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By Socal Patch Staff November 15, 2017 Brentwood Patch   LOS ANGELES, CA — Southern California smog worsened for a second straight year in the latest sign that progress in cleaning the nation's most polluted air is faltering, it was reported Wednesday.... Read More

By Bob Egelko October 23, 2017 San Francisco Chronicle   Kate Steinle’s shooting death on a San Francisco pier in July 2015 by a man who had been deported multiple times escalated quickly from a crime to the subject of a nationwide... Read More

PHOTO BY JIM GALLAGHER By Will Doig October 2, 2017 Next City   An emerald island in a sea of gray and brown sprawl is at the heart of a raging debate over the road to sustainability.   The Pomona Freeway from... Read More

Newhall Ranch, the site of a proposed 21,500-unit housing development. The project often has been stymied by environmental lawsuits. (Ricardo DeAratanha / Los Angeles Times) By Liam Dillon September 25, 2017 Los Angeles Times Year after year, owners of professional sports teams... Read More

Online real estate ad for Sunnyvale home that went for nearly $800,000 over the asking price. (Keller Williams Realty) By Steve Lopez September 16, 2017 Los Angeles Times The population of California was just above 10 million when I joined the party... Read More