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Toilet back-ups at Rose Bowl’s Olympic events?

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/66495904

Toilet back-ups at Rose Bowl’s Olympic events? - Divisions by zero

> >The funds came from the House of Representatives Interior and Environment subcommittee. The fixes, an official said, will be completed by the LA28 Olympics. > > >The funds, however, are a drop in the bucket when it comes to what’s needed to make needed improvements to the Pasadena venue. > > >“Over the  next 20 years there’s about $200 million that we need to put in and that’s everything from updating light fixtures to updating gas, water, wastewater lines, etc.,” said Dedan Brozino,  president of the Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation, the nonprofit that supports the Rose Bowl stadium’s preservation and enhancement. > > >The money is a much-needed win at a time when elected officials in city, county, state and federal offices have been struggling to find the funds to get L.A.-area venues ready for the global Olympic stage in two years. > > >A $360 million proposal to spruce up asphalt in parking lots around Exposition Park won’t be done in time for the Olympics, as originally planned. Meanwhile, just up the street, there’s concern that a $2.6 billion expansion of the L.A. Convention Center, which is hosting Olympic wrestling, fencing and judo in 2028 won’t be ready for the Olympics.

LA Times: ‘Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney’s office’: L.A. prosecutors face more losses in protest cases

"...Federal prosecutors in L.A. have lost every assault on a federal officer case they’ve brought to trial against immigration protesters.

A federal judge criticized the U.S. attorney’s office as “amateur hour” after prosecutors failed to disclose evidence during an assault trial...."

(maybe paywall)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-04-03/u-s-attorneys-office-losses-protest-cases

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'Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney's office': L.A. prosecutors face more losses in protest cases

This week, L.A. federal prosecutors were in two separate trials involving a charge of assault on a federal officer tied to immigration protests. They hadn't won a single assault case that went to trial so far. But this time they had a video of a punch.

Los Angeles Times