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Northbound 110 Freeway Set to Reopen After Wilmington Tunnel Fire, With One Lane Still Closed

Inspections cleared the span for traffic following a full structural check.

Seattle Mayor’s ‘Bye’ to Millionaires Draws Editorial Fire and Fresh Scrutiny

Seattle Mayor’s ‘Bye’ to Departing Millionaires Draws Blowback in Tax Flight Debate

Spencer Pratt’s Viral Ad Recasts L.A. Mayor Race as Jeanie Buss Maxes Out to His Campaign

Judge Blocks East Village Homeless Intake Plan, Sets May 7 Hearing

Bass Proposes $14.9 Billion Los Angeles Budget With No Layoffs

Bomb Squad Renders Suspected IED Safe After Sun Valley Traffic Stop

Feds Arrest 12 in Los Angeles Takedown of 18th Street Gang

Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Mayor Clara Herrmann Won’t Seek Re-Election in September

Fareed Zakaria Critiques 'Blue Cities' Over Spending, Citing NYC's $127 Billion Plan

RV Fire Cuts BART Communications, Shutting Transbay Tube Overnight

Central Bridge in Lawrence Closed Indefinitely After Major Fire Under Span

Boston Radio Hosts Stand by 'Zombie Apocalypse' Remarks as San Francisco Defenders Counter

Oxnard Sweep Clears Union Pacific Tracks With 37 Arrests, 33 Tons Removed

San Francisco Expands Tenderloin Late-Night Store Curfew to SoMa After 8–2 Vote

NYC Ferry Remains Suspended as Ice Chokes East and Hudson Rivers

Lurie Hails Crime Drop, Unveils Affordability and Reform Agenda in First State of the City

Fire Destroys Hollywood Center Motel’s 1905 House as Arson Probe Begins

Johannesburg Weighs Negotiations With Occupants of Hijacked CBD Buildings as Parties Trade Blame

Homeless Person Found Dead After Underground Parking Box Fire in Paris’s 13th