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The Migrant Crisis and the Urban Death Spiral
11Dec By adminNo Comments
Health

The Migrant Crisis and the Urban Death Spiral

Cities are organic entities. They have life cycles. They can thrive and grow or suffer and shrink. As secretary of housing and urban development, I learned this firsthand. Detroit wasn’t always the Detroit of today. San Francisco today is different from San Francisco 10 years ago. New York, Los Angeles and Chicago aren’t what they were 20 years ago. It’s time we opened our eyes to reality. Many cities are going backward.We are experiencing an unrecognized urban crisis as cities grapple with post-Covid realities. Cities were created primarily as locations for employment. Post-Covid remote work, Zoom meetings, abbreviated workweeks and increased mobility change the basic urban equation. Fewer people need to be in the city to work, and during Covid many adopted new lifestyles and locations. ...
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Hate Crimes in U.S. Increase Amid Israel-Hamas War
11Dec By adminNo Comments
World

Hate Crimes in U.S. Increase Amid Israel-Hamas War

Listen to article(2 minutes)Shots fired in the parking lot of a synagogue in New York. A 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy fatally stabbed outside Chicago. Violent assaults on people in religious and cultural attire.Police in major cities including Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and San Francisco have seen a rise in reports of hateful events, including hate crimes, after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel and the nation’s subsequent military campaign in Gaza. Jews are often on the receiving end, according to cities that have broken down data, while reported attacks on Muslims—which include some of the most violent instances reported recently—are also on the rise.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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The Dodgers’ 10-Year Plan to Put Ohtani at the Center of the Baseball Universe
10Dec By adminNo Comments
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The Dodgers’ 10-Year Plan to Put Ohtani at the Center of the Baseball Universe

Dec. 10, 2023 11:00 am ETWhen Shohei Ohtani announced that he would spend the next 10 years with the Los Angeles Dodgers, it wrapped up a free-agency campaign that ranks as the most intriguing, most secretive and most expensive in baseball history.It was also the biggest no-brainer.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Shohei Ohtani to Sign $700 Million Deal With the Los Angeles Dodgers
9Dec By adminNo Comments
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Shohei Ohtani to Sign $700 Million Deal With the Los Angeles Dodgers

Shohei Ohtani on Saturday announced that he will join the Los Angeles Dodgers, resolving the biggest mystery in baseball. He is set to sign a contract worth $700 million over the next 10 years that will make him one of the highest-paid athletes in pro sports history.The move ends Ohtani’s six-year tenure with the Los Angeles Angels, where the 29-year-old Japanese star established himself as a modern-day Babe Ruth. He can pitch, he can hit, and he does both at an elite standard at the highest level of the game.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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Travelers Can Still Find the Magic of ‘Old Hollywood’—If They Know Where to Look
8Dec By adminNo Comments
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Travelers Can Still Find the Magic of ‘Old Hollywood’—If They Know Where to Look

“YOU WANT to touch the Hollywood Sign?” asked Jeff Zarrinnam, chairman of the Hollywood Sign Trust, the organization that oversees its preservation, with a laugh. “I think we can arrange that.” This was my pop-culture holy grail. Like many travelers to Los Angeles, I have hiked the public trail in Griffith Park to the top of Mt. Lee, which offers a distant vision of the famous letters’ backside. It’s a deservedly iconic view, but this felt like a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for more. I followed Zarrinnam as he unlocked a private security gate in the Hollywood Hills, about 100 feet above the letters, and handed me a rope to hold on to for the scramble down a slippery hillside. “I’m going down first,” he declared with an Indiana Jones flourish. “Wait till I give you the signal!” Copyrigh...
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Norman Lear, TV Producer Who Tackled Social Issues, Has Died
6Dec By adminNo Comments
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Norman Lear, TV Producer Who Tackled Social Issues, Has Died

Updated Dec. 6, 2023 9:30 am ETNorman Lear, the writer, producer and activist who turned American society’s most divisive issues into grist for television comedy and transformed the once-staid sitcom format into a powerful vehicle for satire, has died. He was 101 years old and died in his Los Angeles home, according to a statement from his family.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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My Morning With Charlie Munger
2Dec By adminNo Comments
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My Morning With Charlie Munger

Updated Dec. 2, 2023 12:24 am ETListen to article(1 minute)I arrived at Charlie Munger’s Los Angeles home early one morning in September, hoping for some thoughts and opinions.For nearly four hours, Charlie wouldn’t stop.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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My Morning With Charlie Munger
2Dec By adminNo Comments
Money

My Morning With Charlie Munger

Updated Dec. 2, 2023 12:24 am ETListen to article(1 minute)I arrived at Charlie Munger’s Los Angeles home early one morning in September, hoping for some thoughts and opinions.For nearly four hours, Charlie wouldn’t stop.Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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