To the editor: Right now in Los Angeles, we are seeing what happens when we build homes with wood framing instead of tilt-up steel reinforced cement walls that would be more fire-resistant.

Both of these cars offer one of the best-feeling manual transmissions money can buy. That’s especially great because they’re some of the cheapest cars on this list. The M2 is a phenomenal car ...

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