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• You need a $3M home to visit this California public park for free

  By Erin Rode Verified| SFGate Verified Entering Lacy Park on a recent Saturday felt like I was getting away with something. Typically, my Los Angeles ZIP code would prevent me from visiting the public park in the wealthy suburb of San Marino — unless I was willing to pay. For decades, the city of about 12,000 people northeast of downtown Los Angeles has charged nonresidents to visit its park on the weekends. The admission fee is currently $4 per person.

  By Erin Rode Verified · SFGate

  Apr. 17, 2025

• Wild donkeys are tearing a tiny Inland Empire community apart

  By Erin Rode Verified| SFGate Verified In December, the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health contracted with the Texas-based nonprofit Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue to rescue and relocate wild burros from an unincorporated canyon landscape tucked into the hills just north of Moreno Valley in California’s Inland Empire. The contract was routine for Mark Meyers, executive director of Peaceful Valley Donkey Rescue.

  By Erin Rode Verified · SFGate

  Apr. 15, 2025

• After the wildfires, Beverly Hills shut out students whose school burned

  By Erin Rode Verified| Grist Verified This story was produced by The Hechinger Report, a nonprofit, independent news organization focused on inequality and innovation in education. After the Palisades Fire destroyed her son’s high school, Shoshanha Essakhar found herself among the thousands of Los Angeles County parents wondering what to do. “I was thinking, ‘Oh my God, we’re going to be doing Zoom for the next God knows how long,’” said Essakhar.

  By Erin Rode Verified · Grist

  Apr. 10, 2025

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