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Each weekday, catch up on the 5 most pressing stories to start your morning in 3 minutes or less.This week The Huntington in San Marino joined an international coalition of botanical gardens dedicated to fighting the black market for plants.Orchids and succulents are some of the most illegally harvested plants around the world. Sometimes hundreds of plants are harvested in the wild, wiping out whole populations. Many consumers unwittingly buy the illegally harvested plants, adding to the demand in a global illicit trade.“We’re actually seeing extinction of plants because of this. I mean, it’s happening,” Nicole Cavender, director of botanical gardens at The Huntington, told LAist. Cavender spoke from the the International Union for Conservation of Nature World Conservation Congress in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, where this week the Illegal Plant Trade Coalition was announced. According to The Huntington, the U.S. Botanical Garden in Washington, D.C. recently “received 118 specimens of wild cacti, and previous confiscations have included equally surprisingly large numbers, such as an illegal shipment of 99Gardens around the world -- including the South African National Biodiversity Institute and the Toronto Zoo -- have joined a campaign to bring awareness to the issue. According to The Huntington: “Public gardens nationwide collectively attract more visitors each year than visitors of the top three U.S. professional sports combined, giving them an unparalleled platform to raise awareness and inspire action.”Plant lovers can help by asking retailers where they source their plants and avoiding dubious online listings. For a full list of ways you can fight the plant black market, visitFrank Kohn of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and John Trager, Bernie and Miyako Storch Curator of the Desert Garden and Collections at The Huntington, document plants placed in the care of The Huntington.At LAist, we believe in journalism without censorship and the right of a free press to speak truth to those in power. Our hard-hitting watchdog reporting on local government, climate, and the ongoing housing and homelessness crisis is trustworthy, independent and freely accessible to everyone thanks to the support of readers like you.Congress voted to eliminate funding for public media across the country. Here at LAist that means a loss of $1.7 million in our budget every year. We want to assure you that despite growing threats to free press and free speech, LAist will remain a voice you know and trust. Speaking frankly, the amount of reader support we receive will help determine how strong of a newsroom we are going forward to cover the important news in our community.With more individuals like you supporting this public service, we can continue to provide essential coverage for Southern Californians that you can’t find anywhere else.Many CA cities wanted to build more housing by eliminating stair requirements. Only Culver City got it done What do stairs have to do with California’s housing crisis? More than you might think, says this Culver City councilmember.Uber driver charged in connection with starting the Palisades Fire The Palisades Fire erupted on Jan. 7 and went on to kill 12 people and destroy more than 6,800 homes and buildings.No fridge? No more. Newsom signs bill requiring apartment landlords to supply appliances People moving to Los Angeles are regularly baffled by the region’s refrigerator-less apartments. They’ll soon be a thing of the past.Experts say students shouldn't readily forgo federal aid. But a California-only program may be a good alternative in some cases.Inside Cal State's big $17 million bet on ChatGPT for allWhich schools get to have crossing guards? Here’s how LA is changing the system LA’s legal cannabis owners say multi-million dollar program to give them a hand up, instead left ‘complete debt and devastation’
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