January 2011 Archives
Arts & Culture:
The American Institute of Architects California Council, in the current edition of ArcCA, tries to find a place for both loss and faith.
Commentary:
A California court rules that the Legislature cannot write its own ballot measure language. Say goodbye to ballot language that sounds more like an advertisement than a summary.
Government:
California prisons have faced over-crowding for the past 20 years. The U.S. Supreme Court is now discussing the constitutionality of these conditions. In 2009, a three-judge court issued a prison release order to compensate for the problem and if...
Government:
Once a policeman in Compton and now the Mayor, Eric J. Perrodin has seen the city and its agricultural neighborhood through many changes.
Arts & Culture:
The stories we tell ourselves about Los Angeles - gaudy, embittered, besotted, or despairing - need new interpreters in every generation.
Environment:
LAX officials this week announced that the endangered El Segundo Blue Butterfly population has increased 30% over the previous year. Those number, however, might be bloated.
Places:
Andrew Johnson moved to Compton's Richland Farms when he was 5 years old and remembers a childhood of dirt roads and chicken farms, and activities like racing horses, chasing rabbits and hunting crawdad. "It was like Griffith Park!" he excitedly exclaimed.
Commentary:
Inglewood has a new mayor, but whether that means a new beginning remains to be seen.
Arts & Culture:
The Getty presents a rare chance to see new video art from China, Art Center speculates on our ambiguous reality, and CSULA lights up the night sky with projections of video art by LA artists...
History:
L.A. weather may or may not be getting more unpredictable, but extreme weather has always been a part of Southern California life--if an infrequent one. The artifacts of those events live in the archives of Southern California's libraries, museums, and other cultural institutions.
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