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Commentary: How SoCal became the nation's dairy queen

President Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are on a dairy kick. That's big news for California. One in every five glasses of milk that's drunk in this country comes from California dairy companies.

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L.A. streetlights take a year to fix. Council members say solar power is the answer

Broken streetlights have emerged as a hot-button issue in this year's election, with council members scrambling to find ways to restore them.

Notoriously hazardous South L.A. oil wells finally plugged after decades of community pressure

A two-acre Los Angeles oil drill site near the St. Vincent Elementary School in University Park, had been releasing noxious fumes for years. Finally, the wells have been shut down.

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Trump administration drops appeal of court order blocking $1.2-billion UCLA settlement

The Trump administration dropped its appeal of a major higher education case in which a federal judge blocked its $1.2-billion settlement proposal to UCLA over alleged civil rights violations. It will continue to litigate a legal challenge from UC system workers in a lower court.

As a Colorado River deadline passes, reservoirs keep declining

Seven states have missed a federal deadline to reach a water deal on the Colorado River. They remain divided on how to cut water use.