city

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That bill, if enacted into law, would give the city the ability to loosen development restrictions on the stadium property for a team owner willing to call the team the Anaheim Angels.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

“It’s important that we receive a fair contract with better wages so that myself and all my brothers and sisters can live in the city where we work and care for rich people.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

The staircase has been a fixture in the city since the Trinity Centre opened in 1984 but there are now hopes the escalators could be in place in time for Christmas.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2026

Riverside County fire crews are also on scene at the nearby Palomar fire, which ignited shortly after 1 p.m. near Palomar Street in the city of Wildomar, according to Cal Fire.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

I’d heard the same clanging every day, every night, since we’d moved to this city, but there was something so shrill, so rude in the sound that I bolted up in bed.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu