People Are Painting Crosswalks Across L.A. To Protect Pedestrians
by Maylin Tu, Reasons to be Cheerful
Painting a crosswalk is cheap and easy. A group of neighbors can paint an entire intersection in one morning for $100 or less. Getting the city of Los Angeles to paint a crosswalk, on the other hand, might take 14 years. Across L.A., neighbors are banding together to paint crosswalks to protest the city’s failure to protect people outside of cars. Jonathan Hale, a UCLA law student who goes by “Jonny,” spent four Saturday mornings painting crosswalks with neighbors at Stoner Park this summer, covering each corner of the park.
New York Fashion Week To Ban Fur On The Runway
by Madeleine Schulz, Vogue Business
The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA), which owns and organizes the New York Fashion Week (NYFW) calendar, announced today that it will not permit events on the official NYFW schedule to feature animal fur. The regulation, which will begin in September 2026, is in partnership with the Humane World for Animals and Collective Fashion Justice, which the CFDA has long collaborated with.
Smallest And Shortest-Lived Ozone Hole In 5 Years Closes
by Copernicus and Atmosphere Monitoring Service
The 2025 Antarctic ozone hole has come to an end on 1 December, marking the earliest closure since 2019. The 2025 ozone hole was also relatively small for the second consecutive year compared to the large and long-lasting ozone holes from 2020-2023, and had higher ozone concentrations, fueling hopes for recovery. Several stratospheric dynamics events played a major role in the 2025 ozone hole development.
London Murder Rate Drops To ‘Lowest Level In Decades’ As Violent Crime Plummets
by Charlie Herbert, The London Economic
London’s murder rate has reached its lowest level in decades, according to new statistics. The idea of a ‘lawless London’ is one of the right’s favourite lines to parrot, with Donald Trump in particular often taking aim at the capital and its mayor Sadiq Khan. From Nigel Farage to Elon Musk, the usual suspects love to spout baseless claims about London being a dangerous place to live. But when you look at actual facts, the opposite is true.
Nearly 1,000 Acres Near Yosemite National Park Returned To California Tribe
by Sam Mauhay-Moore, SFGATE
Nearly two centuries after the Southern Sierra Miwuk people were displaced from present-day Mariposa County, 900 acres of land west of Yosemite National Park have been returned to the tribe. Sandwiched between the park and Sierra National Forest, the property is set along Henness Ridge, a crest rich with conifer and oak woodlands that separates two branches of the Merced River. Its forested vistas look out over the Sierra and the mouth of Yosemite Valley to the east and the Central Valley to the west.
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