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One of L.A. County’s busiest tenant law firms prevailed this week when a jury ruled that a Twitter account crudely impersonating a prolific landlord-side lawyer did not constitute libel.brought the case against the nonprofit law firm BASTA and its executive director, Daniel Bramzon.
Bramzon said he did not create the Twitter account or write the posts himself. He said it was run by a former IT contractor for BASTA, Brett Schulte, who was originally named in the lawsuit but defaulted before the verdict. “My associates are all either obese, disciplined by the bar, or cheap ‘people of color’ working against their own kind. Oh, or my idiot sons.”
Harvey Rosenfield, the founder of Consumer Watchdog, told LAist we often experience a natural disaster, and then we experience the disaster of filing a claim with an insurance company.Perez said the most important thing you can do to avoid a leaky roof, and the anxiety and headaches that come along with it, is regular maintenance.
If it's a newer roof, Perez said you should have someone check on it every 5 to 7 years. But if it's a bit older, he recommends cutting that down to every 3 to 5 years. Now, if it's a bigger leak, you might notice a bubble forming in the drywall or in a pocket of paint. Afsharian said that’s from water pooling to the point it starts to sag.
Take notes for every single phone call you make — including the time of day, the name of the person you spoke to, and what was discussed. “Dealing with an adjuster can be a mixed blessing,” he said. “Some of them are really easy to work with, some of them are really difficult.” “That can be a very positive and powerful way to resolve a dispute between the policyholder and the insurance company,” he said.
in November, Caltrans wants to ban the storage of flammable materials and impose other measures for rental lots under freeway overpasses.Among them are the prohibition of “oil, gasoline, lumber, pallets, wood, wood chips, landscaping materials” under bridges. Caltrans is also proposing lease agreements include definitions of what constitutes “hazardous” items. in November, Caltrans wants to ban the storage of flammable materials and impose other measures for rental lots under freeway overpasses.
Now it's up to Gov. Gavin Newsom's office to consider the recommendations with no clear timeline in place.. The storm made our roads look like Swiss cheese, but while we’re waiting for crews to make repairs, your car could get damaged. Here’s what to do.The city has received 1,180 pothole reports from the public since Sunday, according to the Department of Public Works. That’s more than 200 a day, well over the 30-a-day average, and it’s on par with what L.A.
Videos on social media appear to show mud flowing through the streets of Laurel Canyon along with debris.Rick Seireeni, a board member of the Laurel Canyon Association and resident of Laurel Canyon since 1978, said storm clouds come in from the ocean to the area. “I think that that's helped contribute toward less damage this time than potentially in the past,” he said.
“As humans have decided to develop the mountains, We thought we could conquer and control nature, but anybody will tell you, Mother Nature always wins,” she said. “I think the outlook is to stop right now further development on hillsides.”La Niña is sometimes associated with drier and warmer conditions in SoCal, though last year was a La Niña year and it was historically wet.Temperatures in the equatorial Pacific have begun to cool, indicating that El Niño may be gone by April.
What form would that take for you, the person calling in to the tax center? The tax department told CalMatters this technology will not be used without a call center employee there to review the answer, but a slide in itsseeking a vendor says any AI solution must “be able to provide responses to incoming voice calls, live chats, and other communications.”, aimed at creating an AI to help the state with taxes, went out last month.
Exactly how tax agency call center employees will know to trust answers generated by large language models is unclear. “There’s still a lot we don’t know about generative AI and what we do know is that it makes mistakes and acts in ways that people who study it don’t even fully understand,” Klozcko said. He also questioned the ease of determining whether that information is accurate in the hands of the call center employee who may not be qualified to determine whether text output by a large language model — made to sound convincing — is in fact inaccurate or false.
Rodriguez says the team are posted at several trailheads in Mt. Baldy for now and if the weather permits the team will send a helicopter over the area today.