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In 2023, record storms nearly refilled Los Angeles reservoirs and shallow aquifers; deeper groundwater recovered only about 25% of what it had lost since 2006

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Representative Image (AI-generated) Los Angeles was drenched by historic storms, yet much of its lost groundwater stayed missing. Record-breaking rainfall in 2023 brought dramatic relief to drought-stricken Southern California, nearly restoring water stored in Los Angeles-area reservoirs and shallow aquifers. But the recovery was far less complete underground. A study published in Science found that…

In 2023 and 2024, a Los Angeles homeless-services nonprofit paid its Hawaii-based CEO more than $1.6 million, including about $824,000 in unused vacation pay

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A Southern California nonprofit that operates domestic violence shelters and homelessness programmes paid its chief executive more than $1.6 million over the last two years covered by its public tax filings. The unusually large compensation has drawn questions from nonprofit experts because the CEO, Carol Adelkoff, has maintained a primary residence in Hawaii while leading…