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Los Angeles Times
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
LA Times Studios Launches Podcast ‘Rebuilding Los Angeles'
Today, LA Times Studios launched 'Rebuilding Los Angeles,' a video podcast that explores the city's recovery following the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires. Hosted by Spectrum News 1 anchor Kate Cagle, the weekly series will highlight the resilience of Angelenos and explore what can be learned as the city charts a path forward. The first episode is available now on all podcast platforms. Each Wednesday, Cagle will examine an aspect of the city's recovery efforts. She'll interview residents of Pacific Palisades and Altadena about their personal stories of loss; and speak with Los Angeles Times journalists, community leaders, residents and experts about how the city reached this point and explore promising solutions for building a safer, stronger L.A. The first episode features: Altadena resident and lawyer Kelsey Szamet, who is supporting her community as she and her neighbors navigate the challenges of rebuilding and returning home; and an interview with Times Staff Writer Liam Dillon about the current housing situation in Los Angeles and the difficult choices facing many residents to sell or rebuild. Upcoming episodes include The Times' Jenny Jarvie on the 1961 Bel-Air fire and lessons that can be applied today; and Times environment reporters Hayley Smith and Ian James discussing how climate change fueled the most destructive fires in L.A. history. 'Rebuilding L.A.' joins a growing slate of podcasts from LA Times Studios, including 'L.A. Crimes,' 'Boiling Point' and 'Crimes of The Times.' Additional podcast series are in development with launch dates to be announced. The first episode of 'Rebuilding L.A.' is available now to download or stream.
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
Amazon rolls out new delivery vehicles with incredible features: 'You don't hear anything'
Amazon has started operating its first electric truck fleet in Kentucky, according to Spectrum News 1. The rollout of the Rivian-made electric trucks at the Florence shipping hub is part of a company-wide effort to reduce pollution. The cost of these upgrades has totaled over $1 billion and added 20,000 electric vehicles to its U.S. fleet. This is being complemented by a rollout of electric semi trucks for long-distance delivery. Investment in solar energy generation, plastics research, and packaging reduction are just a few other avenues the retail behemoth is taking in sustainability. Electric vehicles are a big part of the future of transportation. Medium- and heavy-duty trucks generate about 23% of U.S. transportation emissions. Cutting gas out of the equation means reducing the incidence of destructive weather patterns, ocean warming, and loss of sea ice. "You don't hear anything. It's very quiet. And in the other vans, it would be very bumpy and rough sounds," said driver Hannah Jones of the new vehicles, per Spectrum News 1. Despite the environmental benefits of electric truck deployment, Amazon still faces challenges. Its massive data centers tap into polluting energy sources, and it has relied on offsets rather than renewable power to meet its net-zero commitments. Amazon also enables the sale of just about any physical good someone could need. Manufacturing generates a large chunk of global pollution, but Amazon's Scope 3 reporting only includes goods made under its brand. Meanwhile, other retailers include outside manufacturing in their accounting. Even for its own products, Amazon is being hit with a class action lawsuit for falsely claiming its branded toilet paper is eco-friendly. Still, Amazon's staff take its net-zero goals seriously. "We're obviously a big company and we have very big goals," said Florence site lead Bryan Dzialo, per Spectrum News 1. "One of those is to be net zero carbon emissions by 2040, and given the scale of our kind of logistics operation, that's a big undertaking. So having the EVs roll out is a big part of that." If you were going to purchase an EV, which of these factors would be most important to you? Cost Battery range Power and speed The way it looks Click your choice to see results and speak your mind. Join our free newsletter for good news and useful tips, and don't miss this cool list of easy ways to help yourself while helping the planet.
Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Gets Delightfully Catty On Trump-Musk Split
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) played the feud between President Donald Trump and former DOGE henchman Elon Musk for laughs on Thursday. (Watch the video below.) Approached by Spectrum News 1 about the fracture in their bromance, the smiling AOC said: 'Oh man, the girls are fighting, aren't they?' The progressive lawmaker could be forgiven for a little regressive humor. She has been one of the Democrats' most vocal opponents of Trump's so-called 'Big Beautiful Bill' ― the legislation that actually ignited the Trump-Musk row. Musk called the spending measure an abomination and once Trump finally expressed his disappointment in the Tesla magnate and Trump mega-donor, things turned personal between the two. The bill is being ironed out in the Senate and would reportedly ax 11 million people off Medicaid over time. Ocasio-Cortez had made a similar prediction last month. 'When this country wakes up in the morning, there will be consequences to pay for this,' she said at the time. But perhaps she didn't see the bill resulting in the breakup of DC's premier platonic power couple. For a moment anyway, it was something to crack wise about. Stephen Colbert Spots The Musk-Trump Feud Moment That Proves 'Things Are Bad' 1 Subtle Barb In Trump-Musk Blow-Out Has Dana Bash Saying 'Wow, Wow, Wow' 'My Prediction': Jimmy Kimmel Reveals Ugly Next Phase Of Trump-Musk Feud
Yahoo
28-05-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Trump pardons Michael Grimm, former NY congressman who pleaded guilty to tax evasion
President Donald Trump has pardoned Michael Grimm, the former New York congressman who served seven months in prison for tax evasion a decade ago, according to a White House official. The pardon is the latest in a string of clemency actions taken by Trump, who has largely circumvented the usual process run through the Department of Justice and instead has used his powers to commute or pardon individuals with ties to his political allies. Grimm, who represented Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, was charged in April 2014 with tax evasion, but refused to give up his House seat for months. The pardon was earlier reported by Spectrum News 1. He later pleaded guilty and was sentenced in 2015 to eight months incarceration, seven of which he served in prison and one he served under house arrest. Aside from his criminal conviction, Grimm may be best remembered for threatening to break a reporter in half 'like a boy' when the reporter questioned him about his campaign finances during an incident caught on camera at the Capitol in January 2014. He also threatened to throw the reporter off a balcony. Grimm, who worked as an on-air personality for Newsmax, was badly injured in a fall from a horse during a polo competition last year. Trump also on Wednesday commuted the sentence of Larry Hoover, a former gang leader from Chicago, according to the White House official. Hoover, the co-founder of the Chicago-based gang called the Gangster Disciples, was convicted of murder in 1973 and has been serving several life sentences. Hoover's commutation was first reported by NOTUS.
Los Angeles Times
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
LA Times Today: Cannes Film Festival brings out the stars and early Oscar buzz
So far, the longest standing ovation this year at the Cannes Film Festival has set the record for the longest ever, lasting 12 minutes. For an insider's look at the movies getting the most acclaim plus new red carpet fashion rules Spectrum News 1 anchor Kate Cagle talked to L.A. Times film critic Amy Nicholson who joined her from the French Riviera.
