trump allies buy up properties to build MAGA campus

Steps from the Capitol, Trump allies buy up properties to build MAGA campus

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 15, 2023government

Senate confirms Garcetti as ambassador to India

Senate confirms Garcetti as ambassador to India

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 15, 2023Los Angeles, global

Water restrictions lifted for millions in SoCal, but region still urged to conserve

Water restrictions lifted for millions in SoCal, but region still urged to conserve

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 15, 2023water, Los Angeles, California, agriculture

Your L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup: Meghan Trainor, Stacey Abrams, Laura Dern and more

Your L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup: Meghan Trainor, Stacey Abrams, Laura Dern and more

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 15, 2023Los Angeles, education, development

Inside the movement to remake America’s city streets

Inside the movement to remake America’s city streets

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 15, 2023infrastructure, public space, policy

GPT-4 has arrived. It will blow ChatGPT out of the water.

GPT-4 has arrived. It will blow ChatGPT out of the water.

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 14, 2023technology, civic engagement

'This War Made Him a Monster.' Ukrainian Women Fear the Return of Their Partners

'This War Made Him a Monster.' Ukrainian Women Fear the Return of Their Partners

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 14, 2023Ukraine, global

You Can Now Calculate Your Grocery List's Carbon Footprint

You Can Now Calculate Your Grocery List's Carbon Footprint

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 14, 2023agriculture, civic action

Mikheil Saakashvili Must Not Die

Mikheil Saakashvili Must Not Die

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 14, 2023civic action, civic engagement, global, Ukraine

Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger

Age, drought, rodents and neglect weaken California levees, heightening flood danger

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 14, 2023California, water

Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Clean Up the Seine

Inside the Billion-Dollar Effort to Clean Up the Seine

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 13, 2023global, water, civic action

Banned Author George M. Johnson on Censorship and Silence

Banned Author George M. Johnson on Censorship and Silence

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 13, 2023civic action

Editorial: Finally, more housing for homeless veterans opens on the VA campus. Still problems? Of course.

Editorial: Finally, more housing for homeless veterans opens on the VA campus. Still problems? Of course.

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 13, 2023Los Angeles, civic engagement

Nancy Yao chosen as founding director of Smithsonian women’s museum

Nancy Yao chosen as founding director of Smithsonian women’s museum

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 13, 2023women, leadership

Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater with floodwaters

Flush with rain, California plans to replenish drought-depleted groundwater with floodwaters

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 11, 2023California, environment

Here’s How to Solve a 25-Story Rubik’s Cube

Here’s How to Solve a 25-Story Rubik’s Cube

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 11, 2023civic engagement, development

Here Are the Biggest Moments from TIME's Women of the Year Gala

Here Are the Biggest Moments from TIME's Women of the Year Gala

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 9, 2023women, civic engagement

FDA sets national mammogram standards to protect women with dense breasts

FDA sets national mammogram standards to protect women with dense breasts

Cynthia HirschhornMarch 9, 2023women, civic action