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L.A. quietly fires its first chief heat officer

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L.A. quietly fires its first chief heat officer

Marta Segura, the first chief heat officer for the city of Los Angeles, was quietly fired from her position last month, The Times has confirmed. Segura stepped into the new role in 2022 amid a marked increase in climate-fueled heat events. Her appointment by then-Mayor Eric Garcetti came with much fanfare, as it made L.A. … Read more

‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ review: Authoritarianism by numbers, thinly

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‘The Wizard of the Kremlin’ review: Authoritarianism by numbers, thinly

Frenchman Olivier Assayas’ canvas is either highly personal (“Suspended Time”) or deliriously global (“Carlos”). He can be hard to pin down as a filmmaker, except when the material does the restraining for him, as the intermittently arresting but overplayed piece of political theater “The Wizard of the Kremlin” proves. Operating off the same-named novel by … Read more