January 2011 Archives
Technology:
The Delta IV Heavy is scheduled to launch Thursday afternoon with the mission of delivering a satellite into orbit for the National Reconnaissance Office.
Movie Miento:
The L.A. County Museum of Art curator was aghast that Southland patrons walking through the galleries looking at 18th century colonial Latin American caste paintings were using them as a litmus test for their own skin color and race.
People:
In his familiar, computerized voice, Prof. Stephen Hawking gave a rare talk about his own life and influences at Caltech.
Health:
Two Democrats have put out a district-by-district analysis of the impacts of repealing health care reform. In the Los Angeles area, millions of people could be denied coverage. Republicans have yet to respond.
History:
The past is under our feet in Los Angeles, although we prefer it to be safely interred. But its claims do not lie easy.
Commentary:
Was Martin Luther King an environmentalist? Was his deep engagement with and passionate pursuit of social justice of a piece with his contemporaries' advocacy of wilderness preservation? Actually, yes.
Commentary:
In one of his last acts in office, former Governor Schwarzenegger commuted the prison sentence of the son of the former Speaker of the California Assembly, Fabian Nunez. Questions abound as to whether Schwarzenegger's action was political motivated. Even if the reduction in Esteban Nunez's sentence was appropriate, it is unlikely that other similarly situated prisoners would obtain the Governor's attention.
Places:
Excavation at a downtown Los Angeles museum was halted Friday after two weeks of controversy over the work continuing despite the discovery of skeletal remains more than two months ago.
Government:
Governor Brown's draft 2011-2012 budget proposes to realign California's stew of governments . . . but only a little.
Environment:
When it comes to solar power, a symbol of renewable energy, environmentalists are not all on the same side of the fence. Case in point: last weekend in the Chuckwalla Valley on the eastern end of Joshua Tree National Park where about 45 people gathered to protest a number of planned solar power projects.
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