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Altadena’s Highlands neighborhood just earned L.A. County’s first historic district status, safeguarding its iconic Craftsman, Spanish Colonial Revival, and Tudor homes—nearly 80 of them—against demolition and modernization, especially vital after recent fires. Meanwhile, GEO Group, the private detention operator, settled a major case by paying over $100K after failing to protect detainees working inside its facility, marking a historic shift where detainees are now treated as workers under labor laws. And in higher education, California’s public colleges get hundreds of millions in new state funding, though lawmakers rejected billion-dollar bond measures—yet fully preserved the Cal Grant program to keep tuition aid flowing.

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