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Messages from hundreds of readers who responded to my Aug. 31 quiz were a reminder we are connected by our own strange customs, words and street names. A St. Hubert restaurant in LaSalle. Can you sing the St-Hubert song? Josh Freed asks.Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette file “Our father, who art in heaven,Harold be … Read more

After being sworn in as the new Los Angeles City Council president, Marqueece Harris-Dawson addresses constituents at City Hall on Friday. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times) During his years as a community organizer in South L.A., Los Angeles City Councilmember Marqueece Harris-Dawson saw the devastation wrought by the crack cocaine epidemic and the economic … Read more

Frédéric Beauchemin is running for Quebec Liberal leadership and wants to take the party out of its comfort zone. Frédéric Beauchemin is running for Quebec Liberal leadership. He sat down with Aaron Rand and Bill Brownstein on The Corner Booth at the Snowdon Deli in Montreal on Friday September 20, 2024. Photo by Dave Sidaway … Read more

Business has picked up overall since the REV express bike path transformed the Plateau thoroughfare, yet many merchants are still struggling. Cyclists, pedestrians and cars share the road at the intersection of St-Denis St. and Mont-Royal Ave. St-Denis has enjoyed a partial revival, spurred in part by the installation of the REV express bike lanes … Read more

A Tortuga AgTech robot makes its way between rows to collect strawberries grown on hydroponic tabletops protected by a plastic tunnel. (Al Seib / For The Times) Angel Cortez was ready for a change. Cortez, 43, is a Mexican immigrant who has worked in agriculture, landscaping and restaurants since he arrived in California more than … Read more

The author’s family loves this spot, at Inspiration Point near Wrightwood, looking out on the Sheep Mountain Wilderness. Or loved it; the area burned in the Bridge fire this year. (Paul Thornton / For The Times) Every hiker in Los Angeles knows that sinking feeling. You stare at the mountains (because that’s what we do … Read more

California cracks down on another Central Valley farm area for groundwater depletion California water regulators are cracking down on a second farming area in the San Joaquin Valley for failing to take adequate steps to curb overpumping that is depleting groundwater, causing the land to sink and damaging a canal that transports water for 1 … Read more

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris is interviewed by members of the National Association of Black Journalists at the WHYY studio in Philadelphia on Tuesday. (Jacquelyn Martin / Associated Press) Asked whether she plans to vote this year, the young woman from northern Michigan sighed slightly before explaining her hesitance. “If I do choose … Read more

A convoy of vehicles carrying investigators from the World Health Organization enters the interior of the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, China, early in the COVID-19 pandemic. (Ng Han Guan / Associated Press) A new analysis of genetic material gathered from a live-animal market in Wuhan in the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic strengthens … Read more