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Food, water and other resources would have to be shipped from home, at distances that make the supply frighteningly undependable.

With fueling so expensive and stations so undependable, Kiskis — who lives in Pacific Palisades and works at Google in Playa Vista — drives a gasoline Jeep for everything but short trips around the neighborhood.

"The Sympathizer" warns us that any singular view of a broad-scale event is undependable at best.

"The Sympathizer" warns us that any singular view of a broad-scale event is undependable at best.

As The Times reported in January, the state government is contending with an undependable charging system that, according to studies from academic researchers and market analysts, can be counted on to malfunction at least 20% of the time.