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And that’s not even mentioning the wildfires that ravaged Los Angeles for weeks at the beginning of 2025, making the Oscars seem like an inauspicious and even tone-deaf tradition persisting in the face of tragedy.

“You have been named in a lawsuit which alleges that you and your husband allowed for systemic and pervasive abuse of underage children to persist in your business for years,” Baldwin said.

"I've seen Australians helping one another in their time of need," he wrote on X, adding that the "threat from floodwaters" would persist in affected areas for days.

Today, from Kent to Birmingham, gleaning groups are not just picking up produce but picking apart the unsustainable norms that allow waste to persist in the first place.

Along the way, Bass and Soboroff shared an initial vision for rebuilding the Palisades and addressed questions about debris clearing and other issues that have persisted in the three weeks since the fire.