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Oct 28, 2026

Proposition 45 would sideline dozens of tribes from input on major California projects

California Proposition 45, aimed at streamlining the state's environmental review process for "essential" projects, would bar tribes that are not recognized by the federal government from consulting in reviews, while maintaining the right for tribes with recognition.

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Oct 28, 2026

Authorities search for elderly Hong Kong man missing in Tai Po for 3 days

Hong Kong authorities are searching for an elderly man who went missing in a remote rural area of Tai Po three days ago. Tung Chung-yin, 80, was last seen at Wu Kau Tang in Plover Cove Country Park on Sunday. His family reported him missing to police on Tuesday. A search was launched on Tuesday night and continued on Wednesday. Police have appealed to the public for information on his whereabouts. Tung, who has short grey hair, is about 1.7 metres tall (5 feet, 7 inches), weighs about 75kg and...

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Oct 28, 2026

Kowloon leads as 70% of Hong Kong’s subdivided flats registered for grace period

About 70 per cent of subdivided flats in Hong Kong have been registered for a grace period under a new law aimed at eradicating substandard homes, with most submissions coming from landlords in Kowloon’s Yau Tsim Mong district, according to the Housing Bureau. The bureau told the Legislative Council on Wednesday that 75,070 subdivided homes across about 21,000 whole flats had been registered for the three-year grace period since applications opened in March under the new Basic Housing Units...

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Oct 28, 2026

Your last-minute guide to California governor candidates' views on gas prices, EVs and high-speed rail

In California, fuel prices often are higher than anywhere else in the country, a reflection of the state's high cost of living that voters want their next governor to address.

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Oct 28, 2026

Bass comes from behind, now in dead heat with Raman in mayor's race, new poll shows

With less than a week to go before election day, Raman's double-digit lead in the mayoral race has evaporated.

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Oct 28, 2026

Desperate mom-and-pops turn to risky cash advances in tough economy — and can get burned

Struggling small businesses are turning to costly merchant cash advances for quick capital, but high fees and daily payouts are driving many into debt.

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Oct 28, 2026

Arellano: Nithya Raman is learning Spanish. What that says about her vision for L.A.

Since the start of her mayoral campaign, Raman has sprinkled Spanglish into her speeches and sometimes offered whole sentences in softly accented, lightly stilted Spanish. It's part of an effort to win over Latinos.

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Oct 28, 2026

Marissa Roy's lead grows over John McKinney in L.A. city attorney race, latest poll shows

California Deputy Atty. Gen. Marissa Roy leads Los Angeles County Deputy Dist. Atty. John McKinney by 17 points in the race to replace Los Angeles City Atty. Hydee Feldstein Soto, according to the latest poll results, which show a large number of voters still remain undecided in the contest.

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Oct 28, 2026

Living near Hollywood sign means cars, diapers, bottles of urine. Neighbors say they've had it

Hollywood sign neighbors filed a legal complaint saying L.A. is responsible for nuisance conditions on public property because it promoted the area as a viewing destination and didn't take steps to address residents' complaints.

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Oct 28, 2026

Fed likely to hold rates steady ahead of midterms

Federal Reserve officials will decide whether to raise interest rates again on Wednesday, as persistent inflation strains Americans ahead of the midterm elections. Annual inflation was 3.7 percent in September, according to the consumer price index (CPI). That marked an increase from 3.4 percent in August and showed inflation remains entrenched in the economy amid...

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Oct 28, 2026

Hong Kong’s third medical school denies poaching veteran HKU professor

Hong Kong’s third medical school has dismissed allegations of talent poaching after recruiting a veteran haematologist with nearly three decades of service at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). Professor Anskar Leung Yu-hung met the press at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) on Wednesday in his capacity as the senior associate dean of medicine at the new school, which is expected to open in the 2028-29 academic year. “The opportunity to be part of a team to [build] a new...

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Oct 28, 2026

Hong Kong exports jump nearly 65% in September, highest growth in over 40 years

Hong Kong’s exports jumped by 64.9 per cent year on year in September, the highest growth in more than 40 years, with artificial intelligence-related (AI) products further fuelling the momentum of recent months. Provisional figures released by the Census and Statistics Department on Wednesday showed the total value of exports rose to HK$762.6 billion (US$97.8 billion) last month, after a 53 per cent surge in August. A government spokesman said September marked the 20th consecutive month of...

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Oct 28, 2026

Hong Kong luxury expo to connect brands with ‘high-spending travellers’

Private jets, fine jewellery, watches, superyachts and luxury property will feature in a new Hong Kong exhibition offering business opportunities to “brands, yacht owners and connoisseurs”, according to the organiser. The inaugural Festival of Connoisseurs, set to take place between November 4 and 6, is the first event of its kind to secure government funding for large-scale international exhibitions, organiser Informa Markets said on Wednesday. Ryan Hui, the festival’s deputy event director,...

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Oct 28, 2026

Deliver accountability for Tai Po fire tragedy or admit system is broken

One word will hang over the Hong Kong community in the run-up to next month’s anniversary of the dreadful Tai Po fire that took 168 of our fellow citizens’ lives: accountability. By the time we mark the occasion, we will know if we still have a system based on ministers taking political responsibility for failures in their policy areas or whether we must revise our constitutional arrangements. The fire at Wang Fuk Court, which broke out on November 26 last year, traumatised the whole population...

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Oct 28, 2026

Hongkong Post reports record HK$905 million deficit in ninth year of losses

Hong Kong’s government-owned postal service reported a record operating deficit of HK$905 million (US$115 million) in 2025-26, its ninth straight annual loss. In its annual report published on Wednesday, Hongkong Post said the past year showed its “resilience and adaptability” despite a volatile economic environment and an escalating geopolitical situation. “The emergence of protectionism, tightening customs policies in various places, increasing terminal dues and rising operating costs posed...

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Oct 28, 2026

Why Hong Kong developer CK Asset sold a mall at an ‘exceptionally cheap’ price

With the “exceptionally cheap” sale of a vacant Hong Kong shopping mall, developer CK Asset Holdings is freeing up capital for other projects, while the buyer will have to be patient because the location will struggle to attract tenants in the short term, according to analysts. The developer completed the mall in its residential project Seaside Sonata on Hai Tan Street in Sham Shui Po five years ago but never leased it out. It recently changed hands along with a batch of parking spaces for...

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Oct 28, 2026

ICBC makes history with record US$19 billion IPO in dual listing in 2006 - SCMP archive

ICBC share prices diverge after first parallel listing By Carol Chan This article was first published on October 28, 2006 Shares of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China jumped a relatively modest 14.7 per cent on their Hong Kong debut and a lacklustre 5.1 per cent in Shanghai as the world’s largest-ever initial public offering finally came to market. The debut immediately catapulted China’s largest lender into the top ranks of global banks as measured by market capitalisation. It seized the...

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Oct 28, 2026

Hong Kong to make bid-rigging for renovation projects a crime after deadly Tai Po fire

Hong Kong’s leader is expected to announce reforms introducing criminal penalties for bid-rigging on Thursday, when the government will also release the final investigation report on the Tai Po inferno, the South China Morning Post has learned. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu and his senior officials would outline the proposed measures and give an update on efforts to pursue “administrative accountability” at a press conference, a government source said on Wednesday. Senior officials...

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Oct 28, 2026

Amid rash of unusually high DWP bills, board suspends shutoffs for nonpayment

L.A. officials moved to temporarily suspend water and electricity shutoffs due to nonpayment. But the charges are not forgiven and still must be paid.

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Oct 28, 2026

Dog rescue favored by celebrities is an 'illegal commercial enterprise,' L.A. claims

The Los Angeles city attorney's office is suing an animal rescue organization that was once a favorite among Hollywood celebrities, alleging that its owner purchased dogs from puppy mills and portrayed them to adopters as animals that were rescued.

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Oct 28, 2026

LAPD officer arrested after dragging romantic partner into street at gunpoint, sources say

The officer, Anthony Gutierrez, was off duty when he was taken into custody by officers from the LAPD's Mission Division late Monday and booked on suspicion of kidnapping and assault with a firearm.

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Oct 28, 2026

‘Don’t have the illusion’: graduate job ads down 22% as AI rewrites the rules

Fresh-graduate job postings in Hong Kong fell 22 per cent in the first nine months of this year from the same period in 2025, according to data from one of the city’s biggest job-search platforms, with an industry leader warning that advances in technology will deepen the decline. Its data also showed more graduates chasing fewer jobs: a typical listing for graduates drew 56 per cent more applications than a year earlier. Yet about 85 per cent of the 298 companies Jobsdb surveyed in August and...

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Oct 28, 2026

As filming lags, L.A. City Council offers $1 a day parking fees and free permits for micro-shoots

As local productions continue to decline, L.A. City Council is taking modest action. The council passed two measures Tuesday to encourage more filming activity.

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Oct 27, 2026

Online vigilantes say they trapped LAPD officer in predator sting

L.A. Police Officer Leonardo A. Ruiz, 31, was arrested by Monrovia police last week after an amateur sting by a group recording the encounter to post online.

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Oct 27, 2026

El Niño flooding grips Newport Beach in a vise. 'Mother Nature comes to collect some tax'

A mix of astronomical and tidal events are converging with unusually warm waters off Southern California's coast to push the tides higher than ever before, sending surges of water into beach cities like Newport Beach and Redondo Beach.

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Oct 27, 2026

Utah police have connected Ted Bundy to another unsolved 1970s homicide

The Summit County, Utah, prosecutor said investigators are satisfied that Bundy was responsible for killing 17-year-old Melissa Ann Smith in 1974.

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Oct 27, 2026

Manhunt underway for convicted murderer who escaped from Tennessee prison

Jacob Morley, 28, was serving a life sentence for first-degree murder, aggravated burglary, tampering with evidence, vandalism and evading arrest.

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Oct 27, 2026

4 in 10 say personal finances worsening: Survey

Four in 10 Americans say their personal finances are deteriorating, according to a new poll released shortly before November's midterm elections. In the NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll, 40 percent of people said their “personal family finances” have declined in the last 12 months, while 16 percent said the opposite. Forty-one percent said their personal family finances...

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Oct 27, 2026

Neil Young sues Trump a 2nd time over unlicensed use of his music at rallies

Young alleged in a complaint filed in Virginia that the song was played without ​a licence before Trump took to a campaign rally stage Youngstown, Ohio.

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Oct 27, 2026

Woman, 25, killed in Telok Ayer accident, planned to marry fiancé with flat on the way

She was waiting for her Grab ride that was only a minute away when a car hit her.

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