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A day after federal prosecutors announced that the catastrophic Palisades fire was caused by the rekindling of a smaller arson fire days earlier, Los Angeles city officials were in damage control mode.

From Los Angeles Times

Big picture: The labor market is not as good as a surprisingly positive January employment report seems to suggest, but it might be entering recovery mode as 2026 gets under way.

From MarketWatch

This is a woman who has been in survival mode, who has been fetishized, who has been ignored, not seen.

From Los Angeles Times

“I think our modern existence happens to pull from modes of interaction that really amp up the importance of mate value,” Eastwick said.

From Los Angeles Times

“The mode of operation is slowly becoming more similar to what is happening in Lebanon,” said Eliezer Marum, a former commander of Israel’s Navy.

From The Wall Street Journal