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Metro board ponders facial recognition, other security measures after subway killing
Could AI have prevented the killing of a woman on an L.A. subway. Metro is looking at facial recognition technology, fare gates and new station designs to address security concerns amid a wave of attacks in the transit system.
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Airlines will be required to automatically refund passengers for major flight changes under DOT rule
The new Department of Transportation rule will go into effect in about six months, Secretary Pete Buttigieg said.
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LAX plans to update terminal and gate numbers ahead of Olympics
Los Angeles Airport's board of commissioners has designated $43.6 million to improve the ways travelers navigate the airport.
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Kern County supervisor investigated for allegedly sexually assaulting his child
Kern County Supervisor Zack Scrivner had a physical altercation with his children and was stabbed twice in the upper torso over allegations that he had sexually assaulted one of them, according to Sheriff Donny Youngblood.
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Is Harvey Weinstein's California conviction in jeopardy after N.Y. appeals ruling?
After Harvey Weinstein won an appeal to overturn his New York rape conviction, legal experts say he faces a much tougher hill to climb as he attempts a similar strategy in his California case.
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California is trying again to extend unemployment benefits to workers on strike
Months after Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed the proposal, lawmakers in Sacramento are trying again to extend unemployment benefits to California workers who are on strike.
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Proposed L.A. County budget adds mental health workers, homelessness funding
The L.A. County Board of Supervisors deliberated over the $45.4-billion budget for the nation's largest county, much of which is spent on crucial safety net services.
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Newsom sent CHP officers to fight crime in Oakland. Now he's sending them to Bakersfield
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday that he's sending Highway Patrol officers to Bakersfield, an expansion of a law enforcement campaign launched earlier this year with an effort rooted in tamping down crime in certain California cities.
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The Inland Empire's last goat dairy farmer faces a precarious future after he was robbed of a dozen goats
The Drake family has been raising goats for generations. Now one goatherd faces an uncertain future in Southern California.
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