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Los Angeles TimesMonday, 17 August 2026

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A senior factor in the California housing crisis

Aging residents stay put in their longtime homes

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State backtracks on policies of good governing

Amid divide in Trump era, 'top two' primary reform is among those under severe threat.

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Hydrogen is losing the state's clean car fuel race

A decades-old green vision faces a bleak outlook as costs rise and batteries win out.

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Bulldozers arrive in Big Bend. Why?

Texas park's terrain is its own barrier, but a border project begins. Bipartisan fury builds.

Alicia A. Caldwell and Joe Lovinger

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