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Living in Los Angeles is a lot like folding a fitted sheet: It seems almost impossible to do well — until someone shares a tip or two that smooths things out and makes the whole process infinitely easier to navigate. I’ve been the beneficiary of many a Los Angeles life hack over the years. Some were passed along by longtime Angelenos with the solemnity of handing down a family heirloom. Others were on-the-job discoveries. All of them made it infinitely easier to fold the fitted sheet of living in the City of Angels. That’s why I recently put out a call for readers to share their own L.A. life hacks: the coping mechanisms, shortcuts and workarounds that decrease the frustration and increase the enjoyment of everyday life in our city. You’ll find the best of them here — along with some others I’m proud to have discovered (or been told about) that I deploy on a regular basis. Once you’ve had a chance to drink deeply from the trough of hive-mind wisdom given freely by your fellow Angelenos, consider sharing your L.A. life hack. You’ll

Diego Luna is thinking about time a lot lately. How it’s passing. And how it’s spent. His latest project, “La Máquina,” which premieres Oct. 9 on Hulu and is the streamer’s first Spanish-language series, was first dreamed up by Luna and his longtime friend and collaborator, Gael García Bernal, as a feature film project more than a decade ago. But as the years wore on, the chance to turn this boxing story into a thrilling episodic series felt both obvious and exciting. “I’m glad it took us time,” Luna tells The Times on a sunny afternoon in September at the Chateau Marmont. “Because I think the opportunity to talk about the career of a boxer and the relationship between him and his manager at the end of his career is really strong. It serves, in many ways, to reflect and establish parallels between that and what we go through as actors. In our careers. In our journey in this business.” Esteban (García Bernal) knows his days as a professional boxer — as “La Máquina” — are numbered. He can’t continue chasing the glory of years

This election day, voters will have a direct voice in deciding whether to preserve or enhance abortion rights in 10 states, including six in which abortion is outlawed or seriously restricted. As it happens, new data points arrive almost weekly to inform voters what’s at stake in these ballot campaigns. To put it bluntly, the health of pregnant women and those of childbearing age hangs in the balance. With the election now less than five weeks away, let’s take an up-to-date look at this increasingly dismal landscape. We expect that if Donald Trump is elected he will find a way to impose a nationwide abortion ban. Then we will start seeing these tragedies and near-tragedies in every state. — Nancy L. Cohen, president, Gender Equity Policy Institute There can no longer be any doubt that the abortion bans enacted in more than 20 states threaten women’s health. The bellwether state is Texas, the only state to impose its abortion ban as early as September 2021, even before the Supreme Court’s June 2022 ruling in Dobbs vs. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the nationwide abortion right

When Nora Bruhn bought admission to the Lightning in a Bottle arts and music festival on the shores of Kern County’s Buena Vista Lake earlier this spring, her ticket never mentioned she might end up with a fungus growing in her lungs. After weeks of night sweats, “heaviness and a heat” in her left lung, a cough that wouldn’t quit and a painful rash on her legs, her physician brother said she might have valley fever, a potentially deadly disease caused by a dust-loving fungus that lives in the soils of the San Joaquin Valley. Bruhn said she hadn’t been warned beforehand that Kern County and Buena Vista Lake are endemic for coccidioides — the fungus that causes the disease. “If there had been a warning that there’s a potentially lethal fungal entity in the soil, there’s no way I would have gone,” said the San Francisco-based artist. “Honestly, I would have just been paranoid to breathe the whole entire time I was there.” The incidence and range of valley fever has grown dramatically over the last two decades, and some experts warn that the

Thee Sacred Souls are still getting used to things. After performing nearly 200 shows around the globe to adoring audiences, rocking NPR’s Tiny Desk, and receiving a cosign from Beyonc é in a recent issue of GQ,”the members of the San Diego-based sweet soul group still harbor a bit of disbelief. “I never thought I’d find myself on a stage in front of thousands of people. It’s just a strange feeling, knowing that people are watching you — people you have no idea who they are,” bassist Sal Samano says, just one day before heading out on a month-long European tour. “I’m definitely grateful to be where I am; I just can’t believe where I ended up — coming from house shows and playing alleyways.” One of the top acts in contemporary soul revival music, Thee Sacred Souls count fans among older enthusiasts of 1960s-style sweet soul as well as Gen Z listeners who vibe with the group’s grooving messages of romanticism, introspection and empowerment. A testament to its pull, the act performed between legends Barbara Mason and Smokey Robinson at the deeply stacked Fool

A Silver Alert was issued Tuesday for a 73-year old man who was reported missing in Long Beach. Truman Simon was last seen at approximately 5:20 p.m. Tuesday near California Avenue and East 61st Street, said the California Highway Patrol, which issued the alert on behalf of the Long Beach Police Department. Simon is Black, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, has gray hair and brown eyes. He was last seen wearing a baseball cap, a white buttoned up shirt, gray sweatpants and tan shoes. Authorities believe Simon may be traveling on foot. Anyone who sees Simon or knows of his whereabouts was asked to call 911. The Silver Alert program was established by the CHP to issue and coordinate alerts involving the unexplained or suspicious disappearances of elderly, developmentally disabled or cognitively impaired individuals.

By Haley Ott Updated on: October 2, 2024 / 5:07 AM EDT / CBS News Biden reaffirms support for Israel Biden reaffirms support for Israel after Iran attack 01:54 Tel Aviv — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed retaliation for Iran’s missile attack against Israel , saying Tehran would “pay for it.” “The regime of Iran does not understand our determination to defend ourselves,” Netanyahu said in a statement delivered shortly after the attack, which came on the eve Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. “They will understand. We will stand by the rule we established: Whoever attacks, we will attack them.” Iran launched at least 180 ballistic missiles toward Israel Tuesday evening, prompting alerts for people to take shelter across the country. The missiles were seen entering Israeli airspace from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Missiles launched from Iran toward Israel streak across the night sky as seen from Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, on Oct. 1, 2024. Abdel Kareem Hana / AP Israel Defense Forces spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari said many of the missiles were intercepted by Israel’s air defense systems, though some landed in

Oct. 2, 2024 1:05 AM PT SWANNANOA, Carolina del Norte, EE.UU. (AP) — Perros entrenados en la detección de cadáveres y cuadrillas de búsqueda se adentraron el martes en el fango en las montañas del oeste de Carolina del Norte en busca de víctimas del huracán Helene, días después de que la tormenta dejó una estela de destrucción por el sureste del país. Mientras el número de muertos se aproxima a los 160, los equipos de rescate se desplegaron, utilizaron helicópteros para cruzar puentes destruidos y caminaron por áreas silvestres para llegar a hogares en las zonas más remotas. La tormenta, una de las más letales en la historia de Estados Unidos, dejó sin suministro eléctrico y de telefonía celular a algunas localidades, por lo que mucha gente quedó frustrada, acalorada y cada vez más preocupada luego de varios días de penurias. Algunos cocinaron sus alimentos en parrillas de carbón o caminaron hasta terrenos elevados con la esperanza de encontrar señal para llamar a sus seres queridos. Un equipo de búsqueda y rescate, conformado por un perro y su cuidador, busca víctimas en el lodo

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — En su primer discurso como presidenta, Claudia Sheinbaum reafirmó su apuesta por continuar con el legado de su predecesor, tanto en sus éxitos como en los puntos más criticados, repitiendo incluso sus mismas palabras, a la vez que enfatizó la importancia de que una mujer asuma por primera vez el poder en México. Estos fueron sus mensajes más relevantes en los que no hubo grandes anuncios: Género Enfatizó el simbolismo de que una mujer llegara al poder por primera vez y quiso lanzar un mensaje de esperanza a todas las mexicanas, de todas las condiciones, orígenes y estratos sociales, para que confíen en ella e incluyó el machismo entre los males a combatir. “Condenamos el clasismo, el racismo, el machismo y cualquier forma de discriminación”, dijo. La presidenta Claudia Sheinbaum toma de las manos del presidente saliente, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, en el día de su toma de posesión en el Congreso de la Ciudad de México, el martes 1 de octubre de 2024. (Fernando Llano/AP) Democracia y derechos “Habrá Estado de Derecho”, sentenció. Garantizó que con la controvertida reforma

CIUDAD DE MÉXICO (AP) — La nueva presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, inicia el miércoles sus actividades de gobierno tal como las concluyó su predecesor: con una conferencia de prensa matutina desde el palacio presidencial. Sobre cómo serán las “mañaneras” en esta nueva etapa hay mucha expectativa. Hay analistas que coinciden en que buscará darle su marca personal, pero que siempre será inevitable la comparación con las del expresidente Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Logró convertirlas en una poderosa arma política. Mujeres indígenas realizan una limpia ancestral a la nueva presidenta de México, Claudia Sheinbaum, en la plaza del Zócalo, en Ciudad de México, el martes 1 de octubre de 2024. (Fernando Llano/AP) Sheinbaum decidió preservar la exitosa fórmula comunicativa de su mentor e incluso en un horario similar —a las 7:30 de la mañana— para marcar desde muy temprano la agenda diaria del país. Tras su abrumadora victoria en los comicios de 2 de junio, la exalcaldesa capitalina comenzó unos encuentros con la prensa que solía convocar cerca del mediodía y que no se extendían más de media hora. En esas conferencias la nueva presidenta