How Altadena became the L.A. dream for Gen X and millennial artists, writers, musicians
For a particular creative community, Altadena represented one of the last great affordable places in L.A. to raise a family. The Eaton fire left those homes in ashes, and destroyed one vision of the L.A. dream.
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How Elon Musk’s X became the global right’s supercharged front page
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‘I became an optimist the night my wife died’: a science writer on loss and letting go of rationalism
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Millennial saved over $60,000 and bought her first home by 25 — here’s how she did it
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