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“Who is it that’s willing to come in and clean house in order to execute on the vision that they have for Los Angeles?” said Sara Sadhwani, a political science professor at Pomona College and an expert on Los Angeles government.

The term “toxic masculinity” emerged in the 1980s as part of the mythopoetic “men’s movement” and refers to a litany of behaviors associated with misogyny, homophobia, and violence, the authors write in Edge Effects.

Prof. Char Miller explains how fire zones become flood zones when El Nino hits.

Fire-scarred Pacific Palisades has emerged as a key battleground in the Los Angeles mayoral election — for both its many undecided voters and potent symbolism.

“It’s in line with what’s called virtue ethics, which originated with Aristotle. This tendency concerns the way people question whether or not their daily lives are consistent with a certain ideal,” Prof. Ellie Anderson is quoted as saying.

Christos Marafatsos works as an energy lobbyist while also closely advising Kimberly Guilfoyle, the U.S. ambassador to Greece, as she pushes deals across Europe.

AI can be an asset in the college application process, but there are clear limits, and crossing them can put an applicant’s admission at risk, writes Forbes.

Prof. Sara Sadhwani tells the Los Angeles Times: “A DSA endorsement will be shorthand for how to define Nithya Raman as a candidate both for the establishment in Los Angeles and for Republicans nationally.” 

Venezuela has possibly the largest oil reserves in the world—though it hasn’t produced much in recent years. The Trump administration hopes to change that.

“For those who have seen the devastating videos in Tibet and Nepal, that’s what we’re talking about,” Prof. Char Miller told Spectrum News 1. “The high volume of water rushing into a narrow valley simply explodes out of the sides.”