🔗 Find out more: https://ow.ly/fLOS50VScpO The L.A. County Fire Department will soon have a new pipeline for formerly imprisoned firefighters to join its ranks. The L.A. County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously passed a motion that will establish intern positions and other entry level roles within the department, alongside a broader training program. ✍️ Cato Hernández 📸 Apu Gomes/AFP via Getty Images (fb)

🔗 Read more: https://ow.ly/Bhtn50VSbKY The L.A. County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday unanimously voted to repeal a 2023 law to phase out oil drilling in unincorporated communities over the next 20 years. Counterintuitively, the move is part of the ongoing effort to end reliance on fossil fuels. The county’s ordinance and a similar one passed by the city of L.A. in 2022 have been stalled by litigation brought by oil companies. One of those lawsuits led to the city’s ordinance being overturned in late 2024. The companies argued that only the state has the power to regulate oil drilling. However, a state law that went into effect this year explicitly gives local governments the authority to regulate drilling within their jurisdictions. ✍️ Erin Stone 📷 Gary Kavanagh/iStockphoto (fb)