city

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The community does not yet have state funding to connect to nearby Porterville’s city water system.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

Instead, Pratt declined an invite to their only other scheduled debate and never bothered with the forums civic groups across the city held in order for their members to hear from candidates.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

On Tuesday, Israel ramped up strikes on Tyre, a city that before the war was home to about 100,000 people and considered southern Lebanon’s economic heart.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

And there’s something appealing about an outsider crashing City Hall, which is way too beholden to sclerotic lifers who can be as clueless about what the city needs as Pratt turned out to be.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026

General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the US Army Forces in the Far East, declared Manila an open city on December 26, 1941.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly