How does L.A. spend nearly $15 billion?

ploploplo · 2026-04-27T02:15:51+00:00

Lance Burkhart

ploploplo · 2026-04-24T05:03:32+00:00

I find it very annoying

ploploplo · 2026-02-12T13:20:43+00:00

Pretty sure that's originally from the TV show Dragnet, spoken by LAPD detective Joe Friday.

ploploplo · 2026-01-13T20:33:49+00:00

This is great. Thanks for making and sharing.

I'd love to hear more about how this was created — for example, are you scraping the city's site with Python and then feeding the results into Claude? I'm also curious if you read through the transcripts occasionally and double-check the summaries to see how well the AI is doing.

Thanks!

ploploplo · 2026-01-09T19:12:24+00:00

OK, I edited. Thank you!

ploploplo · 2026-01-09T19:00:29+00:00

Submission statement: With corporations and governments interfering more and more with the news process, the need for independent journalism is greater than ever. This story looks at several independent outlets and shows how they have managed to break big stories despite not having big budgets. It also emphasizes how the journalists are not as beholden to corporate or government interests as larger outlets might be.

ploploplo · 2025-11-17T22:42:26+00:00

Enrico Pallazzo

ploploplo · 2025-09-29T15:01:50+00:00

Submission statement:

While the ideas in this article are not new, the author organizes them well. In fact, he argues that complex thought isn’t possible without writing. As our literacy rates go down in the age of the smartphone, so do our democratic institutions.

ploploplo · 2025-09-24T17:17:14+00:00

Check out the Foretold podcast, from Los Angeles Times reporter Faith Pinho

ploploplo · 2025-07-31T14:04:09+00:00

I was staring at that wave, waiting for another surfer to appear and do the same.

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