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3 votes
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USA, 101 Freeway: Major Los Angeles highway to undergo weeks of closures for wildlife crossing construction
31 votes -
California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu
6 votes -
Google blocks some California news as fight over online journalism bill escalates
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5.25-inch floppy disks expected to help run San Francisco trains until 2030
22 votes -
Groundbreaking lawsuit accuses Roblox of exploiting young creators
22 votes -
Keith eats everything at a Michelin dim sum restaurant
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Iowa hospital IT systems architect used a fake identity for thirty-five years
27 votes -
California store sells returned Amazon packages — still in the box
15 votes -
Not every student needs Algebra 2. UC should be flexible on math requirement.
21 votes -
California introduces 'right to disconnect' bill that would allow employees to possibly relax
23 votes -
PG&E rates: new fee would change monthly Californian electricity charges
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San Francisco city leaders look to bring back emergency sirens by end of 2024
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California High-Speed Rail: Floral Avenue grade separation construction progress
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California is preparing to defend itself — and the nation — against Trump 2.0
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Lego requests California police department stop using their toy heads to cover suspect mugshots on social media
40 votes -
State Farm shedding 72,000 home insurance policies in California
29 votes -
A new service is trying to fight California's loneliness epidemic
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California, USA must triple its rate of carbon emissions reductions to reach 2030 target, report says
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California judge rules lawsuit over Apple AirTag stalking claims can proceed
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Hidden giants: how the UK’s 500,000 redwoods put California in the shade
25 votes -
How Jim Heimann got crazy for California architecture
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Unique things to do in Las Vegas? (and Los Angeles)
My parents live in Los Angeles so I'm there often, but I feel like I've always done the big things that everyone's done (Hollywood Sign, Disneyland/Universal, Sunset Blvd (not worth it imo)) and...
My parents live in Los Angeles so I'm there often, but I feel like I've always done the big things that everyone's done (Hollywood Sign, Disneyland/Universal, Sunset Blvd (not worth it imo)) and eaten the popular foods (Leo's Tacos, Din Tai Fung, etc) so I'm wondering what other things I can do the next time I'm out there! I'm going out there for a bachelor party with a couple of friends in May, if that helps :)
A similar thing with Vegas, we'll be stopping by there for a couple of days after LA, and I know of all the popular things to do, mainly some gambling, buffets and shows, but is there anything outside of that that are considered -must do's- that we could check out?
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Trolls targeted TikTok librarian Mychal Threets. Now he’s quitting to rediscover his library joy.
31 votes -
350,000 Californians are now on the FAIR Plan, the last resort for fire insurance. Now what?
36 votes -
The problem with California Prop 1
8 votes -
Waymo can now charge for robotaxi rides in LA and on San Francisco freeways
20 votes -
Shell to permanently close all of its hydrogen refuelling stations for cars in California
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What Texas can teach San Francisco and London about building houses: it’s not a housing crisis — it’s a planning crisis
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‘Burning Man for rednecks’: inside King of the Hammers, the gnarliest off-road race of the year
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Berkeley's upzoning would be among America's largest
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Kenji's Vietnamese garlic noodles... with twenty cloves of garlic
41 votes -
California's push for mandatory ethnic studies classes runs into the Israel-Palestine conflict in designing a curriculum
22 votes -
Air Force OKs autonomous cargo flights across California after successful test
20 votes -
Squishmallows vs. Build-A-Bear, the cutest legal scuffle ever, is heating up
22 votes -
Waymo driverless car set on fire, destroyed by San Francisco crowd
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Attempts to plant new Joshua Trees after destructive fires assisted by load carrying camels
16 votes -
The Memories - Higher (2011)
5 votes -
The relative share of Americans living in the West of the US has declined
21 votes -
Seismic City by Joanna Dyl: an economic class and political history of the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake
5 votes -
How bad is Tesla’s hazardous waste problem in California?
15 votes -
How did this climber get away with so much for so long?
19 votes -
underscores - Locals (Girls Like Us) [with gabby start] (2023)
5 votes -
In-N-Out to close first location in its 75-year history due to a wave of car break-ins and robberies
29 votes -
Palm Springs capped Airbnb rentals. Now some home prices are in free-fall.
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‘We’ve lost the art of city building’: can the planner behind a tech-funded metropolis win over the skeptics?
25 votes -
The farmers had what the billionaires wanted
23 votes -
Green Day - Bobby Sox (2024)
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Billionaire backers of new California city seek voter approval after stealthily snapping up farmland
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A cheap week in LA/SB
I work remotely for a US tech start-up, and my work is flying me out for our company kickoff in Santa Barbara at the end of February. Because I want to spend as little time in Berlin February...
I work remotely for a US tech start-up, and my work is flying me out for our company kickoff in Santa Barbara at the end of February. Because I want to spend as little time in Berlin February weather as possible and I want to meet up with some local(-ish) relatives, I'm flying in a week earlier than necessary. As a result, however, I'm going to have some free time to fill.
The biggest thing is that I'm going to have to find and pay for my own lodging while I'm there until the work event starts and I can check into the hotel my company booked. So if anyone has any personal experience with some cheap-but-not-sketchy lodging options in LA or Santa Barbara, I especially welcome that. I'm flying into LAX so I'm able to stay there before going down to Santa Barbara for the actual work event if it's cheaper or there's more to do there (which I kinda assume is the case on both counts, idk).
I've heard LA is generally pretty expensive. I'm not a huge party animal by any means, but I figure I should do more when I'm there than sitting in my hotel reading (especially if I want to kick the jetlag before all the work stuff starts). So I'd also love any recommendations for cheap but interesting stuff to do while I'm there. My cursory Google searches have turned up a bunch of Hollywood tourist type stuff and recommendations for outdoorsy activities like hiking, neither of which is my speed. But surely there's gotta be some interesting stuff for a nerdy introvert to check out!
I'm also a very food-motivated traveler, so any particular restaurant recommendations for while I'm there are very welcome -- especially stuff that's hard for me to find in Germany. Latin American food is especially high on my list ofc, and I'm also on the lookout for good wing places, since I know both of those things are very hard to find at home in Berlin. But I also welcome other recommendations, especially stuff that isn't gonna come up in a quick google search. Or authentic Chinese food (even though I'm not going to SF, I learned how to say 洛杉矶 in Chinese class back in the day so LA's gotta have at least somthing 😅). I'm also a coffee person, so I'd love to know about any particular standout local coffee shops (even though I'm sure there's way more than I could try in even a month in a city the size of LA).
11 votes