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Cannabis cafes, AI and parking: How new California laws could affect you in 2025

Here’s a look at some new California laws that take effect on Jan. 1, 2025.

Long Beach, CA - July 26: A bartender makes a drink as patrons fill the bar, ordering food and drinks and watching women's sports during the grand opening of Watch Me! Sports Bar in Long Beach Friday, July 26, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times) The grand opening of Watch Me! Sports Bar, the first bar in Southern California dedicated to exclusively broadcasting women's sports. It's part of nationwide surge in similar bars following the success of The Sports Bra in Portland.

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Here are 11 Fernando Valenzuela murals to visit in L.A.: ‘He did so much for the Mexican community’

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LOS ANGELES, CA - APRIL 17, 2019 - Ricky Kendrick, 66, uses new crosswalks at 43rd and Broadway which includes new sidewalks that extend further into the street, to slow vehicle speeds, and plastic bollards to stop cars from running up onto the sidewalk as L.A. struggles to reduce fatal traffic crashes on city streets. The city has added new infrastructure -- more visible crosswalks, flashing lights at crosswalks, digital signs that show drivers their speed -- to help protect pedestrians and bicyclists. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

Starting next year you could be fined for parking within 20 feet of a crosswalk in L.A.

That text from the post office could be a scam. How to avoid ‘smishing’ fraud

SoCal stargazers, mark your calendars for top astronomical events of 2025

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Patt Morrison: The future of the West L.A. VA campus is uncertain. This is its history

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Technology and the Internet

My wallet was stolen at a bar. Then my identity theft nightmare began

A stolen wallet precipitates a reporter’s years-long fight against identity thieves — and a system that doesn’t care and won’t help.

There are no perfect solutions for identity theft. But experts and a victim have ideas

Worried about identity theft? What to do to minimize your risk

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Shape Your L.A.: How to get civically engaged and make Los Angeles work for you

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29 essential L.A. karaoke spots for every kind of singer

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Have big Hollywood dreams? Read our guide to entertainment industry careers

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The surprising stories behind famous L.A. landmark names

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