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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books is a free, public festival celebrating the written word. [1] It is the largest book festival in the United States, drawing approximately 150,000 attendees annually. [2] The festival began in 1996 and is held on the penultimate weekend of April, hosted by the University of Southern California. It features ...
CALA was inaugurated as a one-day event on December 6, 2014, at the Think Tank Gallery in Downtown Los Angeles, California. [3] It is the first comic arts festival to be held in Los Angeles. [ 4 ] Since 2015, CALA expanded from one to two days of programming, with the second day reserved for panel discussions. [ 5 ]
Cadence braking or stutter braking is a driving technique that involves pumping the brake pedal and is used to allow a car to both steer and brake on a slippery surface. It is used to effect an emergency stop where traction is limited to reduce the effect of skidding from road wheels locking up under braking. This can be a particular problem ...
A literary festival, also known as a book festival or writers' festival, is a regular gathering of writers and readers, typically on an annual basis in a particular city. A literary festival usually features a variety of presentations and readings by authors, as well as other events, delivered over a period of several days, with the primary objectives of promoting the authors' books and ...
Los Angeles Mayor Bass estimated 20% of hydrants went dry. The existing water system in Los Angeles has "severe limits," Gregory Pierce, director of the UCLA Water Resources Group told The LA Times.
As Los Angeles battles multiple fast-moving wildfires, emergency officials have faced a nightmare situation: fire hydrants running out of water. “How do you fight a fire with no water?”
Anti-lock brakes are the subject of some experiments centred around risk compensation theory, which asserts that drivers adapt to the safety benefit of ABS by driving more aggressively. In a Munich study, half a fleet of taxicabs was equipped with anti-lock brakes, while the other half had conventional brake systems. The crash rate was ...
Daytime desert heat is blasting much of the U.S. Southwest, but some monsoon rain spelled brief weekend relief for the city of Phoenix. The National Weather Service in Phoenix reported the low ...